[:en][three_fourth last=»no» spacing=»yes» center_content=»no» hide_on_mobile=»no» background_color=» background_image=» background_image=»» background_repeat=»no-repeat» background_position=»left top» hover_type=»none» link=»» border_position=»all» border_size=»0px» border_color=» border_style=» border_style=»» padding=» margin_top=» margin_top=»» margin_bottom=» animation_type=» animation_type=»» animation_direction=»» animation_speed=»0.1″ animation_offset=» class=» class=»» id=»»][fusion_text] Brian Schmidt is a Laureate Fellow and Distinguished Professor at The Australian National University’s Mount Stromlo Observatory. Brian was raised…

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[:en][three_fourth last=»last=»link=»»» spacing=»yes» center_content=»no» hide_on_mobile=»no» background_color=» background_image=» background_image=»» background_repeat=»no-repeat» background_position=»left top» hover_type=»none» link=»» border_position=»all» border_size=»0px» border_color=» border_style=» border_style=»» padding=» margin_top=» margin_top=»» margin_bottom=» animation_type=» animation_type=»» animation_direction=»» animation_speed=»0.1″ animation_offset=» class=» class=»» id=»»][fusion_text] Peter Stetson is interested in most aspects of observational astronomy, but the bulk of his effort has been in photometry…

[:en][three_fourth last=»no» spacing=»yes» center_content=»no» hide_on_mobile=»no» background_color=» background_image=» background_image=»» background_repeat=»no-repeat» background_position=»left top» hover_type=»none» link=»» border_position=»all» border_size=»0px» border_color=» border_style=» border_style=»» padding=» margin_top=» margin_top=»» margin_bottom=» animation_type=» animation_type=»» animation_direction=»» animation_speed=»0.1″ animation_offset=» class=» class=»» id=»»][fusion_text] Tony Tyson is the Chief Scientist of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. His research interests are in cosmology, dark matter,…

[:en][three_fourth last=»no» spacing=»yes» center_content=»no» hide_on_mobile=»no» background_color=» background_image=» background_image=»» background_repeat=»no-repeat» background_position=»left top» hover_type=»none» link=»» border_position=»all» border_size=»0px» border_color=» border_style=» border_style=»» padding=» margin_top=» margin_top=»» margin_bottom=» animation_type=» animation_type=»» animation_direction=»» animation_speed=»0.1″ animation_offset=» class=» class=»» id=»»][fusion_text]Wolfgang Gieren´s research focuses on the calibration of the extragalactic distance scale mostly using stellar distance indicators, such as Cepheid variables,…