Participants
18 November 2023
16:45 – 17:30
Amphithéâtre Painlevé
David Elbaz
David Elbaz, astrophysicist, is Director of Research at the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA Saclay). He studies the formation of galaxies, with a particular focus on the role of stardust, galactic black holes and galaxy families such as galaxy clusters. His work has won awards from the French Académie des Sciences (Jaffé Prize 2017) and the American Astronomical Society (Chrétien Prize 2000), and he is a member of the European Academy of Sciences (Academia Europaea) and of the Highly Cited Researchers (1% of researchers) according to the Web of Science (Clarivate Analystics). He is the Editorial Director of the scientific journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, which was originally the journal of European astrophysics and has expanded to 28 member countries. Alongside his research work, he is involved in the dissemination of science through conferences, books, shows, documentaries and radio broadcasts. His latest book “À la recherche de l’univers invisible: matière noire, énergie noire, trous noirs” (2016 éditions Odile Jacob) received the 2017 Science & Philosophy Book Prize from the X-Philo association of the École Polytechnique and was nominated for the 2017 le Goût des Sciences prize from the French Ministry of Research.