Rosemary Wyse
Scottish astrophysicist
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Rosemary F. G. Wyse (born 26 January 1957 in Dundee, Scotland[2]) is a Scottish astrophysicist,[3] Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS), and Alumni Centennial Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] She was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2025.[13]
Rosemary Wyse | |
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| Born | 26 January 1957 |
| Alma mater | |
| Awards | Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy |
| Scientific career | |
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| Thesis | The formation and evolution of galaxies (1982) |
| Academic advisors | Bernard Jones[1] |
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Education
Wyse graduated from Queen Mary University of London in 1977 with a first-class Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Astrophysics and obtained her PhD in astrophysics in the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge in 1983.[14][1][15][11] Bernard Jones was her academic advisor.[2]
Career
Wyse conducted postdoctoral research at Princeton University and the University of California Berkeley. Her work has primarily been in the fields of galactic formation, composition and evolution.[16][17] In addition to her research career, Wyse served as the first female President of the Aspen Center for Physics from 2010 to 2013,[18][11] and served as a Trustee from 2006 to 2010.[19]
Honors and awards
- 1982 Amelia Earhart Fellowship from Zonta International[11][1][20]
- 1983 Lindemann Fellowship from The English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth[11][21][1]
- 1986 Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society[22]
- 2016 Blaauw professor, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen[23][24]
- 2016 Dirk Brouwer Career Award from the Division of Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society[25]
- 2016 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[26]
- 2017 Fellow of the American Physical Society[27][11][26]
- 2020 Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society[11][26][28]