Carol Christian
| Dr Carol Christian | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 28, 1950 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Space Telescope Science Institute |
| Alma mater | Boston University |
| Thesis | Investigations of distant field stars and clusters in the galactic anticenter (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kenneth Janes |
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Website www | |
Carol Ann Christian (born 28 December 1950) is an American astronomer and science communicator, who works for the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI; the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope) as a scientist on the institute's outreach program.
Christian was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and studied astronomy and physics at Boston University, from which she graduated with a PhD in 1979 with a thesis on Investigations of distant field stars and clusters in the galactic anticenter.[1] She then worked as an astronomer for University of California, Berkeley.[2]
In August 1995, Christian was selected as the first head of STScI's new Office of Public Outreach after a national search.[3] She has continued to act as an outreach scientist for the institute as a media spokesperson, educator and author. From 2003 to 2006, she worked as a scientific policy advisor for the State Department. In 2010, she co-authored A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy with Pierre-Yves Bely and Jean-René Roy.[4]
References
- ↑ "Investigations of distant field stars and clusters in the galactic anticenter". Boston University Libraries. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ "Fall 2007 Colloquium Series". IS&T Colloquium Series. NASA. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ Madsen, Claus; edited by André Heck (2003). Astronomy Communication. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. ISBN 9401708010.
- ↑ "A Question & Answer Guide To Astronomy". Sky at Night Magazine. BBC. Retrieved 4 April 2016.