Alyssa A. Goodman

Alyssa A. Goodman
Goodman at New York's Hayden Planetarium, December 2019
Born
Alyssa Ann Goodman

(1962-07-01) July 1, 1962 (age 62)
New York, New York, U.S.
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
AwardsNewton Lacy Pierce Prize, Harvard Foundation Scientist of the Year, 2015
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
ThesisInterstellar Magnetic Fields: An Observational Perspective (1989)
Doctoral advisorIrwin I. Shapiro
Other academic advisorsCharles R. Alcock[1]
Websitewww.cfa.harvard.edu/~agoodman/newweb/index.html

Alyssa Ann Goodman (born July 1, 1962)[2] is the Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy at Harvard University, former co-director for Science[3] at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution, and the founding director of the Harvard Initiative in Innovative Computing.[4]

  1. ^ "Alumni/ae Notes" (PDF). Physics@MIT Journal (Fall 2001). 2001.
  2. ^ Goodman, Alyssa (February 2010). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Harvard University. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Alyssa A. Goodman". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 2017-06-19. Archived from the original on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  4. ^ Reid, Rosalind. "Initiative in Innovative Computing". Harvard University. Retrieved 14 October 2013.