Sandra Faber accepting the National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama in 2013
Born
Sandra Moore
(1944-12-28) December 28, 1944 (age 79)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality
American
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)
Scientific career
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
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 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.
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