Christine Jones Forman
American astrophysicist and astronomer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Christine Jones Forman is a senior astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.[1] She is a past president of the American Astronomical Society, and was the director of the Smithsonian Institution's Consortium for Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe.[6]
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Christine Jones Forman | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University, 1971, 1972, 1974 |
Known for | Director of the Consortium for Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe[1] Host of Shedding Light on Science[2] |
Spouse | William "Bill" R. Forman |
Awards | Bruno Rossi Prize,[3] 2013 Secretary's Distinguished Research Lecture Award of the Smithsonian Institution[4] |
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Fields | Astrophysics |
Institutions | Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian |
Thesis | X-ray and optical observations of galactic X-ray sources[5] (1974) |
Doctoral advisor | William Liller |
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