Roberta M. Humphreys

Roberta M. Humphreys
Born1944
Indiana
Academic background
EducationAB Astronomy
MS Astronomy
Ph.D. Astronomy
Alma materIndiana University
University of Michigan

Roberta M. Humphreys is an American observational stellar astrophysicist. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. Her work has included Galactic structure, observational stellar evolution, stellar populations, and large databases. She is best known for her research on massive stars in the Milky Way and in nearby resolved galaxies.[1]

She is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society,[2] a recipient of the Humboldt Senior Scientist Award,[3] and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2000, Asteroid 10172 was named Humphreys by her former student Jeffrey Larsen.[4]

  1. ^ "Roberta Humphreys". 27 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Royal Astronomical Society Honors Outstanding Astronomers and Geophysicists".
  3. ^ "Faculty Awards". 27 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (10001)-(15000)".