Astronomers Observe Two Super-Massive Black Holes Orbiting Each Other For The First Time
Background:
Chief of the Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. Jennifer Wiseman has studied star-forming regions of our galaxy
using radio, optical, and infrared telescopes, and currently serves as Chief of the Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She studied physics at MIT for her bachelors degree, discovering comet Wiseman-Skiff in 1987. She then earned a Ph.D. in astronomy at Harvard University
in 1995. She accomplished subsequent research as a Jansky Fellow at the
National Radio Astronomy Observatory and as a Hubble Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University.
In addition to research, Dr. Wiseman is also interested in public
science policy. She was selected as the 2001-2002 Congressional Science
Fellow of the American Physical Society, and served on the staff of the
Science Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. She then served
from 2003-2006 as the Program Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope
at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Dr. Wiseman has also authored
several essays addressing the relationship of astronomy and Christian
faith. She grew up on an Arkansas farm, where she enjoyed late night
star-gazing walks with her parents and pets.
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