Kyongae Chang
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Hangeul | 장경애 |
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Revised Romanization |
Jang Gyeong-ae |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
Chang Kyŏngae |
Kyongae Chang (born September 5, 1946 in Seoul ) is a South Korean astrophysicist .
Life
She worked as a research assistant on astrometric double stars with Professors van de Kamp and Heintz at the Sproul Observatory from 1969 to 1971. She received her doctorate in 1979 with a thesis on the microgravity lens effect (in particular on the Chang Refsdal lens, which is now named after her ) with Sjur Refsdal at the Hamburg observatory of the University of Hamburg .
Chang returned to Korea in 1985 and has been a professor at Cheongju University ever since . Her field of work is the theory of gravitational lenses .
literature
- J. Schramm: Stars over Hamburg - The history of astronomy in Hamburg. Chapter Gravitation Lenses, p. 299ff, 2nd revised and expanded edition, Kultur- & Geschichtkontor , Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-9811271-8-8
Web links
- Kyongae Chang at the IAU
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chang, Kyongae |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 장경애 (Korean, Hangeul); Jang, Gyeong-ae (Revised Romanization); Chang, Kyŏngae (McCune-Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Korean astrophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul |