Lisa Kewley

Lisa Jennifer Kewley
Born1974 (age 49–50)
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
Australian National University
AwardsThe Bok Prize (1996)
Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy (2005)
Newton Lacy Pierce Prize (2008)
Australian Financial Review & Westpac
100 Women of Influence (Innovation) (2014)
Australian Laureate Fellowship (2015)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Websitehttp://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~kewley/
https://anu.academia.edu/LisaKewley

Lisa Jennifer Kewley FRSN FAA (born 1974) is an Australian Astrophysicist and current Director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Previously, Kewley was Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3-D (ASTRO 3-D) and ARC Laureate Fellow at the Australian National University College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, where she was also a Professor.[2][3] Specialising in galaxy evolution, she won the Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy in 2005 for her studies of oxygen in galaxies, and the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy in 2008. In 2014 she was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. In 2020 she received the James Craig Watson Medal.[4] In 2021 she was elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences.[5] In 2022 she became the first female director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.[6]

  1. ^ "ANU secures three Australian Laureate Fellowships". Australian National University. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Professor Lisa Kewley". ANU Researchers. Australian National University. 2014. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Canberra astronomer becomes first Australian to win major US science award in 133 years". Phys.org. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. ^ James Craig Watson Medal 2020
  5. ^ Newly Elected members to the National Academy of Sciences, April 2021
  6. ^ "Lisa Kewley Named Director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian". 14 March 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.