Johann Wempe Award 2012 - Prof. Dr. Thomas R. Ayres

Awardee:

Prof. Dr. Thomas R. Ayres
Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy of the University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.

for his pioneering work on stellar spectroscopy in the ultraviolet range and his discovery of the COmosphere.

Award ceremony on 5 October 2012 from 10 am at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP). Press release

Programme:

10:00h
Greetings

10:15h
Laudation

10:30h
Award ceremony

10:45h
Refreshment

11:15h
Keynote speech
Prof. Klaus Werner (Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Tübingen)
Ultraviolet Astronomy: From Sounding Rockets to the Hubble Space Telescope and Beyond

Last update: 10. November 2021