Laura Ferrarese

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Laura Ferrarese
FRSC
Born
Padua, Italy
NationalityItalian and Canadian
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Canada; Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal; Helen Sawyer Hogg Prize; Peter G. Martin Award
Academic background
Alma materJohns Hopkins University
National Research Council of Canada
Main interestsSupermassive Black Holes; Galaxy Dynamics; Extragalactic Distance Scale
Websitehttp://astroherzberg.org/people/laura-ferrarese/

Laura Ferrarese

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
.

Early life and career

Laura Ferrarese was born in

National Research Council (Canada), where she is now a Principal Research Officer.[1] In July 2017, Ferrarese accepted a 16-month long appointment as Interim Director of the Gemini Observatory.[2]

Research

Laura Ferrarese's work has earned her the opportunity to spearhead projects using facilities such as the

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
(CFHT).

According to the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System,[5][1] she has published 177 peer reviewed papers, which have collected over 20,000 citation. Her h-index is 66.

Ferrarese is currently a vice president of the

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. From 2012 to 2014, she served as president of the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA). Ferrarese has also served on the board of directors for the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
(AURA) and she has chaired the AURA Oversight Council for Gemini (AOC-G), among other appointments.

Teaching

Ferrarese has taught at the University of Victoria, Rutgers University, Universitá di Padova, and SIGRAV School on Contemporary Relativity and Gravitational Physics.[1]

Recognition and awards

Ferrarese has won several awards, including the

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal in 2012, the Helen Sayer Hogg Prize in 2014,[6] and the Peter G. Martin Award in 2015.[3] In 2020, she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[7]

On 30 November 2000, Ferrarese was featured in one of the episodes called "supermassive black holes" in the

Horizon
TV series.

Publications

Ferrarese's most cited peer-review publications include:[5]

  • "A Fundamental Relation between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies", appeared in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2000 [8]
  • "Final Results from the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project to Measure the Hubble Constant", appeared in the Astrophysical Journal, 2001 [9]
  • "Central Masses and Broad-Line Region Sizes of Active Galactic Nuclei. II. A Homogeneous Analysis of a Large Reverberation-Mapping Database", appeared in the Astrophysical Journal, 2004 [10]
  • "Supermassive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei: Past Present and Future Research", appeared in Space Science Reviews, 2005[11]
  • "Beyond the Bulge: A Fundamental Relation between Supermassive Black Holes and Dark Matter Halos", appeared in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2002 [12]
  • "The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. VI. Isophotal Analysis and the Structure of Early-Type Galaxies", appeared in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2006[13]

Affiliations

Laura Ferrarese is an active member of the IAU (International Astronomical Union) and is affiliated with Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science, Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe and Division J Galaxies and Cosmology. She was a Past Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe until 2012 and Commission 28 Galaxies until 2015 within the IAU.[14] She is also a member of the American Astronomical Society and of the Canadian Astronomical Society.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Curriculum Vitae of Laura Ferrarese" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Dr. Laura Ferrarese Appointed Interim Director of Gemini Observatory". Gemini Observatory. 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. ^ a b "CASCA 2015 Press Tip Sheet" (PDF). Canadian Astronomical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-17.
  4. ^ "Laura Ferrarese -- Herzberg Astrophysics". Herzberg Astrophysics. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  5. ^ a b "SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System".
  6. ^ "Two Public Astronomy Lectures Help Mark 100 Years of Astronomy Group in Victoria". Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 14 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Class of 2020" (PDF). Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  8. S2CID 6508110
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  9. S2CID 119097691
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  10. S2CID 16308360
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  11. S2CID 119091861
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  12. S2CID 17064543
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  13. S2CID 18618068
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  14. ^ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 2016-11-22.

External links

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