Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics

Recognizes outstanding mid-career work in the field of astrophysics

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This article is about the astrophysics prize named after Dannie Heineman. For other prizes likewise named, see Dannie Heineman Prize.

The Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics is jointly awarded each year by the American Astronomical Society and American Institute of Physics for outstanding work in astrophysics.[1] It is funded by the Heineman Foundation in honour of Dannie Heineman.

## Recipients

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Source: AAS

* 1980 Joseph H. Taylor, Jr.
* 1981 Riccardo Giacconi
* 1982 P. James E. Peebles
* 1983 Irwin I. Shapiro
* 1984 Martin Rees
* 1985 Sandra M. Faber
* 1986 Hyron Spinrad
* 1987 David L. Lambert
* 1988 James E. Gunn
* 1989 Carl E. Heiles
* 1990 Richard McCray
* 1991 Wallace L. W. Sargent
* 1992 Bohdan Paczyński
* 1993 John C. Mather
* 1994 John N. Bahcall
* 1995 Jerry E. Nelson
* 1996 Roger A. Chevalier
* 1997 Scott D. Tremaine
* 1998 Roger Blandford
* 1999 Kenneth C. Freeman
* 2000 Frank Shu
* 2001 Bruce G. Elmegreen
* 2002 J. Richard Bond
* 2003 Rashid Sunyaev
* 2004 Bruce T. Draine
* 2005 George Efstathiou, Simon White
* 2006 Marc Davis[2]
* 2007 Robert Kennicutt
* 2008 Andrew Fabian
* 2009 Lennox L. Cowie
* 2010 Edward Kolb, Michael Turner
* 2011 Robert P. Kirshner
* 2012 Chryssa Kouveliotou[3]
* 2013 Rachel Somerville[4]
* 2014 Piero Madau[5]
* 2015 David Spergel,[6] Marc Kamionkowski[7]
* 2016 Wendy L. Freedman[8]
* 2017 Lars Bildsten[9]
* 2018 Vicky Kalogera[10]
* 2019 Edwin Bergin
* 2020 Christopher Kochanek
* 2021 Robert Lupton, David Weinberg[11]
* 2022 Norman Murray[12]
* 2023 Karen Meech

## See also

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* Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
* List of astronomy awards
* List of physics awards
* Prizes named after people

## References

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1. ^ Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, retrieved 20 October 2019
2. ^ "AAS Hands Out Eight Awards; Seven Win Division Prizes". Physics Today. July 13, 2006. doi:10.1063/PT.4.1526.
3. ^ "Astrophysicist Chryssa Kouveliotou wins 2012 Dannie Heineman prize". Physics Today. February 3, 2012. doi:10.1063/PT.4.0729.
4. ^ "Astrophysicist Rachel Somerville Wins 2013 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics". January 23, 2013.
5. ^ "Astrophysicist Piero Madau Wins 2014 Dannie Heineman Prize". January 15, 2014.
6. ^ "New Jersey Astrophysicist David Spergel Wins 2015 Dannie Heineman Prize". January 16, 2015.
7. ^ "Baltimore Astrophysicist Marc Kamionkowski Wins 2015 Dannie Heineman Prize". January 16, 2015.
8. ^ "Wendy Freedman to receive Heineman Prize for Astrophysics". January 20, 2016.
9. ^ "AAS Announces Recipients of 2017 Prizes and Awards". American Astronomical Society. January 9, 2017.
10. ^ "Vicky Kalogera wins 2018 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics". Archived from the original on 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
11. ^ "Robert Lupton, David Weinberg Awarded 2021 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics". January 12, 2021.
12. ^ "Norman Murray Awarded 2022 Dannie Heineman Prize for His Astrophysical Insights". February 1, 2022.