Rebecca Smethurst
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Rebecca Smethurst, also known as Dr. Becky, is a British astrophysicist, author, and YouTuber who is a junior research fellow at the University of Oxford. She was the recipient of the 2020 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship, awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society, as well as the 2020 Mary Somerville Medal and Prize, awarded by the Institute of Physics. In 2022, she won the Royal Astronomical Society's Winton Award "for research by a post-doctoral fellow in Astronomy whose career has shown the most promising development". As a researcher, Smethurst studies the role that supermassive black holes play in inhibiting different types of galaxies from forming stars. She is a member of the Galaxy Zoo collaboration, run by her doctoral advisor, Chris Lintott. Smethurst hosts her own YouTube channel, called Dr. Becky, where she posts science communication videos related to astronomy research and amateur astronomy. She has also written two popular science books, titled Space: 10 Things You Should Know and A Brief History of Black Holes. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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- 2021-09-30
- 2019-01-31David W. Hogg, Médéric Boquien, Christian Nitschelm, Francesco Belfiore, Hélion du Mas des Bourboux, Ashley Spindler, Zachary Pace, Sofia Meneses-Goytia, Jianhui Lian, Benjamin Rose, Héctor Gil-Marín, Samantha Penny, Rita Tojeiro, Florian Beutler, Claudia Maraston, Anne-Marie Weijmans, Eduardo Unda Sanzana, María del Carmen Argudo Fernández, Thaisa Storchi Bergmann, Dmitry Bizyaev, Kaike Pan, Kate Rowlands, Steven Majewski, Gail Zasowski, Peter Frinchaboy, David J. Schlegel, Michael Blanton, Vivienne Wild, Keivan Stassun, Timothy Beers, Juna Kollmeier, Sten Hasselquist, Eleanor Byler, Kevin Bundy, Renbin Yan, Ivan Lacerna, Annie Robin, Matthew Bershady, Jo Bovy, Will Percival, Borja Anguiano, Matthew D. Olmstead, Adam J. Burgasser, Demitri Muna, Hans-Walter Rix, Alfonso Aragón-Salamanca, Jon Holtzman, Dante Minniti, Lihwai Lin, David Law, Jonathan Brinkmann, Patricia Beatriz Tissera, Michael Merrifield, Abhishek Prakash, Jeremy Darling, Kevin Covey, Andrea Merloni, Matthias Steinmetz, Rogério Riffel, Richard McDermid, Edward Schlafly, Ricardo Carrera, Joel R. Brownstein, Rui Marques-Chaves, Daniel Thomas, Johan Comparat, Jennifer Sobeck, Yanping Chen, Genaro Suárez, Donald Schneider, Ricardo P. Schiavon, Penélope Longa Peña, Shiyin Shen, Bau-Ching Hsieh, Kathryn Kreckel, Rachael Beaton, Chris Lintott, Eric Emsellem, Henrik Jönsson, Brett H. Andrews, M. Jordan Raddick, Marc H. Pinsonneault, Rebecca Smethurst, Michele Cappellari, Kat Barger, Hong-qian Guo, Alexandre Roman-Lopes, Mathias Schultheis, Scott W. Fleming, John Mackereth, Mariana Cano Díaz, Christian R. Hayes, Héctor J. Ibarra-Medel, Karen Masters, Ashley J. Ross, Jaderson da Silva Schimoia, Kyle B Westfall, Guillermo J. Damke, Garrett L. Ebelke, Fred R. Hearty, Daniel J. Oravetz, Nicholas W. Troup, Diane K. Feuillet, Karen Kinemuchi, Erik Aquino-Ortíz, Vladimir Avila-Reese, Jorge Barrera-Ballesteros, Mariangela Bernardi, Adam S. Bolton, Jura Borissova, Brian Cherinka, Peter Doohyun Choi, Roger Davies, Kyle S. Dawson, Axel de la Macorra, Niv Drory, Tom Dwelly, Gordon Freischlad, Kathleen Grabowski, Alice Deconto Machado, Marcio Antonio Geimba Maia, Nicolás Medina Peña, Adam D. Myers, Janaina Correa do Nascimento, Audrey E. Oravetz, Nelson Padilla, Taniya Parikh, Sebastien Peirani, Ismael Perez-Fournon, Anand Raichoor, Rogemar A. Riffel, Graziano Rossi, Conor Sayres, Zhengyi Shao, David Stark, Guy S. Stringfellow, Manuchehr Taghizadeh-Popp, Jamie Tayar, Aniruddha R. Thakar, Hector Hernandez Toledo, Octavio Valenzuela, Mariana Vargas-Magana, David Stewart, Benjamin Alan Weaver, Guangtun Zhu, Hee-Jong Seo, Julia M. Comerford, Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic, Olena Malanushenko, Joel C Zinn, Olga Zamora, Coleman Krawczyk, Sandor Kruk, Szabolcs Mészáros, Bernardo Cervantes Sodi, Victoria de Sainte Agathe, Luis Alberto Garma Oehmichen, Camilo Eduardo Jimenez Angel, Ying-Hsi Pan, Barbara J. Souter, Vivek Mariappan, Pedro Alonso Palicio, Kate Rubin, Ho Seong Hwang
- 2018-04-19Borja Anguiano, Rafael Garcia-Dias, Eva-Maria Mueller, Hongyu Li, Genaro Suárez, Sofia Meneses-Goytia, Sandro Barboza Rembold, Henrik Jönsson, Jianhui Lian, Olga Zamora, Andres Meza, Dominika Wylezalek, Irene Cruz-González, Samantha Penny, Nathan De Lee, Marcos Lima, Violeta Gonzalez-Perez, Karen Masters, Florian Beutler, Andrew R. Casey, Anne-Marie Weijmans, Carles Badenes, Claudia Maraston, Lluís Galbany, Michele Cappellari, Jason E. Ybarra, Chia-Hsun Chuang, Victor Silva Aguirre, Hans-Walter Rix, Donald Schneider, Anže Slosar, Pauline Zarrouk, Haeun Chung, Hai Fu, Aldo Serenelli, Saskia Hekker, Yeisson Osorio, Hee-Jong Seo, Julian Bautista, Yanping Chen, Zachary Pace, Alex Hagen, Héctor Gil-Marín, Médéric Boquien, David W. Hogg, Christian Nitschelm, Francesco Belfiore, Hélion du Mas des Bourboux, Rita Tojeiro, Jonay I. González Hernández, María del Carmen Argudo Fernández, Thaisa Storchi Bergmann, Christy Tremonti, Dmitry Bizyaev, Kaike Pan, C. Megan Urry, Jean-Paul Kneib, Eric Jullo, Steven Majewski, Gail Zasowski, Katia Cunha, David J. Schlegel, Michael Blanton, Vivienne Wild, Carlos Allende Prieto, David Nidever, Matthew Shetrone, Keivan Stassun, Timothy Beers, Juna Kollmeier, Sten Hasselquist, Kevin Bundy, Renbin Yan, Ivan Lacerna, Annie Robin, Jo Bovy, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, Francisco-Shu Kitaura, Will Percival, Adam J. Burgasser, Demitri Muna, Alfonso Aragón-Salamanca, Rebecca Smethurst, Cristina Chiappini, Jon Holtzman, Dante Minniti, Nadia Zakamska, Lihwai Lin, David Law, Jonathan Brinkmann, Patricia Beatriz Tissera, Matthew Bershady, Remco van den Bosch, Alexis Finoguenov, Michael Merrifield, Abhishek Prakash, Jeremy Darling, Kevin Covey, Andrea Merloni, Xiaohui Fan, Éric Aubourg, Matthias Steinmetz, Rogério Riffel, Patrick Petitjean, Ivan Minchev, Kirpal Nandra, Richard McDermid, Edward Schlafly, Ricardo Carrera, Suvrath Mahadevan, Friedrich Anders, Joel R. Brownstein, Rui Marques-Chaves, Mariana Cano Díaz, Daniel Thomas, Marc H. Pinsonneault, Johan Comparat, Jennifer Sobeck, Jaime Vargas-González, Eric Armengaud, Jorge Sanchez Almeida, Daniel Eisenstein, Jennifer A. Johnson, Ricardo P. Schiavon, Mara Salvato, Suzanne Hawley, Isabelle Pâris, Shiyin Shen, Bau-Ching Hsieh, Diogo Souto, Eric Emsellem, Patrick Gaulme, Brett H. Andrews, M. Jordan Raddick, Britt Lundgren, Joseph Gelfand, Juan José Downes, Gabriele S Ilha, Thomas Masseron, Changbom Park, Hong-qian Guo, Robert C. Nichol, Szabolcs Mészáros, Verne V. Smith, Joel C Zinn, Gillian R. Knapp, Adam S. Bolton, Kyle S. Dawson, Daniel J. Oravetz, Garrett L. Ebelke, Matthew M. Pieri, Adam D. Myers, Kyle B Westfall, Chad F. Bender, S. Drew Chojnowski, Guillermo J. Damke, Axel de la Macorra, Yvonne Elsworth, Emma Fernández-Alvar, Diane K. Feuillet, Scott W. Fleming, Paul Green, Christian R. Hayes, Fred R. Hearty, John Mackereth, Audrey E. Oravetz, Erik Aquino-Ortíz, Carlos G. Román-Zúñiga, Ashley J. Ross, Jaderson da Silva Schimoia, Axel D. Schwope, Nicholas W. Troup, David G Whelan, Mariangela Bernardi, Aniruddha R. Thakar, Fabienne A. Bastien, Alina Streblyanska, Nicolás G. Busca, Marcos Pellejero-Ibanez, Jose Alberto Vazquez, Bela Abolfathi, Flavia Dell’Agli, Jamie Dyer, Timothy Paul Hutchinson, Miguel Angel C. de Icaza Lizaola, Matthew Melendez, Pedro Alonso Palicio, Sandro Villanova, Metin Ata, Karen Kinemuchi, David Kirkby, Francisco Pradas De La Fuente, Sergio Rodríguez-Torres, Graziano Rossi, David Stewart, Christophe Yèche, Timothée Delubac, Andreu Font-Ribera, Jean-Marc Le Goff, Pasquier Noterdaeme, Niv Drory, Brian Cherinka, Aleksandar M. Diamond-Stanic, Vladimir Avila-Reese, Etienne Burtin, Marie-Claude Cousinou, Tom Dwelly, Michael Eracleous, Dustin Lang, Marcio Antonio Geimba Maia, Vivek Mariappan, Ian McGreer, Alice Pisani, Anand Raichoor, Rossana Ruggeri, Charling Tao, Mariana Vargas-Magana, Jorge Barrera-Ballesteros, Rachael Beaton, Caleb I. Cañas, Bernardo Cervantes Sodi, Jeffrey Crane, Victoria de Sainte Agathe, J. G. Fernández-Trincado, Gordon Freischlad, Luis Alberto Garma Oehmichen, Kathleen Grabowski, Jiamin Hou, Camilo Eduardo Jimenez Angel, Ying-Hsi Pan, Taniya Parikh, Rogemar A. Riffel, Barbara J. Souter, David Stark, Guy S. Stringfellow, Jamie Tayar, Guangtun Zhu, Ho Seong Hwang, Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew
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- 2016-10-18Boris Häußler, Karen Masters, Brooke Simmons, Nimish P. Hathi, Omar Almaini, Kevin Schawinski, Anton Koekemoer, Jennifer Lotz, Sugata Kaviraj, Claudia Scarlata, Steven Finkelstein, Henry C. Ferguson, Christopher Conselice, Jeyhan Kartaltepe, Rebecca Smethurst, Avishai Dekel, Janine Pforr, Mara Salvato, Sandra Faber, Stijn Wuyts, Chris Lintott, Lucy Fortson, Guillermo Barro, David C. Koo, Adriano Fontana, Steven Bamford, Robert C. Nichol, Bahram Mobasher, Kyle W. Willett, Eric F. Bell, Tomas Dahlen, Michael Becker-Peth, Daniel Mcintosh, Mark Mozena, Tommy Wiklind, Audrey Galametz, Zachary Rizer, Marco Castellano, Coleman Krawczyk, Ray A. Lucas, Dale Kocevski, Jamie Ownsworth
- 2014-10-29Steven Bamford, Eric F. Bell, Kevin Schawinski, Steven Finkelstein, Rebecca Smethurst, Edmond Cheung, Boris Häußler, Sugata Kaviraj, Adriano Fontana, Brooke Simmons, Omar Almaini, Anton Koekemoer, Henry C. Ferguson, Christopher Conselice, Jeyhan Kartaltepe, Yicheng Guo, Mara Salvato, Sandra Faber, Stijn Wuyts, Chris Lintott, Lucy Fortson, Robert C. Nichol, Kyle W. Willett, William C. Keel, Kevin R. V. Casteels, Ray A. Lucas, Dale Kocevski, Thomas Melvin, Karen Masters, Daniel Mcintosh, Jamie Ownsworth, Audrey Galametz, Michael Becker-Peth, Tommy Wiklind, Michael J. Rutkowski, Tomas Dahlen
- 2014-12-18
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