TMT Project Scientist Jerry Nelson Wins Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
Jerry Nelson, project scientist for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) and professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will share the $1 million Kavli Prize in Astrophysics with two other researchers for their innovations in the field of telescope design. Nelson's engineering and scientific innovations enabled the building of a new class of large telescopes that revolutionized the science of astronomy.