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Karin Öberg
Swedish astrochemist · Sweden · On the map · Scientists · Born 1982 · age 44
Karin Ingegerd Öberg is a Swedish astrochemist. She is a Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and leader of the Öberg Astrochemistry Group at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.
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About this person
Her research concerns star formation, planet formation, and stellar evolution in relation to organic molecules, which are necessary to determine the origins of life on Earth and elsewhere. In April 2015, her group discovered the first complex organic molecule in a protoplanetary disk.
Country
Sweden
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1982 · age 44
Where to find them
The same award as Karin
Amy BargerBoth received Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy
Jacob FoxBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
Stephen QuakeBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringSallie BaliunasBoth received Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy
Alexei FilippenkoBoth received Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in AstronomyKarl GlazebrookBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
Jacob FoxBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringStephen QuakeBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringSallie BaliunasBoth received Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in AstronomyAlexei FilippenkoBoth received Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in AstronomyKarl GlazebrookBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering