Английская Википедия:Barbara Jones (astronomer)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Use list-defined references Barbara Jones is an infrared astronomer. She is a professor emerita at the University of California, San Diego.Шаблон:R

Education and career

In the early 1970s, Jones worked with David Aitken at University College London in the Physics and Astronomy Department, formed in 1972 from the merger of two separate departments.Шаблон:R She completed her Ph.D. there in 1977,Шаблон:R under the supervision of Benjamin Michael ZuckermanШаблон:R, and was affiliated with the University of Minnesota before joining the University of California, San Diego in 1980.Шаблон:R

Research

Jones's early work included infrared astronomy of Jupiter,Шаблон:R of planetary nebulae,Шаблон:R and of the Galactic Center.Шаблон:R Her dissertation was Infrared spectral observations of the galactic centre and other celestial objects.Шаблон:R The research from later in her career included the development of a mid-infrared spectrometer for the W. M. Keck Observatory,Шаблон:R and its use to observe the Einstein Cross, a gravitationally lensed quasar.Шаблон:R

Recognition

Jones was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1994, after a nomination from the APS Division of Astrophysics, "for pioneering development of state-of-the-art infrared instrumentation, the design of the next generation of large telescopes, and their use to make forefront observations of infrared sources".Шаблон:R

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