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Alexei Vladimir "Alex" Filippenko (/ f ɪ l ɪ ˈ p ɛ n k oʊ /; born July 25, 1958) is an American astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. Filippenko graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California.
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.
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Wendy Laurel Freedman FRS (born July 17, 1957) is a Canadian-American astronomer, best known for her measurement of the Hubble constant, and as director of the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California, and Las Campanas, Chile.
Pages in category "American astrophysicists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 303 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Sara Seager OC (born 21 July 1971) is a Canadian-American astronomer and planetary scientist. [4] She is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is known for her work on extrasolar planets and their atmospheres.
The team devised a way to measure the surface gravity of distant stars to help determine if the planets in their orbit have life-supporting conditions.
Nia Imara is an American astrophysicist, artist, and activist.Imara's scientific work deals with galactic mass, star formation, and exoplanet detection. Imara was the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in astrophysics at the University of California, Berkeley [1] and was the inaugural postdoctoral fellow in the Future Faculty Leaders program at Harvard University. [2]