Sheperd S. Doeleman

Sheperd S. Doeleman
Born
Sheperd Nacheman

1967
AwardsBruno Rossi Prize (2020)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2020)
Henry Draper Medal (2021)
Prix Georges Lemaître (2023)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
ThesisImaging Active Galactic Nuclei with 3mm-VLBI (1995)
Doctoral advisorsAlan E.E. Rogers and Bernard F. Burke

Sheperd "Shep" S. Doeleman (born 1967) is an American astrophysicist. His research focuses on super massive black holes with sufficient resolution to directly observe the event horizon. He is a senior research fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian and the Founding Director[2] of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project.[3] He led the international team of researchers that produced the first directly observed image of a black hole.[4][5]

Doeleman was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2019.[6]

  1. ^ "Sheperd Doeleman Awarded the 2023 Georges Lemaître International Prize". News, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University. April 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "organization". eventhorizontelescope.org.
  3. ^ "Sheperd Doeleman". bhi.fas.harvard.edu.
  4. ^ "Harvard scientists shed light on importance of black hole image". 10 April 2019.
  5. ^ Ghosh, Pallab (10 April 2019). "First ever black hole image released". BBC.
  6. ^ "Shep Doeleman: The 100 Most Influential People of 2019". TIME. Retrieved 2020-09-22.

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