Louise Edwards | |
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Born | November 21, 1978 |
Citizenship | Canada, Trinidad and Tobago[1] |
Alma mater | Université Laval |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics, Astronomy |
Institutions | California Polytechnic State University |
Louise Olivia Violet Edwards[2] (born 21 November 1978[1]) is a Canadian astronomer and associate professor of physics at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly),[3] and is one of the first Black Canadians to receive a PhD in astronomy. In 2002, she was pictured on a Canadian stamp.[4]