Prof. Peter G. Martin
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Toronto
Election Year
2007
Academy
Académie des sciences
Discipline
Astronomical Sciences
Department
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Keywords
star formation, interstellar dust, Galactic ecology, interstellar gas
Long Citation
Peter G. Martin is one of Canada's most distinguished astrophysical leaders and mentors. He is universally recognized as a major world figure in studies of the physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium. He has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of cosmic dust, interstellar light propagation, and the complex Galactic ecosystem in which stars are born and die. He led a massive theoretical effort to compute essential and widely-used hydrogen molecule reaction rates for star and planet formation. He plays a defining role in many major ISM observing campaigns, including the unique Canadian survey of the Galactic plane.
Short Citation
Peter G. Martin is one of Canada's most distinguished astrophysical leaders and mentors. He is universally recognized as a major world figure in studies of the physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium. He has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of cosmic dust, interstellar light propagation, and the complex Galactic ecosystem in which stars are born and die.
Peter G. Martin is one of Canada's most distinguished astrophysical leaders and mentors. He is universally recognized as a major world figure in studies of the physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium. He has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of cosmic dust, interstellar light propagation, and the complex Galactic ecosystem in which stars are born and die. He led a massive theoretical effort to compute essential and widely-used hydrogen molecule reaction rates for star and planet formation. He plays a defining role in many major ISM observing campaigns, including the unique Canadian survey of the Galactic plane.
Short Citation
Peter G. Martin is one of Canada's most distinguished astrophysical leaders and mentors. He is universally recognized as a major world figure in studies of the physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium. He has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of cosmic dust, interstellar light propagation, and the complex Galactic ecosystem in which stars are born and die.