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Adam Riess, an astrophysicist from Maryland, was selected to receive a $500,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Riess is a professor of Astronomy and Physics at Johns Hopkins University.ShawPrize: Adam Riess Biography He discovered an exploding star called a Type la supernova, and was also the lead author on a paper that revealed the universe is constantly expanding because of the force "dark energy."BaltimoreSun: Genius In Our Midst Riess has considered using the money to help make a new optical technology that will make the supernovae stars easier to find in his telescopic images.BaltimoreSun: Genius In Our Midst
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- Born December 1969 in Washington, D.C.ShawPrize: Adam Riess Biography
- Curious about everything in childhoodShawPrize: Adam Riess Biography
- Married Nancy Joy Schondorf in 1998ShawPrize: Adam Riess Biography
- Has daughter, GabrielleBaltimoreSun: Genius In Our Midst
- Honored specifically for "designing experiments and devices to advance our understanding of the geometry of the universe and to trace the story of both its beginning and its end"BaltimoreSun: Genius In Our Midst
- Is a senior member of the science staff at the Space Telescope Science InstituteShawPrize: Adam Riess Biography
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