Susan Kayser is an American astronomer. She was the first woman to receive a PhD in astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology,[2] which attracted some media attention at the time.[3][4][5] Her thesis research included the most thorough study of the irregular galaxy NGC 6822 until 2002.[6] She spent her career with NASA working on the Helios and International Cometary Explorer (later called the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3) spacecraft radio astronomy experiments and with the National Science Foundation working on the Gemini Observatory.[7]

Susan Elizabeth Kayser
NationalityAmerican
EducationRadcliffe College
California Institute of Technology
Known forDevelopment of the Gemini Observatory
SpouseBoris Kayser
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Astrophysics
Thesis Photometry of the nearby irregular galaxy, NGC 6822[1]
Doctoral advisorsHalton Arp, Jesse L. Greenstein

References

edit
  1. ^ Kayser, Susan Elizabeth (1966). Photometry of the nearby irregular galaxy, NGC 6822 (Ph.D.).
  2. ^ Jesse Greenstein (1997). "Astronomy at California Institute of Technology". In John Lankford (ed.). History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 106. ISBN 9780815303220.
  3. ^ "Astrophysicists Getting Prettier". The Free Lance-Star. Fredericksburg, VA. Dec 9, 1966. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  4. ^ "Astrophysicists Getting Prettier". The Daily Telegram. Eau Claire, Wisconsin. December 15, 1966. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  5. ^ "Astrophysicists Getting Prettier". Standard-Speaker. Hazleton, PA. January 12, 1967. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  6. ^ "New Image Shows Rich Neighborhood of Nearby Galaxy".
  7. ^ "A Meeting of Hearts and Minds at the STS".