Amy Barger
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Amy J. Barger (born January 18, 1971) is an American astronomer and Henrietta Leavitt Professor of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is considered a pioneer in combining data from multiple telescopes to monitor multiple wavelengths and in discovering distant galaxies and supermassive black holes, which are outside of the visible spectrum. Barger is an active member of the International Astronomical Union.[1][2][3]
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Born | (1971-01-18) January 18, 1971 (age 53) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA) King's College, Cambridge (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | astronomer professor |
Known for | pioneering discoveries in observational cosmology |
Awards | Annie J. Cannon Award Newton Lacy Pierce Prize Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Hawaii |
Thesis | The morphological evolution of galaxies in distant clusters (1997) |
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