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Catharine D. Garmany | |
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| Born | March 6, 1946 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bronx High School of Science |
| Alma mater | Indiana University Bloomington (B.S., 1966) (M.A., 1968) University of Virginia (PhD, 1971) |
| Awards | Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy (1976) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Columbia University University of Colorado |
Catharine "Katy" D. Garmany (born March 6, 1946) is an astronomer with the National Optical Astronomy Observatory.[1] She holds a B.S. (astrophysics), 1966 from Indiana University Bloomington; and a M.A. (astrophysics), 1968, and Ph.D. (astronomy), 1971, from the University of Virginia.[2] Catharine's main areas of research are massive stars, evolution and formation; astronomical education.[3]
Garmany served as board member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific from 1998 to 2001, and then the vice president from 2001 to 2003.[1] She is most recognized in association with her work on star formation. In 1976, Garmany received the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy from the American Astronomical Society. From 1976 to 1984, Garmany was a research associate at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA). Since 1981, Dr. Garmany has been a professor with in the Department of Astrophysical, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Colorado.[3] Garmany is the former chair of JILA and has experience teaching undergraduate, graduate, elementary, and general public audiences through her work with the University of Virginia, University of Colorado, and the Sommers-Bausch Observatory and Fiske Planetarium, on Colorado's campus. She is also a member of the International Astronomical Union, the American Astronomical Society, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and the International Planetarium Society.[3]
- ^ a b Shearer, ed. (1997). Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 117–121. ISBN 0313293031.
- ^ American Men & Women of Science. Vol. 3 (20th ed.). New Providence, New Jersey: R.R. Bowker. 1998. p. 53. ISBN 0835237761.
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