Carolyn Shoemaker

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5 total works indexed

1. Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities

   · 2009 · cited 18,794x

2. 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

   · 2021 · cited 11,552x

3. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

   · 2016 · cited 11,419x

4. The Sequence of the Human Genome

   · 2001 · cited 10,177x

5. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 9,222x

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Key facts

Born

Carolyn Jean Spellmann , ( 1929-06-24 ) June 24, 1929, Gallup, New Mexico , U.S.

Died

August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13) (aged 92), Flagstaff, Arizona , U.S.

Alma mater

CSU Chico

Known for

Co-discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9

Spouse

Eugene Merle Shoemaker ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1951 ; died 1997 ) ​

Awards

Rittenhouse Medal (1988) NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1996) James Craig Watson Medal (1998)

Fields

Astronomy

Institutions

California Institute of Technology Palomar Observatory , California

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