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Jill Tarter

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American astronomer

United StatesScientistsBorn 1944 · age 82
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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.

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Awards 6

2009TED Prize
2003Women in Space Science Award
1993Public Service Medal
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization

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Peter H. GleickAlso won Carl Sagan Prize for Science PopularizationJRAlso won TED PrizeRichard WisemanAlso won Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical InquiryWendy FreedmanAlso won Women in Space Science AwardEdoardo AmaldiAlso won Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical InquiryNeil TurokAlso won TED Prize

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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. In 2002, Discover magazine recognized her as one of the 50 most important women in science.

Country
United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1944 · age 82
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