Heidi Jo Newberg

Heidi Jo Newberg
2007 picture of Heidi Jo Newberg
Photograph by Kris Qua, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Born
Washington, D.C.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1992)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.Sc. 1987)
Known forStructure of the Milky Way galaxy
AwardsGruber Prize in Cosmology (2007, shared)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2015, shared)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsFermilab, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Doctoral advisorRichard A. Muller

Heidi Jo Newberg (née Marvin) is an American astrophysicist known for her work in understanding the structure of our Milky Way galaxy. Among her team's findings are that the Milky Way is cannibalizing stars from smaller galaxies[1][2][3] and that the Milky Way is larger and has more ripples than was previously understood.[4] She is a founding participant in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration (SEGUE),[5] and is a leader of the astrophysical MilkyWay@home volunteer computing project team. She is a professor in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York, US, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

  1. ^ Glanz, James (April 11, 2000). "Halo Reveals Remains of Milky Way's Galactic Snacks". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  2. ^ Newberg, Heidi Jo; Yanny, Brian; Rockosi, Connie; Grebel, Eva K.; Rix, Hans-Walter; Brinkmann, Jon; Csabai, Istvan; Hennessy, Greg; Hindsley, Robert B.; Ibata, Rodrigo; Ivezić, Zeljko; Lamb, Don; Nash, E. Thomas; Odenkirchen, Michael; Rave, Heather A.; Schneider, D. P.; Smith, J. Allyn; Stolte, Andrea; York, Donald G. (April 10, 2002). "The Ghost of Sagittarius and Lumps in the Halo of the Milky Way". Astrophysical Journal. 569 (1): 245–274. arXiv:astro-ph/0111095. Bibcode:2002ApJ...569..245N. doi:10.1086/338983. S2CID 16909562.
  3. ^ Wilford, John Noble (January 14, 2003). "In Galaxies Near and Far, New Views of Universe Emerge". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  4. ^ Carlisle, Camille M. (March 16, 2015). "Ripples in the Milky Way". Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  5. ^ "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey turns its eye on the galaxy" (Press release). Sloan Digital Sky Survey. January 11, 2006. Retrieved November 15, 2011.