Jean L. Turner | |
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Alma mater |
Harvard University (A.B. Astronomy) UC Berkeley (Ph.D. Astronomy) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics |
Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
Jean L. Turner is an astrophysicist and distinguished professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles. [1] She was lead author on research and discovery of a particular star cluster in the dwarf galaxy NGC 5253, considered 'remarkable' for being an extremely dusty gas cloud and having highly efficient star formation. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Turner received her AB in astronomy from Harvard University and her PhD degree in astronomy from UC Berkeley. She was a Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Fellow (1984-1986), a visiting associate at Caltech (2004), Caroline Herschel visiting fellow at Space Telescope (2007), and visiting scientist at the Joint ALMA Observatory (2011). Turner was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2006, [16] [17] and the UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department chair from 2014 to 2018. [1]
She is an active member of the International Astronomical Union, [18] and has also contributed to the development and commissioning of the Hat Creek Millimeter Interferometer and the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array. [19]
Her research specialty is in the gaseous environments of young ' super star clusters' in local galaxies, including O star winds and star formation efficiency. [20] The youngest star clusters are typically embedded in dusty gas clouds, and therefore hidden from optical telescopes, so observations are done with infrared and millimeter wavelength telescopes. [21] Such studies can help explain the differences in early Milky Way and Population III stars. [19]
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Jean L. Turner | |
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Alma mater |
Harvard University (A.B. Astronomy) UC Berkeley (Ph.D. Astronomy) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics |
Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
Jean L. Turner is an astrophysicist and distinguished professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles. [1] She was lead author on research and discovery of a particular star cluster in the dwarf galaxy NGC 5253, considered 'remarkable' for being an extremely dusty gas cloud and having highly efficient star formation. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Turner received her AB in astronomy from Harvard University and her PhD degree in astronomy from UC Berkeley. She was a Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Fellow (1984-1986), a visiting associate at Caltech (2004), Caroline Herschel visiting fellow at Space Telescope (2007), and visiting scientist at the Joint ALMA Observatory (2011). Turner was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2006, [16] [17] and the UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department chair from 2014 to 2018. [1]
She is an active member of the International Astronomical Union, [18] and has also contributed to the development and commissioning of the Hat Creek Millimeter Interferometer and the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array. [19]
Her research specialty is in the gaseous environments of young ' super star clusters' in local galaxies, including O star winds and star formation efficiency. [20] The youngest star clusters are typically embedded in dusty gas clouds, and therefore hidden from optical telescopes, so observations are done with infrared and millimeter wavelength telescopes. [21] Such studies can help explain the differences in early Milky Way and Population III stars. [19]
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