Fritz Zwicky Prize for Astrophysics and Cosmology

Award

Fritz Zwicky Prize for Astrophysics and Cosmology

Awarded for| Obtaining fundamental and outstanding results related to the fields of astrophysics and/or cosmology
Presented by| European Astronomical Society
Reward(s)| CHF 5000 (2020)
First awarded| 2020
Website| eas.unige.ch/zwicky_prize.jsp

The Fritz Zwicky Prize for Astrophysics and Cosmology is awarded biennially to a living person who, in the estimation of the judges, "has obtained fundamental and outstanding results related to astrophysics and/or cosmology". These results may constitute a body of work over a period of time or may be a single specific result. The Prize was established in 2020 and is awarded by the European Astronomical Society (EAS) on behalf of the Fritz Zwicky Foundation, located in Glarus, Switzerland.[1]

Recipients are invited to deliver a plenary lecture at the following EAS Annual Meeting.

## Recipients

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Year  | Recipient  | Citation  | Ref(s)

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2020  |  | Martin Rees | For outstanding contributions to astrophysics and cosmology including seminal papers on active galaxies and black holes, the origin of gamma-ray bursts, the large-scale structure of the Universe, and the cosmic microwave background. This exceptionally broad oeuvre has been both prescient and enormously influential.  | [2]
2022  |  | Ewine van Dishoeck | For her groundbreaking, decades-spanning, work in observational astrochemistry and molecular spectroscopy, revealing the secrets of molecules from interstellar clouds to star and planet formation, and for her leadership within the astronomical community.  | [3]
2024  |  | Catherine Cesarsky | For outstanding contributions to the understanding of the evolution of galaxies via space infrared observations and for her leadership in shaping the observational infrastructure of contemporary astronomy.  | [4]

## See also

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* List of astronomy awards

## References

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1. ^ Meylan, Georges (September 2019). "European Astronomical Society prizes 2019". Nature Astronomy. 3 (9): 800–801. Bibcode:2019NatAs...3..800M. doi:10.1038/s41550-019-0881-1. ISSN 2397-3366.
2. ^ "European Astronomical Society 2020 prizes" (PDF). European Astronomical Society. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
3. ^ "European Astronomical Society 2022 Prizes" (PDF). European Astronomical Society. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
4. ^ "European Astronomical Society 2024 Prizes" (PDF). European Astronomical Society. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

## External links

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* eas.unige.ch/zwicky_prize.jsp