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C. Megan Urry

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American astrophysicist

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Claudia Megan Urry is an American astrophysicist, who has served as the President of the American Astronomical Society, as chair of the Department of Physics at Yale University, and as part of the Hubble Space Telescope faculty. She is the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Yale University.

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2013Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2012George Van Biesbroeck Prize
2010Women in Space Science Award
1990Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy

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Claudia Megan Urry is an American astrophysicist, who has served as the President of the American Astronomical Society, as chair of the Department of Physics at Yale University, and as part of the Hubble Space Telescope faculty. She is the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Yale University. Urry is known for establishing the unification paradigm for radio-loud active galactic nuclei, for her research on the co-evolution of supermassive black holes and galaxies, and for her advocacy for women and underrepresented groups in science.

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Born 1955 · age 71
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