Meg Urry | |
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 Meg Urry speaking at Fermilab. | |
| Education | Tufts University, B.A. 1977 Johns Hopkins University, M.S. 1979 Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D. 1984 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Yale University |
| Doctoral advisor | Art Davidsen |
Claudia Megan Urry is an American astrophysicist, who has served as the President of the American Astronomical Society, as chair of the Department of Physics at Yale University, and as part of the Hubble Space Telescope faculty.[1] She is currently the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Yale University and Director of the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics.[2] Urry is notable not only for her contributions to astronomy and astrophysics, including work on black holes and multiwavelength surveys, but also for her work addressing sexism and sex equality in astronomy,[3] science, and academia more generally.
- ^ Eileen Pollack, "Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science?", New York Times, Oct. 6, 2013.
- ^ "Meg Urry | Department of Physics". physics.yale.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
- ^ Urry, Meg (2010). "Women in (European) Astronomy". In Röser, Siegfried (ed.). Formation and Evolution of Cosmic Structures. Reviews in Modern Astronomy. Vol. 21. Wiley-VCH. pp. 249–261. ISBN 9783527629206.