Kathrin Altwegg
Kathrin Altwegg (born December 11, 1951 in Balsthal ) is a Swiss astrophysicist , associate professor at the University of Bern, project manager of the Rosina mass spectrometer and former director of the Center for Space and Habitability (CSH) at the University of Bern .
biography
Kathrin Altwegg originally wanted to become an archaeologist. After graduating from high school in Solothurn in 1970 , she was the only woman in her class to study physics at the University of Basel . In 1980 she did her doctorate at the University of Basel under the physics professor Iris Zschokke . After two years in New York , she became an assistant in space research and planetology at the University of Bern in 1982 . In 1996 she completed her habilitation in the field of solar system . In the same year she became head of the Rosina project , which aims to study the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko . The project includes several instruments that the probe Rosetta of the European Space Agency were installed.
Web links
- https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/hivpreis-2015- geht-an-berner-astrophysikerin-kathrin-altwegg/story/19387162
- https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/menschen/die-berner-kometenforscherin-kathrin-altwegg-foerdert-frauen-1.18420889
- https://www.srf.ch/sendung/persoenlich/die-physikerin-und-der-musikant-kathrin-altwegg-und-bruno-bieri
Individual evidence
- ^ Two years after Rosetta. September 28, 2018, accessed November 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Kathrin Altwegg date = 2016-02-16. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
- ↑ The team. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Altwegg, Kathrin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss astrophysicist, associate professor at the University of Bern |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Balsthal |