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Sandra Faber
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American astrophysicist
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Sandra Faber is an American astronomer and astrophysicist who works as a university teacher. She has been employed by the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie Institution for Science. Her academic background includes a Doctor of Philosophy degree earned at Harvard University, where she studied under doctoral advisor Vera Rubin. She also attended Swarthmore College. Born in Boston in 1944, she resides in New York City.
Faber is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the International Astronomical Union. Her professional recognition includes the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, the National Medal of Science, the Karl Schwarzschild Medal, and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics. She influenced doctoral student Tod R. Lauer and was influenced by Sarah Lee Lippincott.
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Key facts
- Born
- Sandra Moore , ( 1944-12-28 ) December 28, 1944 (age 81) , Boston , Massachusetts , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Swarthmore College , Harvard University
- Known for
- Faber–Jackson relation , Designing the Keck Observatory
- Awards
- Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1985) , National Medal of Science (2011) , Bruce Medal (2012) , Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2017) , Magellanic Premium (2018) , Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2020)
- Fields
- Astronomy
- Institutions
- University of California, Santa Cruz , Lick Observatory
- Thesis
- Photometry of elliptical galaxies in multiple systems (1971)
- Doctoral advisor
- I. John Danziger
- Doctoral students
- Cristina Dalle Ore Tod R. Lauer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sandra
- Family name
- Faber
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Occupation
- astrophysicist
- Educated at
- Swarthmore College
- Employer
- Carnegie Institution for Science
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Vera Rubin
- Doctoral student
- Tod R. Lauer
- Field of work
- astrophysics
- Image
- Sandra-faber-barack-obama (cropped).png
- Residence
- New York City
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- influenced by
- Sarah Lee Lippincott
- Commons category
- Sandra Faber
- date of birth
- 1944-12-28
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
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Encyclopedic overview
Sandra Moore Faber (born December 28, 1944) is an American astrophysicist known for her research on the evolution of galaxies. She is the University Professor emerita of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and works at the Lick Observatory. She has made discoveries linking the brightness of galaxies to the speed of stars within them and was the co-discoverer of the Faber–Jackson relation. Faber was also instrumental in designing the Keck telescopes in Hawaii.
Early life and education
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