Anna Frebel
Anna Frebel | |
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 Anna Frebel (2022) | |
| Born | 1980 (age 44–45) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
| Known for | Discovering the oldest stars in the universe |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | MIT Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian University of Texas |
Anna Frebel (born 1980 in Berlin) is a German astronomer working on discovering the oldest stars in the universe.
Career
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Anna Frebel grew up in Göttingen, Germany. After finishing high school, she began studying physics in Freiburg im Breisgau but did not finish the physics program and did not obtain a physics degree there. Instead she enrolled in an astronomy program in Australia, where she obtained a PhD in Astronomy from the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory in Canberra. A W. J. McDonald Postdoctoral Fellowship brought her to the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, where she continued her studies.
From 2009 to 2011, she was a Clay Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge (Massachusetts). In 2012 she moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, becoming a full professor in 2022.[1]
In 2005, Frebel discovered the star HE 1327-2326, which is the most iron-deficient star, stemming from a time very shortly after the Big Bang. In 2007 she also discovered the red giant star HE 1523-0901, which is about 13.2 billion years old.
Awards and honors
- 2007: Charlene-Heisler-Prize for the best astronomy PhD in 2006 in Australia[2]
- 2009: Opening presentation XLAB Science Festival, Göttingen
- 2009: Ludwig Biermann Award (Young Astronomer Award) of the German Astronomical Society
- 2010: Annie J. Cannon Award of the American Astronomical Society[3]
- 2010: Lise Meitner Lecturer, Göttingen[4][5] and Innsbruck
- 2011: Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
- 2022: Fellow of the American Physical Society[6]
Publications (selection)
- Searching for the Oldest Stars — Ancient Relicts from the Early Universe, Princeton University Press, 2014, ISBN 9780691165066
- Auf der Suche nach den ältesten Sternen (in German), Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischerverlage, 2012, ISBN 978-3-10-021512-3
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific, ed. (2008), New horizons in astronomy : Frank N. Bash Symposium 2007 : proceedings of a workshop held at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA, 14–16 October 2007 (in German), San Francisco
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References
- ^ https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/anna-frebel/] at MIT
- ^ "The Charlene Heisler Prize". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ https://physics.mit.edu/faculty/anna-frebel/] at MIT
- ^ "Lise-Meitner-Lectures 2010". www.dpg-physik.de. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Physikerinnen als Role Models – derStandard.at". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Fellows nominated in 2022". APS Fellows archive. American Physical Society. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
External links
- Anna Frebel at MIT
- Anna Frebel Princeton University Press
- Anna Frebel, fischerverlage.de
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