Catherine Cesarsky
| Catherine J. Cesarsky | |
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 Catherine J. Cesarsky |
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| Born | 24 February 1943 Ambazac, France |
| Residence |  Germany |
| Nationality |  French |
| Fields | Astronomer |
| Institutions | European Southern Observatory Germany |
| Known for | Designing the ISOCAM camera on board the Infrared Space Observatory |
| Notable awards | COSPAR Space Science Award (1998) |
Catherine Jeanne Cesarsky is a French astronomer currently residing in Germany, known for her successful research activities in several central areas of modern astrophysics. She was formerly president of the International Astronomical Union.[1] Educated at the University of Buenos Aires and at Harvard, she began her career at the California Institute of Technology and went on to work on cosmic rays, galactic gamma ray emission, and on work connected with the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observatory.[2]
Cesarsky was for five years the director-general of the European Southern Observatory.[3] She has served on the committees of the Harvard College Observatory and the Space Telescope Science Institute.[4] She has also been involved in the Haut Comité de l'Observatoire de Paris, the Fachbeirat of the Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik (Heidelberg), the Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik (Garching) and the Max Planck Insitut für Extraterrestrische Physik (Garching), the Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie (Bonn) and SRON (Netherlands).[citation needed]
[edit] Awards & Distinctions
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- Recipient of the 1998 COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) Space Science Award
- Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (1989)
- Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1994)
- Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (1999)
- Officier de la Légion d'Honneur (2004)
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- Member of the European Academy of Sciences
- Member of the International Academy of Astronautics
- Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2005)
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London
- Prix Jules Janssen of the French Astronomical Society (2009)
- 2010 Doctorate Honoris Causa University of Geneva
[edit] References
- ^ "Catherine Cesarsky elected president of the International Astronomical Union" (Press release). International Astronomical Union. 28 August 2006. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/eso-cce082406.php.
- ^ "Catherine Cesarsky elected President of the International Astronomical Union and Ian Corbett elected Assistant General Secretary". European Southern Observatory. 24 August 2006. http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0632/.
- ^ "In the news: Catherine Cesarsky". Times Higher Education. 24 November 2000. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=155346.
- ^ Lu, Meggie (5 August 2009). "Space Telescope Science Institute". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/08/05/2003450407/wiki.
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- 1943 births
- Living people
- Foreign Members of the Royal Society
- French astronomers
- Harvard University alumni
- Members of Academia Europaea
- Members of the French Academy of Sciences
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Officiers of the Légion d'honneur
- Women astronomers
