Virginia Louise Trimble | |
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![]() Trimble in 1988 | |
Born | November 15, 1943 |
Nationality | American |
Education | UCLA, Caltech, Cambridge |
Known for | Annual reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Studies of telescope productivity |
Spouse | Joseph Weber |
Awards | NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing Klopsteg Memorial Award George Van Biesbroeck Prize honorary doctorate from the University of Valencia Andrew Gemant Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics, cosmology, history of astronomy, history of science |
Thesis | Motions and structure of the filamentary envelope of the Crab Nebula [1] |
Doctoral advisor | Guido Münch |
Website | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=3060 |
Virginia Louise Trimble (born November 15, 1943) is an American astronomer specializing in the structure and evolution of stars and galaxies, and the history of astronomy.[2] She has published more than 600 works in Astrophysics,[3] and dozens of other works in the history of other sciences. She is famous for an annual review of astronomy and astrophysics research that was published in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and often gives summary reviews at astrophysical conferences.[4] In 2018, she was elected a Patron of the American Astronomical Society, for her many years of intellectual, organizational, and financial contributions to the society.[5]
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