Rosemary Wyse

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Rosemary FG Wyse (born January 26, 1957 ) is a Scottish astrophysicist and astronomer who teaches at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore .

Life

Wyse grew up in Scotland. From 1974 to 1977 she studied physics and astrophysics at Queen Mary College of the University of London (bachelor's degree 1977) and then until 1978 mathematics at the University of Cambridge . From 1978 to 1982 she worked there at the Institute of Astronomy. In April 1983 she received her doctorate ( Ph.D. ). As a postdoc , she went to Princeton University in the United States and for six years at the University of California, Berkeley . In 1988 she moved to Johns Hopkins University , where she became an assistant professor, an associate professor in 1990 and a full professor in July 1993 in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Her scientific work contributed significantly to the understanding of the structure, the dynamics and the history of the formation of the Milky Way (galaxy) and other galaxies . Her scientific research links theory with observations. She was a major advocate of wide-field multi-object spectroscopy for observing stars in the Milky Way and other galaxies and is one of the leaders of the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE). She developed a model of the evolution of a thick and thin disk in a spiral galaxy and made important contributions to the study of the spheroidal dwarf galaxies dominated by dark matter . Many of her scientific publications are the result of international collaboration.

In addition to her research work, Wyse was and is active in various organizations and associations, such as the International Astronomical Union . From 1990 to 1992 she was a research fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( Sloan Research Fellow ). She has been a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2016 and of the American Physical Society since 2017 . In 2018 she received an honorary doctorate from Queen Mary College, University of London. In addition to other awards, she received the Brouwer Award from the American Astronomical Society in 2016 and the Annie Jump Cannon Prize for Astronomy in 1986 .

Fonts (selection)

  • Joseph Silk, Rosemary FG Wyse, GA Shields: On the origin of dwarf galaxies . In: Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 . tape 322 , Nov. 15, 1987, pp. L59-L65 .
  • Gerard Gilmore, Rosemary FG Wyse, Konrad Kuijken: Kinematics, chemistry, and structure of the Galaxy . In: Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics . tape 27 , 1989, pp. 555-627 , doi : 10.1146 / annurev.aa.27.090189.003011 .
  • RFG Wyse, J. Silk : Star formation rates and abundance gradients in disk galaxies . In: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 . tape 339 , April 15, 1989, pp. 700-711 .
  • John S. Gallagher III, Rosemary FG Wyse: Dwarf spheroid galaxies: Keystones of galaxy evolution . In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . tape 106 , December, 1994, pp. 1225-1238 .
  • M. Unavane, Rosemary FG Wyse, Gerard Gilmore: The merging history of the Milky Way . In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . tape 278 , no. 3 , 1996, p. 727-736 , doi : 10.1093 / mnras / 278.3.727 .
  • Rosemary FG Wyse, Gerard Gilmore, Marijn Franx: Galactic bulges . In: Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics . tape 35 , 1997, pp. 637-675 , doi : 10.1146 / annurev.astro.35.1.637 .
  • Annette MN Ferguson, Rosemary FG Wyse, JS Gallagher, Deidre A. Hunter: Discovery of recent star formation in the extreme outer regions of disk galaxies . In: Astrophysical Journal . tape 506 , no. 1 , 1998, p. L19-L22 , doi : 10.1086 / 311626 .
  • Gerard Gilmore, Rosemary FG Wyse, John E. Norris: Deciphering the last major invasion of the Milky Way . In: Astrophysical Journal . tape 574 , no. 1 , 2002, p. L39-L42 , doi : 10.1086 / 342363 .

literature

  • Rosemary FG Wyse. Curriculum vitae. Johns Hopkins University, accessed August 3, 2019 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members: Rosemary F. Wyse. International Astronomical Union, accessed August 11, 2019 .
  2. ^ Past Fellows. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, accessed August 11, 2019 .
  3. ^ Rosemary Wyse Awarded Honorary Doctor of Science from Queen Mary, U. of London. Johns Hopkins University, accessed August 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wyse, Rosemary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wyse, Rosemary FG
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish astrophysicist and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1957