Max Pettini

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Max Pettini (born 15 June 1949) is a professor of observational astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. [1]

Pettini was born in Rome but studied for a BSc in physics then a PhD in astrophysics at University College London. He has worked in the UK ever since, apart from four years at the Anglo-Australian Observatory in Epping, New South Wales from 1987 to 1991, and has British citizenship. [1]

His early research obtained observational evidence that verified a prediction that our galaxy is surrounded by a halo of hot ionised gas. [2]

Pettini was awarded the Herschel Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2008. In May 2010, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. [2] . Together with Ryan Cooke, in 2025, he was awarded the Gruber Prize in Cosmology. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Pettini, Max at ISIHighlyCited.com
  2. 1 2 "Royal Society announces new Fellows". Royal Society. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Ryan Cooke and Max Pettini receive $500,000 Gruber Cosmology Prize for Measuring a Key Value at the Dawn of the Universe". EurekAlert!. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.


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