Beth Willman
Beth Willman is an American astronomer and the deputy director of the National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab). She was previously an associate professor of astronomy at Haverford College.
Education
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Beth Willman received her B.A. in astrophysics at Columbia University. She later received a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Washington. Beth Willman has also been a James Arthur Fellow at the Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, and a Clay Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.
Research
Beth mainly focuses her research on cosmology. Her specialty is investigating the least luminous galaxies in our known Universe.[1][2] The galaxy Willman 1, which she discovered during her postdoc, is named after her.[3]
References
- ^ Spitz, Anna (October 2009). "Beth Willman—Enjoying New Challenges at LSST and in Philadelphia, PA". LSST E-News. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ "Haverford College—Beth Willman". Haverford.edu. Haverford College. Archived from the original on 2015-01-29. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ Finkbeiner, Ann (17 August 2012). "Beth Willman Really Does Have A Galaxy". The Awl. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
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