Bruno Leibundgut


Bruno Leibundgut is a Swiss astronomer born in Basel. His work focuses on supernovae and cosmology. He was a member of the High-z Supernova Search Team and participated in the establishment of the Very Large Telescope.

Career

Leibundgut finished his PhD at the University of Basel in 1988 with the English written paper "Light Curves of Supernovae Type I". He is the author or co-author of dozens of scientific papers dedicated for example to supernovae or the universe in general.
Until March 2013 he worked as the Science Director of the ESO. Since then he has been having his sabbatical travelling around Europe holding lectures about the formation of the elements after the Big Bang, modern astronomical observatories or the structure of the universe.

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