John Kormendy Explained

John Kormendy (born June 13, 1948; Graz, Austria),[1] is an American astronomer, currently the Curtis T. Vaughn, Jr. Centennial Chair at University of Texas at Austin.[2] [3] [4] He is known for the Kormendy relation found in the surface brightness profiles for elliptic galaxies.[5] [6]

Honors

He has been awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (1970), the Muhlmann Prize of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1988), a Humboldt Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (2006), and External Membership in the Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching-by-Munich, Germany (2012).[7] In 2020, Kormendy was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kormendy's website. University of Texas at Austin. 2020-07-10.
  2. Web site: Faculty . utexas.edu . December 11, 2016.
  3. Web site: John Kormendy . utexas.edu . December 11, 2016.
  4. Web site: Kormendy, John . worldcat.org . December 11, 2016.
  5. http://chandra.as.utexas.edu/Be-logre.html The Kormendy Relation, utexas.edu
  6. Book: Schneider, Peter. Extragalactic astronomy and cosmology: an introduction. Springer. 2007. 92. 9783540331759.
  7. Web site: John Kormendy's website. University of Texas at Austin. 2020-05-18.
  8. Web site: 2020 NAS Election. National Academy of Sciences. April 27, 2020. 2020-05-18.
  9. Web site: Three UT Austin Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences. April 27, 2020. 2020-05-18.

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