Chryssa Kouveliotou

Chryssa Kouveliotou

Chryssa Kouveliotou is a Greek astrophysicist. She is a professor at George Washington University and a retired senior technologist in high-energy astrophysics at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Biography

Kouveliotou studied in the United Kingdom and Germany and taught at the University of Athens before pursuing research work in the United States.[1] She received the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics[2] and shared the Bruno Rossi Prize for her work on magnetars.[3] She worked in high-energy astrophysics at Marshall Space Flight Center and is now a professor at George Washington University.

Personal life

Kouveliotou was married to fellow astrophysicist Jan van Paradijs.[4]

References

  1. ↑ NASA page
  2. ↑ American Astronomical Society
  3. ↑ HEAD AAS Rossi Prize Winners
  4. ↑ Glanz, James (November 4, 1999). "Johannes van Paradijs, 53; Helped Explain Gamma Rays". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.