John Richard Bond (born 1950 in

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), also known as J. Richard Bond, is a Canadian astrophysicist and cosmologist. Bond received his bachelor's degree in 1973 from the

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and his PhD in theoretical physics in 1979 from

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under the supervision of

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. Beginning in 1985 he has been a professor at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) and at the University of Toronto. He served 2 five-year terms (1996–2006) as CITA's director, and since 2002 he has been the director of the ''Cosmology and Gravity Program'' for the

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(CIFAR). Bond's most famous work concerns the theoretical modeling of anisotropies of the

cosmic background radiation Cosmic background radiation is electromagnetic radiation from the Big Bang. The origin of this radiation depends on the region of the spectrum that is observed. One component is the cosmic microwave background. This component is redshifted ph ...

. Since the 1990s increasingly detailed measurements of such anisotropies have enabled such theoretical models to form a basis for understanding the foundations of contemporary cosmology and the evolution of cosmic structure.

Honours and awards

* 1969 space award * 1989 Steacie Prize * 1996 FRSC * 1996 Beals Award, Canadian Astronomical Society * 1998 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics * 2001 FRS * 2002

Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics The Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics is jointly awarded each year by the American Astronomical Society and American Institute of Physics for outstanding work in astrophysics. It is funded by the Heineman Foundation in honour of Dannie Heine ...

* 2005 Officer in the

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the cen ...

* 2006

Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering The Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering is awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada to recognize "research contributions characterized by both excellence and influence." Prior ...

* 2007 Killam Award * 2008

Gruber Prize in Cosmology The Gruber Prize in Cosmology, established in 2000, is one of three prestigious international awards worth US$500,000 made by the Gruber Foundation, a non-profit organization based at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Since 2001, the G ...

* 2009 Tory Medal * 2020 Elected a Legacy Fellow of the

American Astronomical Society The American Astronomical Society (AAS, sometimes spoken as "double-A-S") is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC. The primary objective of the AAS is to promote the adv ...

in 2020

References

External links

Homepage of Dick Bond at U. of Torontoj. richard bond - Google Scholar CitationsJ. Richard Bond, Microsoft Academic Search
1950 births Living people 20th-century Canadian astronomers 21st-century Canadian astronomers California Institute of Technology alumni Canadian astrophysicists Canadian Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Members of the Order of Ontario Officers of the Order of Canada Scientists from Toronto University of Toronto alumni Academic staff of the University of Toronto Winners of the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences Fellows of the American Astronomical Society {{astronomer-stub