Louise Edwards
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Louise Edwards | |
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| Born | November 21, 1978 |
| Citizenship | Canada, Trinidad and Tobago[1] |
| Alma mater | Université Laval |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics, Astronomy |
| Institutions | California Polytechnic State University |
Louise Olivia Violet Edwards[2] (born 21 November 1978[3]) is a Canadian astronomer and assistant professor of physics at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)[4], and is the first Black Canadian to receive a PhD in astronomy. In 2002, she was pictured on a Canadian stamp[5].
Early life, education and research
Louise Edwards grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She completed her undergraduate degree in physics and astronomy, with a minor in mathematics, at the University of Victoria. She received a master's degree from St Mary's University in 2003,[6] and a PhD from Université Laval in 2007.[7][8] She studies galaxy formation and evolution using optical and infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photometric data, and radio wavelength observations, focusing on Brightest Cluster Galaxies,[9][10] galaxies in cluster cores, and galaxies in filaments.
Career
Following her doctoral studies, Edwards was a postdoctoral research scientist at Caltech/IPAC and Trent University, and then an assistant professor at Mount Allison University. From 2012 to 2016, Edwards was a lecturer and research scientist in the astronomy department at Yale University, before starting her faculty position at Cal Poly in 2016. During her time at Yale, she was the chair of the Dorrit Hoffleit Undergraduate Research Fellowship program for undergraduate research in Astronomy.[11][12]
In the media
- CBC program celebrating Black History Month[13]
- The Deep Sky: From Near to Far. Essays in the 2013–2020 editions of the RASC Observer's Handbook
- Yale Astronomy Department Documentary
- This black hole has an appetite for cold, cosmic rain
- Astronomy in Color (interview)
- An illuminating look at large galaxies and their closest companions
- Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium at Yale
- Blog Downtown LA
- Bommerang-shaped galaxy sighted (CBC article)
- "Astronomers Probe 'Sandbar' Between Islands of Galaxies" NASA Press Release
- International School for Young Astronomers
- Canadian Astronomical Society Newsletter I
References
- ^ "Molecular hydrogen in the cooling flow cluster Abell 1795 - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. p. 92. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
Citizenship: Canadian and Trinidadian
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- ^ "Molecular hydrogen in the cooling flow cluster Abell 1795 - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. p. 92. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
Birthdate: November 21, 1978
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Louise Edwards". Physics Department. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Dr. L.O.V. Edwards". www.astro.yale.edu. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ "Molecular hydrogen in the cooling flow cluster Abell 1795 - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- ^ Astroboy-moreno (April 4, 2016). "Astronomy in Color: Faculty Highlight: Dr. Louise Edwards". Astronomy in Color. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ Edwards, Louise O. V. (2007). "Line emission in Brightest Cluster Galaxies : the nature of recent activity".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Edwards, L. O. V.; Alpert, H. S.; Trierweiler, I. L.; Abraham, T.; Beizer, V. G. (September 1, 2016). "Stellar populations of BCGs, close companions and intracluster light in Abell 85, Abell 2457 and IIZw108". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 461 (1): 230–239. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1314. ISSN 0035-8711.
- ^ Edwards, Louise O. V.; Salinas, Matthew; Stanley, Steffanie; Holguin West, Priscilla E.; Trierweiler, Isabella; Alpert, Hannah; Coelho, Paula; Koppaka, Saisneha; Tremblay, Grant R.; Martel, Hugo; Li, Yuan (January 11, 2020). "Clocking the formation of today's largest galaxies: wide field integral spectroscopy of brightest cluster galaxies and their surroundings". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 491 (2): 2617–2638. arXiv:1909.10434. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2706. ISSN 0035-8711.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "Dr. Louise O.V. Edwards". www.astro.yale.edu. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Dorrit Hoffleit Undergraduate Research Scholarship | Department of Astronomy". astronomy.yale.edu. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ "Louise Edwards - University of Victoria". UVic.ca. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
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