Английская Википедия:Isabel Hawkins
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Use list-defined references Isabel Trecco Hawkins (born 1958) is an Argentine-American astronomer and science educator. Formerly a researcher in the isotopic composition of the interstellar medium and on the cosmic microwave background at the University of California, Berkeley, her interests have shifted to science popularization, as a senior scientist for the Exploratorium in San Francisco.Шаблон:R
Education and career
Hawkins was born in 1958Шаблон:R in Córdoba, Argentina.Шаблон:R She became interested in astronomy at age 10 through a book provided by a traveling encyclopedia salesman,Шаблон:R through sleeping under the stars in summers at a family ranch in San Francisco del Chañar, and through a birthday visit to the Galileo Galilei Planetarium.Шаблон:R She first came to the United States as an exchange student in high school, in Los Altos, California,Шаблон:R choosing to do so in part because no telescopes were available in Argentina.Шаблон:R Returning to the US a year later,Шаблон:R she earned a bachelor's degree in physics at the University of California, Riverside,Шаблон:R married her American high school sweetheart,Шаблон:R and completed a Ph.D. in 1986 at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her dissertation, The carbon twelve to carbon thirteen isotope ratio of the interstellar medium in the neighborhood of the Sun, was supervised by Michael Jura.Шаблон:R
After two stints as a postdoctoral researcher,Шаблон:R she became a researcher in the Space Sciences Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley. In the mid-1990s, her interests shifted to science education and she became director of the laboratory's Center for Science Education.Шаблон:R She moved to the Exploratorium in 2009.Шаблон:R She also provides television content on science for Univision and consults for the Smithsonian MuseumШаблон:R and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.Шаблон:R
Recognition
Hawkins was the 2009 recipient of the Klumpke–Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Шаблон:R
Minor planet 27120 Isabelhawkins, discovered in 1998, is named for Hawkins.Шаблон:R
References
- Английская Википедия
- 1958 births
- Living people
- People from Córdoba, Argentina
- Argentine emigrants to the United States
- American astronomers
- American women astronomers
- University of California, Riverside alumni
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
