Kim Venn | |
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Born | Toronto, Canada |
Awards | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2000)
Clare Booth Luce Professorship (1995-2005) Canada Research Chair (Tier II, 2005-2015) UVic Reach Award for Research Partnerships (2018) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Toronto University of Texas at Austin |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Astronomy |
Institutions | Macalester College Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University of Victoria |
Main interests | Stellar Spectroscopy; Local Group Galaxies; Origin of the Elements |
Website | www |
Kim A. Venn is a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Victoria, Canada, and director of the university's Astronomy Research Centre.[1][2] She researches the chemo-dynamical analysis of stars in the galaxy and its nearby dwarf satellites.