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Amber Nicole Straughn (born c. 1979) is an American astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center where she serves as the deputy project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, responsible for science communications. [1]
Associate Administrator, NASA (2016-2022) [1] Thomas Hansueli Zurbuchen (born 1968) is a Swiss-American astrophysicist . From October 2016 [ 2 ] until the end of 2022, he was the longest continually running Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA .
Korreck obtained a BSc in astronomy and physics from the University of Michigan in 1999, followed by a PhD in space physics in 2005. Since 2006, she has worked at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, first as an astrophysicist and, since 2017, as a project manager.
NASA astronomers and astrophysicists. Pages in category "NASA astrophysicists" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.
Tyson was born in Manhattan as the second of three children, into a Catholic family living in the Bronx. [4] [5] His African-American father, Cyril deGrasse Tyson (1927–2016), was a sociologist and human resource commissioner for New York City mayor John Lindsay, and the first director of Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited.
Jane Rebecca Rigby is an American astrophysicist who works at the Goddard Space Flight Center and is Senior Project Scientist of the James Webb Space Telescope.She was selected one of Nature's 10 Ones to Watch in 2021 and Shape 2022.
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.
A native of Wisconsin, [6] Thaller graduated from Waukesha South High School in 1988. [7] She attended Harvard University, where she majored in astrophysics and worked on precision measurement of binary stars, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1992. At Georgia State University Thaller worked on colliding winds in close massive binary systems.