Royal Astronomical Society / en Roberto Abraham awarded 2023 Jackson-Gwilt Medal /celebrates/roberto-abraham-awarded-2023-jackson-gwilt-medal <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Roberto Abraham awarded 2023 Jackson-Gwilt Medal </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-01-13T15:36:37-05:00" title="Friday, January 13, 2023 - 15:36" class="datetime">Fri, 01/13/2023 - 15:36</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6881" hreflang="en">Jackson-Gwilt Medal</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6882" hreflang="en">Royal Astronomical Society</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/david-dunlap-department-astronomy-astrophysics" hreflang="en">David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Headshot-Portrait-ROBERTO-ABRAHAM1-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Roberto Abraham"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>University of Toronto Astronomy Professor <strong>Roberto Abraham</strong> has been awarded <a href="https://ras.ac.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/jackson-gwilt-medal">the 2023 Jackson-Gwilt Medal</a> by the Royal Astronomical Society, for <a href="/news/nearly-2-million-support-u-t-astronomer-upgrade-telescope-hunt-dark-matter">his innovative work with the Dragonfly Telephoto Array</a>.</p> <p>Abraham is a professor and chair of the David A. Dunlap department of astronomy and astrophysics in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, as well as an associate at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics. He shares the award with Professor Pieter&nbsp;van Dokkum&nbsp;of Yale University,&nbsp;his co-principal investigator.</p> <p>The Dragonfly Telephoto Array is an innovative optical design that uses clusters of Canon lenses. The design and filters minimize stray light, which helps it to achieve an unpreceded sensitivity to low surface brightness features.</p> <p>Abraham and van Dokkum, along with their research teams, began designing the telescope in 2013, starting with just three Canon lenses. Dragonfly now has 78 lenses and is expected to expand to 168 lenses within the next year. The professors’ work has contributed greatly to investigations of galaxy evolution, and shedding light on the nature of dark matter.</p> <p>“It is a tremendous honour to receive this award,” says Abraham. “Previous honourees include some of my astronomical heroes, stretching back over a hundred years. It’s especially cool to be awarded the same medal that Clyde Tombaugh got for discovering Pluto – I don’t care what anybody says, that thing is still a planet in my book!”</p> <h3><a href="http://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/professor-roberto-abraham-wins-the-2023-jackson-gwilt-medal/">Read more at the&nbsp;Dunlap Institute for Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Arts &amp; Science</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 13 Jan 2023 20:36:37 +0000 lanthierj 179091 at