Louise Edwards

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Louise Edwards
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Born (1978-11-21) November 21, 1978 (age 43)
CitizenshipCanada, Trinidad and Tobago[1]
Alma materUniversité Laval
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics, Astronomy
InstitutionsCalifornia Polytechnic State University

Louise Olivia Violet Edwards[2] (born 21 November 1978[3]) is a Canadian astronomer and assistant professor of physics at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly),[4] and is the first Black Canadian to receive a PhD in astronomy. In 2002, she was pictured on a Canadian stamp.[5]

Early life, education and research[]

Louise Edwards grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She completed her undergraduate degree in physics and astronomy, with a minor in mathematics, at the University of Victoria. She received a master's degree from St Mary's University in 2003,[6] and a PhD from Université Laval in 2007.[7][8] She studies galaxy formation and evolution using optical and infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photometric data, and radio wavelength observations, focusing on Brightest Cluster Galaxies,[9][10] galaxies in cluster cores, and galaxies in filaments.

Career[]

Following her doctoral studies, Edwards was a postdoctoral research scientist at Caltech/IPAC and Trent University, and then an assistant professor at Mount Allison University. From 2012 to 2016, Edwards was a lecturer and research scientist in the astronomy department at Yale University, before starting her faculty position at Cal Poly in 2016. During her time at Yale, she was the chair of the Dorrit Hoffleit Undergraduate Research Fellowship program for undergraduate research in Astronomy.[11][12]

In the media[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Molecular hydrogen in the cooling flow cluster Abell 1795 - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. p. 92. Retrieved August 22, 2020. Citizenship: Canadian and Trinidadian
  2. ^ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Molecular hydrogen in the cooling flow cluster Abell 1795 - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. p. 92. Retrieved August 22, 2020. Birthdate: November 21, 1978
  4. ^ "Louise Edwards". Physics Department. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  5. ^ "Dr. L.O.V. Edwards". www.astro.yale.edu. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Molecular hydrogen in the cooling flow cluster Abell 1795 - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  7. ^ Astroboy-moreno (April 4, 2016). "Astronomy in Color: Faculty Highlight: Dr. Louise Edwards". Astronomy in Color. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  8. ^ Edwards, Louise O. V. (2007). "Line emission in Brightest Cluster Galaxies : the nature of recent activity". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ Edwards, L. O. V.; Alpert, H. S.; Trierweiler, I. L.; Abraham, T.; Beizer, V. G. (September 1, 2016). "Stellar populations of BCGs, close companions and intracluster light in Abell 85, Abell 2457 and IIZw108". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 461 (1): 230–239. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1314. ISSN 0035-8711.
  10. ^ Edwards, Louise O. V.; Salinas, Matthew; Stanley, Steffanie; Holguin West, Priscilla E.; Trierweiler, Isabella; Alpert, Hannah; Coelho, Paula; Koppaka, Saisneha; Tremblay, Grant R.; Martel, Hugo; Li, Yuan (January 11, 2020). "Clocking the formation of today's largest galaxies: wide field integral spectroscopy of brightest cluster galaxies and their surroundings". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 491 (2): 2617–2638. arXiv:1909.10434. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2706. ISSN 0035-8711.
  11. ^ "Dr. Louise O.V. Edwards". www.astro.yale.edu. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  12. ^ "Dorrit Hoffleit Undergraduate Research Scholarship | Department of Astronomy". astronomy.yale.edu. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  13. ^ "Louise Edwards - University of Victoria". UVic.ca. Retrieved August 21, 2020.


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