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Nationality | American |
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Fields | Astronomy |
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Thesis | A Survey for Resolved Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy Satellites (2003) |
Doctoral advisor | Julianne Dalcanton |
Beth Willman is an American astronomer who is the Chief Executive Officer of the LSST Discovery Alliance, [1] an astronomical organization notable for its support of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. She was previously the deputy director of the National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory ( NOIRLab) and an associate professor of astronomy at Haverford College.
Beth Willman received her B.A. in astrophysics at Columbia University. [2] In 2003 she received a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Washington. [2] [3] Her doctoral advisor was Julianne Dalcanton and her thesis was on Milky Way dwarf satellite galaxies. [3] Beth Willman has also been a James Arthur Fellow at New York University's Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, and a Clay Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. [2] [4]
Beth mainly focuses her research on cosmology. Her specialty is investigating the least luminous galaxies in our known Universe. [5] [6] The galaxy Willman 1, which she discovered during her postdoc, is named after her. [7]
Beth Willman | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions |
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Thesis | A Survey for Resolved Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy Satellites (2003) |
Doctoral advisor | Julianne Dalcanton |
Beth Willman is an American astronomer who is the Chief Executive Officer of the LSST Discovery Alliance, [1] an astronomical organization notable for its support of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. She was previously the deputy director of the National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory ( NOIRLab) and an associate professor of astronomy at Haverford College.
Beth Willman received her B.A. in astrophysics at Columbia University. [2] In 2003 she received a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Washington. [2] [3] Her doctoral advisor was Julianne Dalcanton and her thesis was on Milky Way dwarf satellite galaxies. [3] Beth Willman has also been a James Arthur Fellow at New York University's Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, and a Clay Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. [2] [4]
Beth mainly focuses her research on cosmology. Her specialty is investigating the least luminous galaxies in our known Universe. [5] [6] The galaxy Willman 1, which she discovered during her postdoc, is named after her. [7]