Laurie Rousseau-Nepton

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Laurie Rousseau-Nepton
Born1985/1986 (age 35–36)[1]
NationalityCanada
Alma materUniversité Laval
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsCanada-France-Hawaii Telescope
ThesisÉtude des régions de formation stellaire dans les galaxies spirales avec SpIOMM (2017)
Academic advisorsCarmelle Robert

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton is a Canadian astronomer at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hawaii, and is the first indigenous woman in Quebec to obtain a PhD in astrophysics.[2][3]

Early life, education and research[]

Rousseau-Nepton is an Innu woman whose family are from the Mashteuiatsh reserve in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec.[4][5] She grew up near Quebec City, and lived for two years on the Wendake reserve.[6] Rousseau-Nepton received her PhD in 2017 from University of Laval, under the supervision of Prof. Carmelle Robert.[7] Her doctoral research involved studying the HII regions of nearby spiral galaxies, using the SpIOMM, a imaging Fourier transform spectrometer developed at University of Laval.[7][8] She subsequently took up an appointment as an FRQNT postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.[9] Since 2017, she has been a resident astronomer at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.[10] Rousseau-Nepton is the Principal Investigator for SIGNALS, a large survey program aiming at observing over 50,000 resolved star-forming regions in nearby galaxies[11].

Honors and awards[]

Awards won include:[12]

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies (FRQNT), 2017-2019
  • Pierre Amiot - Award for the best scientific talk, Université Laval, 2014
  • Hubert Reeves Fellowship, Fonds Hubert Reeves, 2010
  • Fellowship for native woman in science, Association des femmes diplômées des universités du Québec (AFDU) 2010

References[]

  1. ^ "Une pionnière autochtone de l'astronomie | ICI.Radio-Canada.ca". web.archive.org (in French). 6 September 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2021. la jeune femme de 31 ans
  2. ^ "LAURIE ROUSSEAU NEPTON – Women In Physics Canada 2018". Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Fonds Nature et technologies - An indigenous astrophysicist in Hawaii". www.frqnt.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, an Innu out to conquer the stars". Espace pour la vie Montréal. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. ^ "L'astrophysicienne innue Laurie Rousseau-Nepton explore les mystères du cosmos". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société-. "Une pionnière autochtone de l'astronomie". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Rousseau-Nepton, Laurie (2017). "Étude des régions de formation stellaire dans les galaxies spirales avec SpIOMM". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ Bernier, A.-P.; Grandmont, F.; Rochon, J.-F.; Charlebois, M.; Drissen, L. (29 June 2006). "First results and current development of SpIOMM: an imaging Fourier transform spectrometer for astronomy". Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy. International Society for Optics and Photonics. 6269: 626949. doi:10.1117/12.671410.
  9. ^ "The Native American Sky". Universe of Learning. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Fonds Nature et technologies - An indigenous astrophysicist in Hawaii". www.frqnt.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Accueil". laurie-rousseau-nepton-03.webself.net. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Achievements". laurie-rousseau-nepton-03.webself.net. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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