Eric F. Bell
Eric F. Bell | |
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| Alma mater | Glasgow University (BSc) Durham University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Observational astronomy |
| Thesis | Exploring the star formation histories of galaxies (1999) |
| Website | sites |
Eric Findlay Bell[1] is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Astronomy at the University of Michigan.[2]
Formerly a staff scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Bell was a 2007 awardee of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize from the German Research Foundation for his work on galaxy formation.[3][4]
He was part of the team that discovered Andromeda XXXV, a satellite galaxy of Andromeda, in 2025.[5]
References
- ^ "Eric Findlay Bell". AstroGen. American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Eric Bell". University of Michigan Department of Astronomy. University of Michigan. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "The GHOSTS Team". Galaxy Halos, Outer disks, Substructure, Thick disks and Star clusters (GHOSTS). Space Telescope Science Institute. 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ Streier, Eva-Maria (16 March 2007). "30 Jahre Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis". Informationsdienst Wissenschaft. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ Lea, Robert (12 March 2025). "Scientists discover smallest galaxy ever seen: 'It's like having a perfectly functional human being that's the size of a grain of rice'". Space. Retrieved 6 May 2025.