Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize
The Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize is awarded every two years by the American Astronomical Society . It recognizes outstanding research contributions in astronomy or astrophysics that are extraordinarily creative or innovative in nature. The award is named after the cosmologist and astronomer Beatrice Tinsley .
Tinsley Prize Winner
| year | Award winners | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 |
 Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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Discoverer of the first pulsar |
| 1988 |
 Harold I. Ewen Edward Mills Purcell
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Discoverer of the 21 cm line of atomic hydrogen |
| 1990 |
 Antoine Labeyrie
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Inventor of Speckle Interferometry |
| 1992 |
Robert Henry Dicke
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Inventor of the lock-in amplifier |
| 1994 |
Raymond Davis Junior
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Inventor of neutrino detectors , first measurement of solar neutrinos |
| 1996 |
 Aleksander Wolszczan
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Discoverer of the first pulsar planet |
| 1998 |
Robert E. Williams
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Spectroscopy, especially in gas clouds |
| 2000 |
Charles R. Alcock
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Search for massive compact objects in galactic halos |
| 2002 |
Geoffrey Marcy R. Paul Butler Steven Vogt
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Developer of ultra-high-resolution Doppler spectroscopy , and discoverer of many extrasolar planets through measurements of radial velocity |
| 2004 |
Ronald J. Reynolds
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Studies of the interstellar medium |
| 2006 |
John E. Carlstrom
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Investigation of the cosmic microwave background with the help of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect |
| 2008 |
Mark Reid
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For precision astrometry experiments with the VLBI and VLBA and pioneering work for the use of cosmic masers in astronomy. His research in radio astronomy led to a better understanding of regions with star formation and improved the distance measurements in the local group . |
| 2010 |
Drake Deming
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For discovering thermal infrared radiation from exoplanets with the Spitzer Space Telescope |
| 2012 | Ronald L. Gilliland | For time-domain - photometry with very high signal-to-noise ratio. |
| 2014 |
Chris Lintott
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For generating transformative access to the natural sciences by involving non-scientists in cutting-edge research |
| 2016 |
Andrew Gould
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For his development of gravitational microlensing as an important tool for the discovery and characterization of exoplanets. |
| 2018 |
Julianne Dalcanton
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For her pioneering use of large surveys to study low-surface-brightness galaxies and her leadership in developing Hubble Space Telescope surveys to create a legacy of data on resolved stellar populations of nearby galaxies. |
| 2020 |
Krzysztof Stanek Christopher Kochanek
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For their innovative contributions to time-domain astronomy and, in particular, their leadership in the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN). |