Riccardo Giacconi

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**Riccardo Giacconi**
Image:Giacconi.jpg National Medal of Science award ceremony, 2003
Born	October 6,1931 Genoa, Italy
Residence	USA Image:Flag of the United States.svg
Nationality	Italian Image:Flag of Italy.svg - American Image:Flag of the United States.svg
Field	Physicist
Institution	Johns Hopkins University Chandra X-ray Observatory
Alma mater	University of Milan
Academic advisor	<please insert>
Notable students	<please insert>
Known for	Astrophysics
Notable prizes	Image:Nobel.svg Nobel Prize in Physics (2002)

Riccardo Giacconi (born October 6,1931) is an Italian-born American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist.

Biography

Born in Genoa, Italy, he received a degree from the University of Milan before moving to the US to pursue a career in astrophysics research. He became an American citizen.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002 for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources. He has simultaneously held the position of professor of physics and astronomy (1982–1997) and research professor (since 1998) at Johns Hopkins University. During this time, he was also Director General of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) (1993–1999). He is currently principal investigator for the Chandra Deep Field-South project with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Honors

Awards

Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1966)
Bruce Medal (1981)
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1981)
Heineman Prize (1981)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1982)
Nobel Prize in Physics (2002)
National Medal of Science (2003)

Named after him

Asteroid 3371 Giacconi

References and further reading

Bruce Medal page

Nobel Prize in Physics: Laureates

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1901: Röntgen 02: Lorentz, Zeeman 03: Becquerel, P.Curie, M.Curie 04: Rayleigh 05: Lenard 06: Thomson 07: Michelson 08: Lippmann 09: Marconi, Braun 10: van der Waals 11: Wien 12: Dalén 13: Kamerlingh Onnes 14: von Laue 15: W.L.Bragg, W.H.Bragg 17: Barkla 18: Planck 19: Stark 20: Guillaume 21: Einstein 22: N.Bohr 23: Millikan 24: Siegbahn 25: Franck, Hertz 26: Perrin 27: Compton, Wilson 28: Richardson 29: de Broglie 30: Raman 32: Heisenberg 33: Schrödinger, Dirac 35: Chadwick 36: Hess, Anderson 37: Davisson, Thomson 38: Fermi 39: Lawrence 43: Stern 44: Rabi 45: Pauli 46: Bridgman 47: Appleton 48: Blackett 49: Yukawa 50: Powell 51: Cockcroft, Walton 52: Bloch, Purcell 53: Zernike 54: Born, Bothe 55: Lamb, Kusch 56: Shockley, Bardeen, Brattain 57: Yang, T.D.Lee 58: Cherenkov, Frank, Tamm 59: Segrè, Chamberlain 60: Glaser 61: Hofstadter, Mössbauer 62: Landau 63: Wigner, Goeppert‑Mayer, Jensen 64: Townes, Basov, Prokhorov 65: Tomonaga, Schwinger, Feynman 66: Kastler 67: Bethe 68: Alvarez 69: Gell‑Mann 70: Alfvén, Néel 71: Gabor 72: Bardeen, Cooper, Schrieffer 73: Esaki, Giaever, Josephson 74: Ryle, Hewish 75: A.Bohr, Mottelson, Rainwater 76: Richter, Ting 77: Anderson, Mott, van Vleck 78: Kapitsa, Penzias, Wilson 79: Glashow, Salam, Weinberg 80: Cronin, Fitch 81: Bloembergen, Schawlow, Siegbahn 82: Wilson 83: Chandrasekhar, Fowler 84: Carlo Rubbia, van der Meer 85: von Klitzing 86: Ruska, Binnig, Rohrer 87: Bednorz, Müller 88: Lederman, Schwartz, Steinberger 89: Ramsey, Dehmelt, Paul 90: Friedman, Kendall, Taylor 91: de Gennes 92: Charpak 93: Hulse, Taylor 94: Brockhouse, Shull 95: Perl, Reines 96: D.Lee, Osheroff, Richardson 97: Chu, Cohen‑Tannoudji, Phillips 98: Laughlin, Störmer, Tsui 99: 't Hooft, Veltman 2000: Alferov, Kroemer, Kilby 01: Cornell, Ketterle, Wieman 02: Davis, Koshiba, Giacconi 03: Abrikosov, Ginzburg, Leggett 04: Gross, Politzer, Wilczek 05: Glauber, Hall, Hänsch 06: Mather, Smoot

Persondata
NAME	Giacconi, Riccardo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Physicist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 6, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Genoa, Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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