Andrew Blain is a British astronomer and professor at the University of Leicester.[1] He was previously assistant professor at California Institute of Technology.[2]

Andrew Blain
NationalityBritish
AwardsNewton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy
Scientific career
FieldsGalactic Evolution, ISM, Gravitational Lensing
InstitutionsUniversity of Leicester

He was chairman of ALMA North American Science Advisory Committee (ANASAC) in 2010,[3] as well as a member of the HerMES international consortium.[4] In 2005 he was awarded the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy by the American Astronomical Society "for his outstanding contributions to sub-mm and far-IR astronomy."[5]

Research edit

Blain's research is on galactic evolution the interstellar medium, and gravitational lensing.[6]

Works edit

  • The cold universe, Editors Andrew W. Blain, F. Combes, Bruce T. Draine, D. Pfenniger, Yves Revaz, Springer, 2004 ISBN 978-3-540-40838-3
  • "A Spectrographic Survey of the Submillimeter Galaxy Population", Multiwavelength mapping of galaxy formation and evolution: proceedings of the ESO Workshop held at Venice, Italy, 13–16 October 2003, Volume 2003, Editors Alvio Renzini, Ralf Bender, Springer, 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-25665-6
  • "The Nature of Submillimeter Galaxies", Deep millimeter surveys: implications for galaxy formation and evolution, 19–21 June 2000, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Editors James D. Lowenthal, David H. Hughes, World Scientific, 2001 ISBN 978-981-02-4465-1

References edit

  1. ^ Ciolfi, Riccardo; Stratta, Giulia; Branchesi, Marica; Gendre, Bruce; Grimm, Stefan; Harms, Jan; Lamb, Gavin Paul; Martin-Carrillo, Antonio; McCann, Ayden; Oganesyan, Gor; Palazzi, Eliana; Ronchini, Samuele; Rossi, Andrea; Salafia, Om Sharan; Salmon, Lana (2021-12-01). "Multi-messenger astrophysics with THESEUS in the 2030s". Experimental Astronomy. 52 (3): 245–275. arXiv:2104.09534. Bibcode:2021ExA....52..245C. doi:10.1007/s10686-021-09795-9. ISSN 1572-9508.
  2. ^ "Andrew Blain's Homepage". Archived from the original on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  3. ^ "AlmaNorthAmericanScienceAdvisoryCommittee < ALMA < NRAO Public Wiki".
  4. ^ "Team | HerMES". Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  5. ^ "Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy". American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  6. ^ Blain, Andrew. "Andrew Blain: ResearchGate". ResearchGate. Retrieved 5 March 2024.