Michael Perryman#
| Membership Number: | 1852 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ucd.ie/physics/staff/adjunctvisitingstaff/michaelperryman |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2010 University of Heidelberg & Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
- 1993 - 2009 Professor, Astronomy Deptartment, Leiden University, The Netherlands
- 1980 - 2009 European Space Agency (ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands)
- 1976 - 1979 PhD, Mullard Radio Astronomy Group, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Astronomy
- Astrometry
- Galaxy
- Extra-solar planets
- Optical detectors
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
(jointly with Lennart Lindegren)
- 2011 Tycho Brahe Prize of the European Astronomical Society
- 2010 Honorary Doctorate, Faculty of Science, Lund University (Sweden)
- 2007 Eponymous naming of Minor Planet 10969
- 1999 George Darwin Lecture, Royal Astronomical Society
- 1997 Academic Medal, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences
- 1996 Prix Janssen, French Astronomical Society
