Max Pettini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Max Pettini

British astronomer

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1949

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: Italy, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Max Pettini (born 15 June 1949) is a professor of observational astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.Pettini was born in Rome but studied for a BSc in physics then a PhD in astrophysics at University College London.
He has worked in the UK ever since, apart from four years at the Anglo-Australian Observatory in Epping, New South Wales from 1987 to 1991, and has British citizenship.His early research obtained observational evidence that verified a prediction that our galaxy is surrounded by a halo of hot ionised gas.Pettini was awarded the Herschel Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2008.
In May 2010, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.