Polish scientist receives major international prize
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
08.02.2017 13:32
A professor from the University of Warsaw is among three winners of the 2017 Dan David Prize in the field of astronomy.
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The prize is awarded annually by the University of Tel Aviv and the Dan David Foundation for innovative and interdisciplinary research. It is accompanied by a USD 1 million grant.
Sixty-year-old Professor Andrzej Udalski has been honoured for his leading role in the OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) project developed by a Warsaw University team.
It involves large-scale observations of the sky in a broad time spectrum and has mapped out new directions in modern astronomical research.
Udalski is the director of the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw.
The award-presentation ceremony will take place at the University of Tel Aviv on 21 May. (mk/pk)