Snežana Stanimirović ia a Serbian-American radio astronomer whose research focuses on the interstellar medium and intergalactic medium, including neutral hydrogen clouds[1] and the production of cosmic dust by supernovae.[2] She is a professor of astronomy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[3]
She is also the author of a comic strip aimed at encouraging children to become scientists, Galaxy Scouts: Space-Ventures with Stella and Riley.[4][5]
Education and career
editStanimirović is originally from Kruševac, now in Serbia, moved to Surdulica as a child,[1] and was a high school student at the Jovan Skerlić Gymnasium in Vladičin Han.[6] Her work in astronomy began with high school research participation in research at the Petnica Science Center.[1][4] She graduated with honors in mathematics and astronomy from the University of Belgrade in 1995, and then went to Western Sydney University in Australia for doctoral study in astrophysics, completing her Ph.D. in 2000.[7]
After postdoctoral research working for Cornell University at the Arecibo Observatory from 1999 to 2002, and then at the University of California, Berkeley from 2002 to 2006, she became an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2006. She was tenured as an associate professor in 2011 and promoted to full professor in 2015.[7]
Her research involves the use of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, a radio telescope array in Australia, and forms part of the Local Group L-Band Survey (LGLBS) project using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in the southwestern US.[4]
Recognition
editStanimirović was named as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2016, "for pioneering radio studies of interstellar gas in the Milky Way and the Magellanic Cloud and improving understanding of transitions between phases and the role of interstellar turbulence".[8] She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019.[1]
References
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- ^ Kulyk, Christine L. (19 June 2006), "Dusty mystery surrounds exploding stars", NBC News, archived from the original on 2021-05-10
- ^ "Snežana Stanimirović", Staff, University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Astronomy, retrieved 2024-04-22
- ^ a b c "A star is born – using next generation telescopes to explore star formation", Futurum, 2 May 2023, retrieved 2024-04-22
- ^ Comic Aims to Inspire Kids' Interest in Science, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, May 2021, retrieved 2024-04-22
- ^ Dimić, D. (3 January 2019), "Snežana Stanimirović: Surduličanka na Mlečnom putu", Vranje News (in Serbian), retrieved 2024-04-22
- ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), University of Wisconsin–Madison, July 2023, retrieved 2024-04-22
- ^ Devitt, Terry (21 November 2016), Five from UW-Madison elected AAAS Fellows, University of Wisconsin–MadisonWisconsin–Madison, retrieved 2024-04-22