Chryssa Kouveliotou
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Chryssa Kouveliotou is a Greek astrophysicist who studied in the United Kingdom and Germany.
Biography
Kouveliotou taught at the University of Athens before pursuing research work in the United States.[1] She received the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics[2] and shared the Bruno Rossi Prize for her work on magnetars.[3] She is a professor at George Washington University who had worked in high-energy astrophysics at Marshall Space Flight Center.[4]
Kouveliotou was married to fellow astrophysicist Jan van Paradijs.[5]
References
- ^ NASA page
- ^ American Astronomical Society
- ^ HEAD AAS Rossi Prize Winners
- ^ ‘We Choose to Go to the Moon’: Kennedy dream inspires a dance from The Washington Post
- ^ Glanz, James (November 4, 1999). "Johannes van Paradijs, 53; Helped Explain Gamma Rays". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
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- Living people
- American astrophysicists
- Winners of the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens faculty
- George Washington University faculty
- Greek emigrants to the United States
- European astronomer stubs
- American astronomer stubs