MG awards
The Seventeenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG XVII) 9 July 2024, Pescara, Italy
Individual Awards
DI LI
For his groundbreaking contributions to the scientific definition of the most sensitive radio telescope and his numerous innovations in characterizing the dynamic universe, resulting in precise measurements of the interstellar magnetic field and advancing the field of fast radio bursts into a high-statistics era.
CHRISTOPHER LEE FRYER
For his pioneering and groundbreaking theoretical and numerical simulation contributions that have advanced our understanding of supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and binary stellar evolution connecting them.
Institutional Award
CHIME/FRB Team
For the innovative detection and comprehensive analysis of a large population of fast radio bursts, significantly increasing their statistics, including repeating sources, which have boosted our understanding of their origin and their application in mapping the universe structure and composition.
Presented to Professor Victoria Kaspi.
About the award
Each recipient is presented with a silver casting of the TEST sculpture by the artist A. Pierelli. The original casting was presented to His Holiness Pope John Paul II on the first occasion of the Marcel Grossmann Awards.
Image credits
- Di Li — University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Christopher Lee Fryer — MG17 Awards booklet
- CHIME/FRB Team — MG17 Awards booklet
- Victoria Kaspi — International Astronomical Union (IAU), The Shaw Prize / Victoria M. Kaspi / IAU, CC BY 4.0