Jennifer Wiseman

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Jennifer Wiseman

Physics

#700

World Rank

#1157

Historical Rank

#328

USA Rank

Cosmology

#72

World Rank

#77

Historical Rank

#34

USA Rank

Astronomy

#105

World Rank

#263

Historical Rank

#58

USA Rank

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Why Is Jennifer Wiseman Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Jennifer J. Wiseman is Senior Project Scientist on the Hubble Space Telescope, and an American astronomer, born in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She earned a bachelor's degree in physics from MIT and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University in 1995. Wiseman discovered periodic comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff while working as an undergraduate search assistant in 1987. Wiseman is a senior astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where she serves as the Senior Project Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope. She previously headed the Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics. She studies star forming regions of our galaxy using radio, optical, and infrared telescopes, with a particular interest in molecular cloud cores, protostars, and outflows. She led a major study that mapped a star forming region in the constellation Orion.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Jennifer Wiseman?

Jennifer Wiseman is affiliated with the following schools:

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Harvard University