Mościbrodzka receives the Eddington Medal for investigations of outstanding merit in theoretical astrophysics, and Falcke is awarded the Herschel Medal for investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics. It is unique for two researchers of the same university to be simultaneously awarded these two prestigious medals for research on the same subject.
Eddington Medal for Dr. Monika Mościbrodzka
Dr. Monika Mościbrodzka has been awarded the Eddington Medal for her leading role in the award-winning imaging and modelling of the black holes in the centres of the M87 galaxy and our own Milky Way.
The RAS states: “Dr Mościbrodzka led both numerical simulations as well as the polarization analysis of these two black hole shadows by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration. Dr Mościbrodzka pioneered the direct comparison of numerical simulations with observations of black hole images, which today forms the basis of fundamental tests of the theory of General Relativity using the EHT.”
“I am very honoured to receive this award” says Dr. Mościbrodzka. "I would have never expected to receive such recognition at this stage of my career. I am thankful for it and thankful to all my collaborators within and outside of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration for working with me on various topics."
Dr. Mościbrodzka was one of the coordinators of the EHT Polarimetry Working Group which published the first image of the black hole in M87 in polarized light in 2021. She is coordinator of the EHT theory working group and is a member of the EHT Science Council.