Richard Ellis (astronomer)

Richard Ellis CBE FRS
Ellis at Caltech in 2008
Born	Richard Salisbury Ellis (1950-05-25) 25 May 1950 (age 74) Colwyn Bay, Wales,[1] UK
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University College London University of Oxford
Awards	Fellow Royal Society 1995 Bakerian Lecture 1998 Fellow Institute of Physics 1998 Fellow University College London 1999 Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science 2001 Honorary Doctorate (D.Sc.) Durham University 2002 Gruber Prize in Cosmology (shared) 2007 CBE 2008 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 2011 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (shared) 2014 Carl Sagan Memorial Prize (shared) 2017 Fellow & Corresponding Member, Australian Academy of Science 2018 Honorary Doctorate (D.Sc.) Edinburgh University 2019 Michael Faraday Medal and Prize 2020 Royal Society Royal Medal 2022 Gruber Prize in Cosmology (sole recipient) 2023 International Member National Academy of Sciences 2024
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	University College London (2015–present) Caltech (1999–2015) University of Cambridge (1993–1999) Durham University (1974–1993)
Thesis	Stellar abundances and nucleosynthesis (1974)
Doctoral advisor	Donald Blackwell
Doctoral students	David Axon, Jeremy Heyl, Ian Smail, Amy Barger, Richard Massey

Richard Salisbury Ellis CBE FRS (born 25 May 1950, Colwyn Bay, Wales) is Professor of Astrophysics at the University College London. He previously served as the Steele Professor of Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He was awarded the 2011 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society,^[2][3] in 2022 the Royal Medal^[4] of the Royal Society and in 2023 the Gruber Prize in Cosmology.^[5]