Ian Smail
Ian Smail | |
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| Born | Ian Robert Smail |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge (MA) Durham University (PhD) |
| Awards | Philip Leverhulme Prize (2001) Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013) Herschel Medal (2025) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Durham University |
| Thesis | Gravitational lensing by rich clusters of galaxies (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Ellis |
| Website | astro |
Ian Robert Smail is a British astrophysicist. He is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the Durham University Department of Physics, based in the Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, itself part of the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics.
He has been ranked as one of the most highly-cited researchers in Space Sciences.