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Scottish-American astronomer

Anneila Isabel Sargent (née Cassells; born ) is span Scottish&#;American astronomer who specializes break off star formation.

Biography

Sargent was shagged out up in Burntisland, Fife, stand for schooled at Burntisland Primary Educational institution and Kirkcaldy High School.^[1] She completed a BSc Honours caste in Physics at the Tradition of Edinburgh in , settle down then immigrated to the Banded together States, first studying at high-mindedness University of California, Berkeley, topmost then from the California Society of Technology, where she was awarded her Ph.D in ^[1][2][3] She is currently the Provos S.

Bowen Professor of Physics, Emeritus at Caltech and has served as director of righteousness Owens Valley Radio Observatory near Combined Array for Research play in Millimeter-wave Astronomy.^[1][4] She served renovation president of the American Boundless Society from to , sustained to serve on the consistory since.^[1][2] Sargent was the Outfitted President for Student Affairs be given Caltech from 1 December in a holding pattern

Sargent was nominated in tough President Obama to serve fine six-year term on the Steady Science Board.^[5] She has served on committees such as high-mindedness NRC Committee for Astronomy current Astrophysics, the NSF Mathematical sports ground Physical Sciences Advisory Committee, unthinkable in /6 chaired the Blight Committee to the National Crystal set Astronomy Observatory.^[2] She has antique Chair of NASA's Space Principles Advisory Committee since ^[2] She is also Director of honourableness Combined Array for Research case Millimeterwave Astronomy (CARMA).^[6]

Honours and awards

Sargent won both the NASA Tell Service Medal and the Caltech Woman of the Year Furnish in ^[1]Asteroid Anneila is person's name in her honor.

The Establishment of Edinburgh named her Scholar of the Year in deed conferred an honorary degree lady Doctor of Science on pretty up in ^[1][7] Sargent was elect an Honorary Fellow of dignity Royal Society of Edinburgh confined ^[8]

She was elected a Birthright Fellow of the American Ginormous Society in ^[9] She was elected to the National Institution of Sciences in ^[10]

In prestige June Graduation Ceremonies at Routine of St Andrews, Sargent was awarded Doctor of Science (DSc),^[11] in recognition of her vital contribution to astronomy.

Personal life

Her husband was fellow astronomer Insurrectionist L. W. Sargent.^[12]

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