Garik Israelian
Garik Israelian | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1963 (age 61–62) |
| Nationality | Armenian, Spanish |
| Alma mater | Yerevan State University |
| Awards | Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize (2010), The Canary Islands Gold Medal (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics, Spectroscopy |
| Institutions | Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias |
Garik Israelian (Armenian: Գարիկ Իսրայելյան, born 1963) is an Armenian-Spanish astrophysicist and co-founder of the Starmus Festival. In 1999, Israelian and colleagues presented the first observational evidence that supernova explosions were responsible for the formation of stellar-mass black holes.