Anna Frebel
Anna Frebel | |
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| File:Anna Frebel MIT Physics Dept.jpg Anna Frebel (2022) | |
| Born | 1980 (age 45–46) Berlin, Germany |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
| Known for | Discovering the oldest stars in the universe |
| Awards | Ludwig Biermann Award Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | MIT Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics University of Texas |
| Thesis | Abundance analysis of bright metal-poor stars from the Hamburg/ESO survey (2006) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Edward Norris |
| Other academic advisors | Martin Asplund Michael Stanley Bessell |
Anna Frebel (born 1980 in Berlin) is a German astronomer and author working on discovering the oldest stars in the universe.
Career
[edit | edit source]Anna Frebel grew up in Göttingen, Germany.[1] 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. Shortly thereafter, a W. J. McDonald Postdoctoral Fellowship brought her to the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, where she continued her studies.[2]
From 2009 to 2011, she was a Clay Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge (MA).
In 2012 she moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, achieving promotion to full professor in 2022.[3]
Discoveries
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- 2007: Charlene Heisler Prize for the best astronomy PhD in 2006 in Australia[4]
- 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[1][5] and Innsbruck
- 2011: Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
- 2022: Fellow of the American Physical Society[6]
Publications (selection)
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Anna Frebel at MIT Physics
- Anna Frebel, Princeton University Press
- Anna Frebel, fischerverlage.de
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- 21st-century German astronomers
- German women astronomers
- Living people
- 1980 births
- Recipients of the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy
- Ludwig Biermann Award winners
- Scientists from Göttingen
- 21st-century German women scientists
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
- Fellows of the American Physical Society