39 min
SWiS scientists and professors: In conversation with Dr. Neta Bahcall, a preeminent Astrophysicist Stories of Women in Science
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- Natural Sciences
Professor Neta Bahcall is a preeminent observational cosmologist and is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University.
Dr. Neta Bahcall was born in Israel. After completing her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree, she received her PhD from Tel Aviv University in 1970. Her husband, Dr. John Bahcall, was also a pioneer in the field.
An interesting fact: Dr. Neta Bahcall's and Dr. John Bahcall's wedding rings were sent to the Hubble Space Telescope, and they flew around the earth more than two hundred times! Listen to this episode to learn more about this intriguing story!
Dr. Neta Bahcall has held many prestigious positions such as the first Head of the Science Program Selection Office and Chief of the General Observer Branch at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. She is the recipient of the prestigious Vaucouleurs Medal, Payne-Gaposchkin Award, the Bennett-McWilliams Award, an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree - OSU, Century Lecturer of the AAS, and member of various NASA, NSF, NAS, and Congressional Science committees.
"How much dark matter exists in the Universe and where is it located? What is the nature of the mysterious dark energy? What is the large-scale structure of our Universe? How did structure form and evolve? What is the fate of our Universe and its expansion?" These are some of the questions that Dr. Neta Bahcall researches.
I hope you will enjoy listening to this episode! Subscribe, share this episode with your friends, and let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Sources:
Dr. Bahcall's bio: Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
Music credits: Querida- Cornelio and Riversides- Tape Machines both from Epidemic Sound
Professor Neta Bahcall is a preeminent observational cosmologist and is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University.
Dr. Neta Bahcall was born in Israel. After completing her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree, she received her PhD from Tel Aviv University in 1970. Her husband, Dr. John Bahcall, was also a pioneer in the field.
An interesting fact: Dr. Neta Bahcall's and Dr. John Bahcall's wedding rings were sent to the Hubble Space Telescope, and they flew around the earth more than two hundred times! Listen to this episode to learn more about this intriguing story!
Dr. Neta Bahcall has held many prestigious positions such as the first Head of the Science Program Selection Office and Chief of the General Observer Branch at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. She is the recipient of the prestigious Vaucouleurs Medal, Payne-Gaposchkin Award, the Bennett-McWilliams Award, an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree - OSU, Century Lecturer of the AAS, and member of various NASA, NSF, NAS, and Congressional Science committees.
"How much dark matter exists in the Universe and where is it located? What is the nature of the mysterious dark energy? What is the large-scale structure of our Universe? How did structure form and evolve? What is the fate of our Universe and its expansion?" These are some of the questions that Dr. Neta Bahcall researches.
I hope you will enjoy listening to this episode! Subscribe, share this episode with your friends, and let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Sources:
Dr. Bahcall's bio: Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
Music credits: Querida- Cornelio and Riversides- Tape Machines both from Epidemic Sound
39 min