Maria G. Firneis

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Maria Gertrude Firneis (born March 11, 1947 in Vienna ) is a professor at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Vienna . She is Austria's first female astronomer to qualify as a professor .

Life

In addition to her specialist fields “History of Astronomy” and “ Planetology ”, she heads the solar eclipse working group at the University of Vienna. For this she received the order “Pour le Mérite” of the Republic of Mauritania (Commander Star) in 1973 .

From 1990 to 2000 she was in charge of the University Observatory Museum she founded . Since 1979 she has given lectures on astronomy-historical topics at various universities in Austria. She is a founding member and head of the Astronomical History Section of the Austrian Society for the History of Science and was a member of the Solar Eclipse Working Group ( International Astronomical Union , IAU) in 1988 . From 1991 to 1994 she was a member of the organizing committee of Commission 41 (History of Astronomy) of the IAU and IU HPS.

Since 1995 she has been Austria's only sworn and court-certified expert for astronomy and from 1996 to 2012 a member of the Astronomical Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

In 1998 the minor planet (7722) Firneis was named after her.

Maria G. Firneis heads the Exolife research platform at the University of Vienna. Exolife's research focuses include: a. Habitability of exoplanets and special astrobiological issues such as possible biosignatures and carbon chauvinism . She also works in the science team of the EVE (European Venus Explorer) project, a mission proposed as part of the Cosmic Vision program of the European Space Agency to send a space probe to Venus .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maria G. Firneis @ IAU, Affiliations
  2. ^ Commission for Astronomy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences oeaw.ac.at
  3. ↑ JPL Small-Body Database Browser, 7722 Firneis (2240 ​​T-2)
  4. ↑ Topics Exolife @ univie.ac.at, accessed March 15, 2012
  5. ↑ Is there life in space that did not arise from water and carbon? wienerzeitung.at, November 4, 2009
  6. ↑ Profile for the second earth wienerzeitung.at, September 24, 2010, accessed on November 25, 2013
  7. ↑ Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 Proposals - (EVE) European Venus Explorer: an in-situ mission to Venus sci.esa.int; EVE - European Venus Explorer univie.ac.at, accessed on March 16, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Firneis, Maria G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Firneis, Maria Gertrude (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian astronomer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna