Jonathan Tennyson | |
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| Born | Charles Jonathan Penrose Tennyson (1955-05-11)11 May 1955 (age 70) Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge University of Sussex |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University College London |
| Thesis | Studies in the ab initio calculation of molecular energies. (1980) |
| Website | www |
Charles Jonathan Penrose TennysonFRS (born 11 May 1955) is a British physicist. He is theMasseyProfessor ofPhysics (since 2005) and Head of department at the Department of Physics and Astronomy,University College London (2004–11). Chief ScientistQuantemol Ltd and chair, Blue Skies Space Ltd.[1][2]
He was educated atBootham School,[3] York. He continued his studies atKing's College, Cambridge and theUniversity of Sussex.
Tennyson is an author of over 700 scientific papers focusing on applications of molecularspectroscopy to problems inastrophysics,atmospheric science,plasma physics and other fields. He has written a number of popular science articles. He wrote the undergraduate textbookAstronomical Spectroscopy: An Introduction to the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Astronomical Spectra (2005).[1] Leader of theExoMol project.
He received the 2007Ellis R. Lippincott Award fromThe Optical Society and was also elected a Fellow of the Society.[4] Tennyson was elected aFellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2009.[1]
Tennyson was awarded the 2025 Royal Astronomical Society’s Gold Medal for his pioneering work advancing our understanding of exoplanets.[5]
He is the son ofHallam Tennyson, grandson ofSir Charles Tennyson and is the great-great-grandson ofAlfred Lord Tennyson.[6] He is the father of actorMatthew Tennyson.
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