Isabelle Baraffe, recipient of the 2020 Viktor Ambartsumian Prize

Isabelle Baraffe, professor at CRAL (ENS de Lyon / CNRS / UCBL), is the recipient of the prestigious Viktor Ambartsumian International Scientific Prize. Isabelle Baraffe - who is a leading expert in astrophysics research and professor at CRAL (ENS de Lyon / CNRS / UCBL) and at the University of Exeter - is the recipient of the prestigious Viktor Ambartsumian International Scientific Prize, which she receives jointly with professors Alexander Szalay and Adam Burrows. The Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize is one of the important awards in astronomy/astrophysics and related sciences. Launched in 2010, the Prize is awarded once every two years. The prize is awarded to "outstanding scientists having significant contribution in physical-mathematical sciences from any country and nationality". The accolade, which comes with a monetary award of $50 ,000, is awarded by the Republic of Armenia. The honour was granted to Prof Baraffe for her 'fundamental contributions to the field of low mass stars, brown dwarfs and exoplanets, and for innovative ideas in the domains of asteroseismology and compact binaries'.