Beth Willman
American astronomer
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Beth Willman is an American astronomer who is the Chief Executive Officer of the LSST Discovery Alliance,[1] an astronomical organization notable for its support of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. She was previously the deputy director of the National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab) and an associate professor of astronomy at Haverford College.
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- Columbia University (B.A.)
- University of Washington (Ph.D.)
- Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Haverford College
- NOIRLab
- LSST Corporation
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| Fields | Astronomy |
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| Thesis | A Survey for Resolved Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy Satellites (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | Julianne Dalcanton |
Education
Beth Willman received her B.A. in astrophysics at Columbia University.[2] In 2003 she received a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Washington.[2][3] Her doctoral advisor was Julianne Dalcanton and her thesis was on Milky Way dwarf satellite galaxies.[3] Beth Willman has also been a James Arthur Fellow at New York University's Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, and a Clay Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.[2][4]