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Conducting Research on Old Stars that has Universal Appeal - Dr. Anna Frebel

Conducting Research on Old Stars that has Universal Appeal - Dr. Anna Frebel

Released Monday, 29th March 2021
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Conducting Research on Old Stars that has Universal Appeal - Dr. Anna Frebel

Conducting Research on Old Stars that has Universal Appeal - Dr. Anna Frebel

Conducting Research on Old Stars that has Universal Appeal - Dr. Anna Frebel

Conducting Research on Old Stars that has Universal Appeal - Dr. Anna Frebel

Monday, 29th March 2021
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Dr. Anna Frebel is the Silverman Family Career Development Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). As an astrophysicist, Anna spends her time working with students, reviewing and analyzing data on the computer, and occasionally traveling to telescopes for observing time. Her research focuses on identifying and studying some of the oldest stars in the universe using chemical analyses. Anna loves spending time with her family and young son in her free time. She received her PhD from the Australian National University's Mt. Stromlo Observatory for which she was awarded the Charlene Heisler Prize for the best Australian astronomy PhD thesis of 2006. Afterward, Anna was awarded the McDonald Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Texas, Austin and went on to receive the Clay Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics before joining the faculty at MIT. Anna and her research have been recognized with the Ludwig-Biermann Young Astronomer Award of the German Astronomical Society, the Annie Jump Cannon Award of the American Astronomical Society, and a National Science Foundation CAREER award. She was also named a Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences. In this interview, Anna shares more about her journey through life and science.

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