Susan Elizabeth Kayser | |
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Nationality | American |
Education |
Radcliffe College California Institute of Technology |
Known for | Development of the Gemini Observatory |
Spouse | Boris Kayser |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy Astrophysics |
Thesis | Photometry of the nearby irregular galaxy, NGC 6822 [1] |
Doctoral advisors | Halton Arp, Jesse L. Greenstein |
Susan Kayser is an American astronomer. She was the first woman to receive a PhD in astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology, [2] which attracted some media attention at the time. [3] [4] [5] Her thesis research included the most thorough study of the irregular galaxy NGC 6822 until 2002. [6] She spent her career with NASA working on the Helios and International Cometary Explorer (later called the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3) spacecraft radio astronomy experiments and with the National Science Foundation working on the Gemini Observatory. [7]
Susan Elizabeth Kayser | |
---|---|
Nationality | American |
Education |
Radcliffe College California Institute of Technology |
Known for | Development of the Gemini Observatory |
Spouse | Boris Kayser |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy Astrophysics |
Thesis | Photometry of the nearby irregular galaxy, NGC 6822 [1] |
Doctoral advisors | Halton Arp, Jesse L. Greenstein |
Susan Kayser is an American astronomer. She was the first woman to receive a PhD in astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology, [2] which attracted some media attention at the time. [3] [4] [5] Her thesis research included the most thorough study of the irregular galaxy NGC 6822 until 2002. [6] She spent her career with NASA working on the Helios and International Cometary Explorer (later called the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3) spacecraft radio astronomy experiments and with the National Science Foundation working on the Gemini Observatory. [7]