Margaret M. Hanson (née Murray) is an American astronomer and academic at the University of Cincinnati where she is a professor of physics. She has been serving as an academic administrator since 2011, most recently as the Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. [1]
Hanson started her professional astronomy career as a Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow in late 1995 at the University of Arizona, working with George H. Rieke and Marcia Rieke. [1] She became an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Cincinnati in 1998, was tenured and promoted to associate professor in 2003 and became full professor in 2009. [2]
From 2005 to 2012, she served as Associate Editor-in-Chief for The Astronomical Journal, [2] the oldest professional journal in astronomy in the United States. She was twice elected for a leadership position in the American Astronomical Society. [3]
In 2011, she moved to the Graduate School to serve as Associate University Dean at the University of Cincinnati. [3] In 2016, she returned to the College of Arts & Sciences as the Associate Dean, then Divisional Dean for Natural Sciences. [2] In 2021, she became Interim Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. [2]
In 2020, she co-chaired the Panel on State of the Profession and Societal Impacts, as part of the National Academies decadal survey Astro2020. [4] This same year she was named a Legacy (inaugural) Fellow of the American Astronomical Society. [5]
Hanson's research interest is in observational (experimental) astronomy. Over her astronomy career, this has included observing and publishing research at ultraviolet, optical, infrared, millimeter and centimeter wavelengths, where she has studied extragalactic, galactic, interstellar and stellar phenomenon. [6] Her most recent research used infrared spectroscopy of hot, massive stars to accurately characterize the atmosphere of these unique stars and to search for massive stellar clusters found deeply embedded within the Milky Way Galaxy.
Margaret M. Hanson (née Murray) is an American astronomer and academic at the University of Cincinnati where she is a professor of physics. She has been serving as an academic administrator since 2011, most recently as the Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. [1]
Hanson started her professional astronomy career as a Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow in late 1995 at the University of Arizona, working with George H. Rieke and Marcia Rieke. [1] She became an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Cincinnati in 1998, was tenured and promoted to associate professor in 2003 and became full professor in 2009. [2]
From 2005 to 2012, she served as Associate Editor-in-Chief for The Astronomical Journal, [2] the oldest professional journal in astronomy in the United States. She was twice elected for a leadership position in the American Astronomical Society. [3]
In 2011, she moved to the Graduate School to serve as Associate University Dean at the University of Cincinnati. [3] In 2016, she returned to the College of Arts & Sciences as the Associate Dean, then Divisional Dean for Natural Sciences. [2] In 2021, she became Interim Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. [2]
In 2020, she co-chaired the Panel on State of the Profession and Societal Impacts, as part of the National Academies decadal survey Astro2020. [4] This same year she was named a Legacy (inaugural) Fellow of the American Astronomical Society. [5]
Hanson's research interest is in observational (experimental) astronomy. Over her astronomy career, this has included observing and publishing research at ultraviolet, optical, infrared, millimeter and centimeter wavelengths, where she has studied extragalactic, galactic, interstellar and stellar phenomenon. [6] Her most recent research used infrared spectroscopy of hot, massive stars to accurately characterize the atmosphere of these unique stars and to search for massive stellar clusters found deeply embedded within the Milky Way Galaxy.