Jaan Einasto#
| Membership Number: | 903 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ESTONIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.aai.ee/~einasto |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 Tartu Observatory, Senior Researcher and Research Fellow
- 1998 - 2013 Tartu Observatory, Senior Researcher
- 1998 Senior research fellow, Tartu Observatory
- 1992 - 1997 Head of the cosmology department, Tartu Observatory
- 1992 - 1995 Profeesor of cosmology, Tartu University
- 1976 - 1992 Head of the galaxy physics group, Tartu Observatory
- 1968 - 1976 Senior research fellow, Tartu Observatory
- 1963 - 1968 Head of the astrophysics group, Tartu Observatory
- 1957 - 1963 Senior research fellow, Tartu Observatory
Fields of Scholarship
- Structure and evolution of the Universe
- Astrophysics
- Discoverer of the large-scale structure of the Universe
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- Member of the European Astronomical Society
- Member of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 2014 Gruber International Cosmology Prize
- 2013 Doctor Honoris Causa, Turku University
- 2012 Viktor Ambartsumian International Award
- 2010 Doctor Honoris Causa, Tartu University
- 2009 Marcel Grossman Award
- 2007 Science Award of Estonian Republic
- 2003 National Science Prize
- 1998 The Order of the National Coat of Arms
- 1998 National Science Price in physical sciences
- 1982 Estonian Science Prize
