The Jansky Prize is awarded every year to an international scientist in recognition of his or her contribution to the development of radio astronomy.
France honored for the first time
This year, the prize is awarded for the first time to a French astronomer, Professor Françoise Combes, for her career-long and decisive contributions to the fields of galaxy evolution, interstellar medium, dark matter and radio astronomy.
The experience acquired during her remarkable career has radiated on the whole of astronomy.
Françoise Combes is the author of more than 1200 publications and more than 20 books.
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Read also the information
on the National Radio Astronomy Observatory website:
"French Astronomer Honored as 2022 Jansky Lecturer"
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His work has already been awarded many prizes and distinctions, in France and abroad, including
- The gold medal of the CNRS,
- The L’Oréal-Unesco International Prize for Women in Science,
- The Jules Janssen Prize of the Astronomical Society of France,
- The Lise Meitner Prize of Gothenburg,
- or the title of honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Long-time science editor for the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, she has had a key advisory role in the realization of the ALMA and SKA radio telescopes, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the International Astronomical Union.
Françoise Combes will present her Jansky conference under the title: "Symbiosis between black holes and galaxies" :
- at Charlottesville (NRAO headquarters), Virginia, on February 14, 2023 ;
- at Greenbank (site of the 100-m telescope) on February 15, 2023;
- at Socorro, (VLA site) in New Mexico, on February 17, 2023.
| The Jansky Prize Named after K. Jansky, discoverer in 1932 of radio waves from a cosmic source and as such, father of radio astronomy, the prize was awarded for the first time in 1966. Jansky Prize winners include:
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