Marina Cortês

Andrew Liddle

Swan Lake on Everest through a Telescope was hosted by special guest Professor Andrew Liddle, Institute for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of Lisbon. Here's the text of his introduction.

Hello everyone! Welcome to Lisbon, and welcome to Swan Lake on Everest Through a Telescope!

We are here at the historical astronomical observatory in Lisbon. My name is Andrew Liddle. I am a professor working here at the Institute for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, and I’m proud to be hosting this event, performed by my gorgeous wife Marina Cortês for International Women’s Day.

International Women’s Day celebrates the achievements of women in all domains. But it also seeks to inspire yet greater achievements in the future. And in providing that inspiration, we are sending an additional message for everyone. Everyone gets told that to be really successful, you have to focus all of yourself on one thing. To become expert at that one thing. We say NO! We are challenging that. Suppressing parts of your individuality is not how you can make your own best contribution for the planet. Express your whole self!

The joining of separate diverse aspects of character is here embodied by Marina. She is an international award-winning cosmologist who works here at the Observatory. But she is also a fully-trained classical ballerina. And she is also a high-altitude mountaineer, one of only a handful of Portuguese women to have summited an 8000m mountain.

And here today at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon, we have an unprecedented event, Marina is bringing all these parts of her life together in a visual spectacular.

Everyone, please welcome mountaineer, scientist and ballerina, Marina Cortês!!

Andrew Liddle is widely recognised amongst the world's top cosmologists. He is author of nearly 300 scientific papers and 5 books. He has worked in a wide range of international collaborations including the Planck Satellite mission and the Dark Energy Survey.



Since the first image of the Early Universe by the COBE satellite in 1992, Liddle's work has been instrumental in defining a new era in cosmological thinking. His insightful results on theoretical astrophysics, and contributions in the field of Bayesian statistical analysis and large-dimensional parameter searches, have influenced many fields. These range from extra-galactic astronomy to the cosmic microwave background and finally the complex statistical analysis of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.



According to Stanford University's global analysis of science output, Liddle is ranked within the top 0.05% of scientists worldwide, and is the most influential physical scientist currently working in Portugal.


Andrew Liddle
Andrew Liddle

Andrew Liddle is widely recognised amongst the world's top cosmologists. He is author of nearly 300 scientific papers and 5 books. He has worked in a wide range of international collaborations including the Planck Satellite mission and the Dark Energy Survey.



Since the first image of the Early Universe by the COBE satellite in 1992, Liddle's work has been instrumental in defining a new era in cosmological thinking. His insightful results on theoretical astrophysics, and contributions in the field of Bayesian statistical analysis and large-dimensional parameter searches, have influenced many fields. These range from extra-galactic astronomy to the cosmic microwave background and finally the complex statistical analysis of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.



According to Stanford University's global analysis of science output, Liddle is ranked within the top 0.03% of scientists worldwide, and is the most influential scientist currently working in Portugal.



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