Sandra Faber

American astrophysicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1944 · age 81

Sandra Moore Faber is an American astrophysicist known for her research on the evolution of galaxies. She is the University Professor emerita of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and works at the Lick Observatory.

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2020Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward2019Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of MexicoAwardMore about this2018Clarivate Citation LaureatesAwardMagellanic PremiumAward2017Gruber Prize in CosmologyAward2012Bruce MedalAwardKarl Schwarzschild MedalAward2011Henry Norris Russell LectureshipAwardNational Medal of ScienceAward2009Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in ScienceAward2007Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward1985Dannie Heineman Prize for AstrophysicsAward1944Born28 December 1944

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Sarah Lee Lippincott Influenced Sandra

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Faber in 1988

Awards

Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society2020

Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico2019

Clarivate Citation Laureates2018

Magellanic Premium2018

Gruber Prize in Cosmology2017

Karl Schwarzschild Medal2012

Bruce Medal2012

Henry Norris Russell Lectureship2011

National Medal of Science2011

Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science2009

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2007

Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics1985

Harvard Centennial Medal

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

She has made discoveries linking the brightness of galaxies to the speed of stars within them and was the co-discoverer of the Faber-Jackson relation. Faber was also instrumental in designing the Keck telescopes in Hawaii.

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United States

The same award as Sandra

Martin ReesBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics

Otto StruveBoth received Henry Norris Russell Lectureship

Reinhard GenzelBoth received Karl Schwarzschild Medal

Alan GuthBoth received Gruber Prize in Cosmology

William HugginsBoth received Bruce Medal

Lyman SpitzerBoth received Henry Norris Russell Lectureship