20 trailblazing women in astronomy and astrophysics
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20 trailblazing women in astronomy and astrophysics
From Space.com:
"From discovering planets to following comets, women all over the world play a crucial role in astronomy. While it's hard to pick the definitive list of women who have contributed to our understanding of the cosmos, these 20 women (mostly from modern times) will give you a sense of some of the scientific knowledge they contribute."
https://www.space.com/trailblazing-wome ... trophysics
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"From discovering planets to following comets, women all over the world play a crucial role in astronomy. While it's hard to pick the definitive list of women who have contributed to our understanding of the cosmos, these 20 women (mostly from modern times) will give you a sense of some of the scientific knowledge they contribute."
https://www.space.com/trailblazing-wome ... trophysics
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Re: 20 trailblazing women in astronomy and astrophysics
Thanks for the link. Some amazing women on that list!
As it does look a bit US-centric though, I thought I would add an Australian:
Professor Lisa Kewley: who is currently the Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D), based at the Australian National University. In her words, this is involving "the measurement of the power spectrum at the Epoch of Reionization with the Murchison Widefield Array, large atomic hydrogen surveys with the Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, the ongoing Australian optical integral field surveys of 10^5 galaxies, a large galaxy evolution program combiningHST , Keck, and ESO spectroscopy of galaxies from z=6 to z=0.5, and a major Australian Galactic Archaeology program to track the chemical history and accretion history of our Milky Way through the GAIA satellite and the HERMES instrument on the Anglo Australian Telescope." Basically a 3D mapping of the universe, covering "life, the universe and everything"
She is also working hard (and largely successfully) at addressing the gender imbalance in science in general through pro-active post-graduate recruitment schemes and gender-friendly workplaces.
We at the Astro. Society of South Australia were privileged to have her speak at our General Meeting earlier this month. (A "COVID-safe" real, live meeting with real, live people!!!)
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As it does look a bit US-centric though, I thought I would add an Australian:
Professor Lisa Kewley: who is currently the Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D), based at the Australian National University. In her words, this is involving "the measurement of the power spectrum at the Epoch of Reionization with the Murchison Widefield Array, large atomic hydrogen surveys with the Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, the ongoing Australian optical integral field surveys of 10^5 galaxies, a large galaxy evolution program combining
She is also working hard (and largely successfully) at addressing the gender imbalance in science in general through pro-active post-graduate recruitment schemes and gender-friendly workplaces.
We at the Astro. Society of South Australia were privileged to have her speak at our General Meeting earlier this month. (A "COVID-safe" real, live meeting with real, live people!!!)
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Re: 20 trailblazing women in astronomy and astrophysics
Wonderful list. It was "Stars in the Making" by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin that got me past the pretty lights and fascinated to understand how they shone.
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