Sandra Faber
1944
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
Country of citizenship: United States
Educated at: Harvard University, Swarthmore College
Occupation: astronomer, university teacher, astrophysicist
Award received: Harvard Centennial Medal, Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, National Medal of Science, Karl Schwarzschild Medal, Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, Bruce Medal, Gruber Prize in Cosmology, Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Clarivate Citation Laureates, Magellanic Premium, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Influenced by: Sarah Lee Lippincott
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Sandra Moore Faber (born December 28, 1944) is an American astrophysicist known for her research on the evolution of galaxies. She is the University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and works at the Lick Observatory. She has made discoveries linking the brightness of galaxies to the speed of stars within them and was the co-discoverer of the Faber–Jackson relation. Faber was also instrumental in designing the Keck telescopes in Hawaii. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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