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Prof. Andrea Ghez
Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles |
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Biography:
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B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987.
Ph.D., Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1992.
| After receiving her BS in physics in 1987 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Ghez completed her graduate studies at the California Institute of Technology, obtaining an MS in 1989 and a Ph D in 1992, both in physics. She began teaching at UCLA as an assistant professor in 1994, and became a full professor of physics and astronomy in July of 2000. Her academic career is highlighted by several awards, including the Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award from the American Physical Society and Newton Lacy Pierce Prize from the American American Society. She is also a two-time recipient of the UCLA Physics Department Teaching Award, in 1997 and 1998.
Dr. Ghez's research in the field of astronomy covers a wide-range. She has published several studies on binary stars and black holes, with one of her most compelling projects involving the possible presence of a black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Her research on this project was the topic of her lecture at Science of Scientists
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