Keith Olive Awarded the Hans A. Bethe Prize

In April of 2018, FTPI Director Keith Olive was awarded the Hans A. Bethe Prize from the American Physical Society. The Hans A. Bethe prize is presented annually by the American Physical Society for outstanding work in theory, experiment or observation in the areas of astrophysics, nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, or closely related fields.

The prize was awarded to Professor Olive for outstanding contributions across a broad spectrum of fields including nuclear physics, particle physics, theoretical and observational astrophysics, and cosmology, especially Big Bang nucleosynthesis and the properties of dark matter.