Rosemary Wyse
Rosemary F. G. Wyse (born 26 January 1957 in Dundee, Scotland) is a Scottish astrophysicist, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS), and Alumni Centennial Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. Education Wyse graduated from Queen Mary University of London in 1977 with a first-class Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Astrophysics and obtained her PhD in astrophysics in the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge in 1983. Bernard Jones was her academic advisor. Career Wyse conducted postdoctoral research at Princeton University and the University of California Berkeley. Her work has primarily been in the fields of galactic formation, composition and evolution. In addition to her research career, Wyse served as the first female President of the Aspen Center for Physics from 2010 to 2013, and served as a Trustee from 2006 to 2010. Honors and awards *1982 Amelia Earhart Fellowship from Zonta International *1983 Lindemann Fello ...
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Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. It is one of the highest-ranked universities in the world. The institution moved to Newark, New Jersey, Newark in 1747, and then to the current site nine years later. It officially became a university in 1896 and was subsequently renamed Princeton University. It is a member of the Ivy League. The university is governed by the Trustees of Princeton University and has an endowment of $37.7 billion, the largest List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment, endowment per student in the United States. Princeton provides undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate education, graduate in ...
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Brouwer Award (Division On Dynamical Astronomy)
The Brouwer Award is awarded annually by the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society for outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of dynamical astronomy. The prize is named for Dirk Brouwer. Recipients SourceDivision on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society See also * List of astronomy awards * Prizes named after people A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people (such as sporting teams and organizations) to recognize and reward their actions and achievements.