# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jill-tarter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:55:17.385Z

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name: "Jill Tarter"
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description: "Jill Cornell Tarter is an American astronomer who works on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Tarter is the former director of the Center for SETI Research, holding the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute.\nIn 2002, Discover magazine recognized her as one of the 50 most important women in science."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump