Alyssa A. Goodman
Alyssa A. Goodman | |
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New York, New York, U.S. | |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University |
Awards | Newton Lacy Pierce Prize, Harvard Foundation Scientist of the Year, 2015 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Thesis | Interstellar Magnetic Fields: An Observational Perspective (1989) |
Doctoral advisor | Irwin I. Shapiro |
Other academic advisors | Charles R. Alcock[1] |
Website | www |
Alyssa Ann Goodman (born July 1, 1962)
Education
A native of New York, Goodman attended
Career
Goodman's research is conducted at the
Goodman is also a principal investigator of the COMPLETE Survey of Star-Forming Regions,[5] which maps out three large star-forming regions in the galaxy in their entirety. Goodman's personal research presently focuses primarily on new ways to visualize and analyze the tremendous data volumes created by large and/or diverse astronomical surveys. She has worked closely with Curtis Wong and Jonathan Fay on the Microsoft WorldWide Telescope project[6] at Microsoft Research and the American Astronomical Society to create, open-source, and enhance the use of the WorldWide Telescope, a computer program offering a virtual online universe to researchers and educators. Goodman was named “Scientist of the Year” by the Harvard Foundation in 2015.[7]
She has served on several data-related institutional and government advisory committees, including the National Academy's Board on Research Data and Information,[8] and the NSF-sponsored Council on Big Data, Ethics, and Society.[9] From 2008 to 2009, Goodman was a "Scholar-in-Residence" at WGBH, while on sabbatical.
She founded PredictionX, a modular learning program at Harvard that traces humanity's effort to understand the future.[10]
She also appeared in a 'Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman episode in season 4.
Honors
- Elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society (2020) [11]
- Harvard Foundation's 2015 Scientist of the Year[12]
- Bok Prize, Harvard (1998)
- Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy from the American Astronomical Society (1997)
References
- ^ "Alumni/ae Notes" (PDF). Physics@MIT Journal (Fall 2001). 2001.
- ^ Goodman, Alyssa (February 2010). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Harvard University. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Alyssa A. Goodman". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 2017-06-19. Archived from the original on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
- ^ Reid, Rosalind. "Initiative in Innovative Computing". Harvard University. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ Goodman, Alyssa (19 Sep 2011). "The COordinated Molecular Probe Line Extinction Thermal Emission Survey of Star Forming Regions". Harvard University. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "A look at the editors: Alyssa Goodman". The Fourth Paradigm. Nov 8, 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Harvard Foundation to honor Goodman as Scientist of the Year". The Harvard Gazette. March 17, 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI), Alyssa Goodman". The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "COUNCIL FOR BIG DATA, ETHICS, AND SOCIETY, Members". Council for Big Data, Ethics, and Society. 2016. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "An academic reality show". Harvard Gazette. 2015-11-13. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "An inspiration to students". April 1, 2015.