Adam G. Riess

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:activeYears 1990-present
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:Cottrell_Scholar_Award
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Gruber_Prize_in_Cosmology
Hubble Fellowship
Ph.D._in_Astronomy
gptkbp:birthDate 1969-12-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Brian_Schmidt
gptkb:Saul_Perlmutter
gptkbp:contributedTo cosmology
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy astrophysics
gptkbp:hasChild 2
gptkbp:hasCitations over 10000 citations
gptkbp:hasPublications over 300 scientific papers
gptkbp:hasResearchFocus spectroscopy
galactic dynamics
high-energy astrophysics
photometry
exoplanets
galaxy formation
gravitational waves
stellar evolution
neutrino physics
black holes
cosmic microwave background
dark energy
large-scale structure of the universe
multi-messenger astronomy
cosmic distance ladder
time-domain astronomy
astroinformatics
data science in astrophysics
machine learning in astronomy
quantum_cosmology
gptkbp:hasResearchInterest gptkb:Riess_Group_at_Johns_Hopkins_University
gptkbp:hasWebsite https://www.astro.umd.edu/~riess/
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Adam G. Riess
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkbp:involvedIn Dark Energy Survey
Supernova Legacy Survey
gptkbp:knownFor discovering the accelerating expansion of the universe
gptkbp:members gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkbp:notableWork Type Ia supernova research
Hubble_Space_Telescope_observations
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Astrophysical_Journal
Nature
gptkbp:researchFocus supernovae
gptkbp:researchInterest observational astronomy
gptkbp:spouse not publicly disclosed