J. Richard Bond
J. Richard 'Dick' Bond (* 1950 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian astrophysicist and cosmologist.
After studying mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto and Caltech , he obtained his doctorate in theoretical physics in 1979 with William A. Fowler at Caltech. Since 1985 he has been a professor at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) and at the University of Toronto.
Bond's most important work deals with the theoretical modeling of anisotropies of cosmic background radiation . The comparison of such models with the more and more detailed measurements of these anisotropies since the 1990s is one of the foundations of today's cosmology and understanding of the evolution of galaxies.
Awards
- 1996 elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- 1998 elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 1998 CAP-CRM Prize
- 2001 elected Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2002 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
- 2003 elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2005 Officer in the Order of Canada
- 2006 Herzberg Gold Medal
- 2007 Order of Ontario
- 2008 Gruber Prize for Cosmology
- 2011 election to the National Academy of Sciences
- 2016 Honorary Doctorate from Saint Mary's University Halifax
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bond, J. Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bond, Dick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian astrophysicist and cosmologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto |