Cathie Clarke

Cathie Clarke
FRS
Born
Catherine Jane Clarke
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (DPhil)
AwardsEddington Medal (2017)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsStar formation
Exoplanets
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
ThesisAccretion disc structure in binary star and galactic potentials (1987)
Doctoral advisorGeoffrey Bath[2]
Doctoral studentsJames E. Owen
Websitewww.ast.cam.ac.uk/people/cathie.j.clarke

Catherine Jane Clarke FRS is a Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.[3] In 2017 she became the first woman to be awarded the Eddington Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society. In 2022 she became the first female director of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge.[4]

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  3. ^ Anon. "Fellows of Clare College, Cambridge". www.clare.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
  4. ^ "People at the Institute". 24 January 2023.