Dr. Wendy Freedman was the lead author on the 2001 paper “Final Results from the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project to Measure the Hubble Constant;” Freedman and her team had calculated more precisely than ever before the rate at which the universe is expanding, or the Hubble constant.
American astrophysicist
Malaysia’s first astrophysicist, pioneering the nation’s entry into space exploration.
Chinese historian, philosopher, and politician, the earliest known female Chinese historian
Carla Fasano was the first woman to be appointed professor at the University of Wollongong (1985).
American astronaut and astrophysicist
French-American astrophysicist and astronomer who has served as NASA’s chief scientist, president of Purdue University, chair of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Mayo Clinic trustee and director of the National Science Foundation
American astronomer and astrophysicist
Bobbie Vaile was a senior lecturer in physics in the faculty of business and technology at the University of Western Sydney Macarthur. She was instrumental in forming the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Australia Centre there, launched in December 1995.
Since 2002 Carol Oliver has held multiple roles at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology (ACA) becoming the Deputy Director in 2012.