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Biography. Research. Adam Riess is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, the Thomas J. Barber Professor in Space Studies at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, a distinguished astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Adam Riess, in full Adam Guy Riess, (born December 16, 1969, Washington, D.C., U.S.), American astronomer who was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of dark energy, a repulsive force that is the dominant component (73 percent) of the universe.

Adam G. Riess. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011. Born: 16 December 1969, Washington, D.C., USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Dr. Adam G. Riess is a Professor of Astronomy and Physics at the Johns Hopkins University and a Senior member of the Science Staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute, both in Baltimore, MD. His research involves measurements of the cosmological framework with supernovae (exploding stars) and Cepheids (pulsating stars).

Adam Riess is Thomas J. Barber Professor in Space Studies, Department of Astronomy and Physics, Johns Hopkins University and Distinguished Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute. He shared the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics (with Saul Perlmutter and astronomer Brian Schmidt) for his discovery of dark energy.

View all. 105 articles. 1 article. available. not available. Based on funding mandates. Adam Riess. Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University. Verified email at pha.jhu.edu - Homepage.

Nobel laureate Adam Riess walks you through his team’s incredible discovery of dark energy and our accelerating universe. Explore one of the biggest mysteries in modern cosmology. #WorldSciU ...

Credits. Photo: Homewood Photography. Adam Riess ’92, whose observations of distant supernovae helped reveal that the universe is rapidly expanding, will share the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics, the Nobel Committee announced this morning in Stockholm.