Notable FigureFemale
Sandra Faber
born 1944
About this person
Wikipedia SummarySandra Moore Faber is an American astrophysicist known for her research on the evolution of galaxies. She is the University Professor emerita of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and works at the Lick Observatory. She has made discoveries linking the brightness of galaxies to the speed of stars within them and was the co-discoverer of the Faber–Jackson relation. Faber was also instrumental in designing the Keck telescopes in Hawaii.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
December 28, 1944
Boston
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
astronomeruniversity teacherastrophysicist
Awards & honours
Harvard Centennial MedalHenry Norris Russell LectureshipNational Medal of ScienceKarl Schwarzschild MedalDannie Heineman Prize for AstrophysicsBruce Medal
- Field and occupation
- americká astrofyzička
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