George Petros Efstathiou ( Londres , 2 de setembro de 1955 ) e um astrofisico britanico , diretor do Instituto Kavli de Cosmologia na Universidade de Cambridge . Foi previamente Professor Saviliano de Astronomia na Universidade de Oxford .
Efstathiou frequentou a Tottenham Grammar School . Estudou no Keble College (Oxford) e na Universidade de Durham , onde obteve um PhD em 1979. [ 1 ]
Recebeu a Medalha Maxwell de 1990, e foi eleito membro da Royal Society (FRS) em 1994. Recebeu o Premio Dannie Heineman de Astrofisica de 2005. Recebeu o Premio Gruber de Cosmologia de 2011, juntamente com Marc Davis , Carlos Frenk e Simon White e a Medalha Hughes de 2015. [ 2 ]
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