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Fellows of the International Society on General Relativity and GravitationSelected in 2010Prof. Alessandra Buonanno Dr. Alejandro Corichi Prof. Gabriela Gonzalez Prof. James Hough Prof. Donald Marolf Prof. Sir Roger Penrose Prof. Frans Pretorius Dr. Carlo Rovelli Dr. Madhavan Varadarajan Prof. David Wands Selected in 2013Prof. Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat CNRS - Universite Paris 7, France Citation: For her contributions to the two-body problem in general relativity and to relativistic cosmology. Prof. George F. R. Ellis University of Cape Town, South Africa Citation: For his contributions to the theory of the large-scale structure of spacetime and to relativistic cosmology, and for service to the Society. Prof. Eanna E. Flanagan Cornell University, USA Citation: For his contributions to gravitational physics, ranging from the physics of gravitational waves and their detection, to the astrophysics of neutron stars, and to cosmology and quantum gravity. Prof. Stefan Hollands Cardiff University, U.K. Citation: For his contributions to a broad range of fundamental issues in classical general relativity and quantum field theory in curved spacetime. Prof. Werner Israel University of Victoria, Canada Citation: For his contributions to the theory of the exteriors and interiors of black holes, and to relativistic thermodynamics, and for service to the Society. Prof. Balasubramanian R. Iyer Raman Research Institute, India Citation: For his work in applying the post-Minkowskian and post-Newtonian approximations to the problem of compact binary systems, and for his leadership of the gravitational-wave community of India. Prof. Luis Lehner Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada Citation: For his contributions to computational gravitational physics, most notably in the areas of compact systems and their gravitational and electromagnetic signals, as well as gravity in higher dimensions. Prof. Ezra T. Newman University of Pittsburgh, USA Citation: For his contributions to general relativity, including the Newman-Penrose formalism, the Kerr-Newman solution, and the asymptotic structure of spacetime, and for service to the Society. Prof. Peter R. Saulson Syracuse University, USA Citation: For his contributions to understanding sources of noise in laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors, and for his leadership in the detector collaborations. Prof. Bernard F. Schutz Albert Einstein Institute, Germany Citation: For his work on instabilities in rotating relativistic stars, on measuring cosmological parameters using gravitational-wave observations; for his leadership in developing gravitational-wave observatories on the ground and in space, and for his innovations in physics publishing. Dr. Masaru Shibata Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Japan Citation: For his contributions to the field of numerical relativity, including formulations of the field equations amenable to stable numerical evolution, the astrophysics of binary neutron star and black hole-neutron star mergers, and applications to higher dimensional gravity. Prof. Tarun Souradeep Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, India Citation: For his contributions to the forefront of contemporary cosmology and his leadership in developing gravitational wave astronomy in India. Prof. Takahiro Tanaka Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Japan Citation: For his contributions to theoretical cosmology, gravitational waves and the study of higher-dimensional spacetimes. Prof. Robert M. Wald University of Chicago, USA Citation: For his contributions to quantum field theory in curved spacetime, to equations of motion of finite-mass bodies, and for service to the Society. Selected in 2016Prof. Abhay V. Ashtekar University of California / Santa Barbara, USA Citation: For seminal contributions to relativistic astrophysics, the theory of black holes, quantum fields in curved space, quantum cosmology, and other aspects of gravitational physics. Prof. Stephen W. Hawking University of Cambridge, U.K. Citation: For outstanding achievements in many areas of general relativity and gravitation, particularly singularity theorems, black hole thermodynamics, Hawking radiation from black holes, and quantum cosmology. Prof. Marc Kamionkowski Johns Hopkins University, USA Citation: For his contributions to contemporary cosmology and general relativity, particularly the development of the theoretical foundation for the detection of relic gravitational waves from inflation in the Cosmic Microwave Background polarization. Prof. Jerzy Lewandowski University of Warsaw, Poland Citation: For his significant contributions to the understanding and methodology of loop quantum gravity, and for his service within the Polish and international relativity community. Prof. Nergis Mavalvala Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Citation: For her innovative contributions to the development of squeezed quantum states of light and classical opto-mechanics techniques, and their application to the quantum enhancement of km-scale interferometers for the detection of gravitational waves. Prof. Jorge Pullin Louisiana State University, USA Citation: For his outstanding contributions to loop quantum gravity, black hole binaries, and the foundations of quantum mechanics, and for his service within the US and international relativity community. Prof. Norna A. Robertson California Institute of Technology, USA and University of Glasgow, U.K. Citation: For her pioneering contributions to the development of interferometric gravitational wave detection especially in the areas of laser stabilization, test-mass suspension systems, and test-mass charging. Prof. Kip S. Thorne California Institute of Technology, USA Citation: For his wide-ranging achievements in gravitational physics, including foundational contributions to our understanding of black holes and gravitational waves, and for his essential role in the development of gravitational wave astronomy. Prof. Clifford M. Will University of Florida and Washington University, USA Citation: For his numerous significant contributions to gravitational physics, particularly the development of the Parametrized Post-Newtonian framework, for his efforts to educate the public, and for his leadership and service within the US and international relativity community. Selected in 2019Prof. Emanuele Berti Charles University, Czech Republic Citation: For his wide-ranging contributions to mathematical general relativity, outstanding service to the international gravitational community, and his leadership in nurturing research in this field in the Czech Republic for the last five decades. Dr. Luc Blanchet CNRS, France Citation: For pioneering work developing the post-Minkowskian approximation to general relativity to enable the analysis of motion and gravitational radiation of compact binary systems to high post-Newtonian order, thus providing key tools for gravitational-wave detection. Prof. Rong-Gen Cai Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Citation: For his contribution to the physics of black holes in AdS space and to understand the origin of gravity and its relation with thermodynamics. Prof. Manuela Campanelli Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Citation: For her contributions to the solution of the binary black hole problem and the studies of highly magnetized matter around them. Prof. Veronika Hubeny University of California / Davis, USA Citation: For fundamental contributions to anti-de Sitter gravity and gauge/gravity duality. Prof. Renate Loll Radboud University, The Netherlands Citation: For her deep insights into nonperturbative quantum gravity and into the quantum structure of spacetime. Prof. Roy Maartens University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and University of Portsmouth, U.K. Citation: For contributions to the study of relativistic cosmology, and for his leadership and service within the relativity community in the UK and in South Africa. Prof. B.S. Sathyaprakash Pennsylvania State University, USA and Cardiff University, U.K. Citation: For his wide-ranging contributions to all aspects of theoretical investigations of gravitational waves, outstanding service to the international gravitational community, and for his leadership in shaping the future of the field through third-generation detectors both in Europe and the US. Selected in 2022Prof. Beverly Berger Dartmouth College, USA Citation: For seminal contributions to cosmology and the understanding of dark energy. Prof. Roberto Emparan ICREA & Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of black holes in higher dimensions. Prof. John Friedman University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA Citation: For fundamental contributions to the theory of the relativistic structure and the stability of rotating neutron stars. Prof. Malcolm Maccallum Queen Mary College London, U.K. Citation: For seminal contributions to classical general relativity and tireless work to develop the international gravity community Prof. Mukund Rangamani University of California / Davis, USA Citation: For groundbreaking contributions to the gauge-gravity duality, especially the fluid-gravity correspondence. Prof. Harvey Reall University of Cambridge, U.K. Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding of higher-dimensional black holes and the development of novel techniques to test stability. Prof. Luciano Rezzolla Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany Citation: For leading contributions to the development of robust numerical relativity simulations of astrophysical phenomena. Prof. Sheila Rowan University of Glasgow, Scotland Citation: For foundational developments to improve the sensitivity of gravitational-wave detectors and leadership of the wider scientific community. Prof. Susan Scott Australian National University, Australia Citation: For groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of the singularities and the global structure of spacetime. Prof. Matt Visser Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Citation: For pioneering research on Lorentzian wormholes and analogue graviy, and highly influential contributions to black-hole physics. File translated from TEX by TTH, version 3.74. On 14 Jan 2008, 11:50. |