Jennifer J. Wiseman is Senior Project Scientist on the Hubble Space Telescope, and an American astronomer, born in

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. She earned a bachelor's degree in physics from MIT and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University in 1995. Wiseman discovered periodic comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff while working as an undergraduate search assistant in 1987. Wiseman is a senior astrophysicist at the NASA

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, where she serves as the Senior Project Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope. She previously headed the Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics. She studies star forming regions of our galaxy using radio, optical, and infrared telescopes, with a particular interest in molecular cloud cores, protostars, and outflows. She led a major study that mapped a star forming region in the constellation Orion. Wiseman is also interested in science policy and public science outreach and engagement. She has served as a congressional science fellow of the

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, an elected councilor of the American Astronomical Society and a public dialogue leader for the

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. She gives talks on the excitement of astronomy and scientific discovery, and has appeared in many science and news venues including ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', NOVA and National Public Radio. Wiseman is a

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and a Fellow of the

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and a member of the

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Board of Directors. On June 16, 2010, Wiseman was introduced as the new director for the

's (AAAS) program, Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion. She has continued to work for AAAS, speaking to organizations about her beliefs on Christianity and Science.

Awards

* Hubble Fellow – 1998 * Jansky Fellow – 1995

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