Ann Hornschemeier

Ann Hornschemeier is an American astronomer specializing in X-ray emission from X-ray binary populations.[1] She is the Chief Scientist for the Physics of the Cosmos program at NASA.[1]

Career and research

She chairs the NuSTAR Starburst and Local Group science working group, which observes seven nearby galaxies.[1] At NASA, Hornschemeier researches high energy astrophysics and cosmology.[1] She is involved in future research missions, including the ESA Athena mission due to launch in 2028.[1] Hornschemeier is also an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins University.[2]

Awards and honors

In 2007, she won the American Astronomical Society's Annie Jump Cannon Award, which recognizes women for their outstanding research in astronomy, for her X-ray investigations of distant galaxies.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "X-ray Deep: Studying the Universe in X-rays". xraydeep.org. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  2. ↑ "NASA - Goddard Space Science Is the Place for Awards This Season". www.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  3. ↑ "Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy | American Astronomical Society". aas.org. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
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