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'{{short description|German astronomer}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Anna Frebel | image = Anna_Frebel_at_Night_of_Science_2018_(2)_(cropped).jpg | caption = Anna Frebel (2018) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1980|3|14}} | birth_place = [[Berlin]], Germany | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|4|19|2980|3|14}} | death_place = | nationality = [[Germany|German]] | alma_mater = [[Australian National University]] | other_names = | fields = [[Astronomy]] | work_institution = [[MIT]]<br> [[Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics]] <br>[[University of Texas]] | years_active = | known_for = Discovered oldest star }} '''Anna Frebel''' (born 1980 in [[Berlin]]) is a German [[astronomer]] working on discovering the oldest stars in the universe. == Career == Anna Frebel grew up [[Göttingen]], Germany. After finishing high school, she studied physics in [[Freiburg im Breisgau]]. She continued her studies in [[Australia]], and obtained her PhD 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 (Texas)|Austin]] in 2006, where she continued her studies. From 2009 to 2011, she was a Clay Postdoctoral [[Fellow]] at the [[Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics]] in [[Cambridge (Massachusetts)]]. Since 2012 she is an [[assistant professor]] of physics at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asa.astronomy.org.au/chp.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-04-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409083952/http://asa.astronomy.org.au/chp.html |archivedate=2013-04-09 }}</ref> * 2009: Opening presentation XLAB Science Festival, Göttingen * 2009: [[Ludwig Biermann Award]] (Young Astronomer Award) of the [[Astronomische Gesellschaft|German Astronomical Society]] * 2010: [[Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy|Annie J. Cannon Award]] of the [[American Astronomical Society]]<ref>[http://space.mit.edu/home/afrebel/ Anna Frebel] at MIT</ref> * 2010: Lise Meitner Lecturer, Göttingen<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dpg-physik.de/presse/pressemit/2010/dpg-pm-2010-33.html|title=Lise-Meitner-Lectures 2010|website=www.dpg-physik.de|access-date=2013-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202070502/http://www.dpg-physik.de/presse/pressemit/2010/dpg-pm-2010-33.html|archive-date=2018-12-02|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apps.derstandard.at/privacywall/story/1288160061949/lise-meitner-lectures-physikerinnen-als-role-models|title=Physikerinnen als Role Models – derStandard.at|website=DER STANDARD|language=de-AT|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> and Innsbruck * 2011: Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, National Academy of Sciences == Publications (selection) == * {{citation|title=Auf der Suche nach den ältesten Sternen |publisher=Fischer|location=Frankfurt am Main|isbn=978-3-10-021512-3|date= 2012|language=German}} * {{citation|editor-surname1=Astronomical Society of the Pacific|title=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 |location=San Francisco|date= 2008|language=German}} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.fischerverlage.de/autor/anna_frebel/21309 Anna Frebel], fischerverlage.de * [http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/frebel_anna.html Anna Frebel] at MIT * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140516223521/http://annafrebel.com/ Anna Frebel], Homepage {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frebel, Anna}} [[Category:German astronomers]] [[Category:Women astronomers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:German women scientists]] [[Category:Recipients of the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy]] [[Category:Ludwig Biermann Award winners]] [[Category:People from Göttingen]] <!--[[Category:21st-century German scientists]]--> [[Category:21st-century astronomers]] [[Category:21st-century women scientists]]'