Julianne Dalcanton

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Julianne Dalcanton presenting at the Royal Astronomical Society in 2012.

Julianne Dalcanton (born 1968) is an American astrophysicist and the director of the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) at the Simons Foundation. [1] Her research focuses on the origins and evolution of galaxies, particularly through resolved stellar populations. She is one of the largest single users of the Hubble Space Telescope, most notably as principal investigator of the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT), a large Multicycle Treasury program. [1] She is also known for her discovery of the comet C/1999 F2 Dalcanton. [2]

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Education and career

Dalcanton earned a bachelor's degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in astrophysical sciences from Princeton University in 1995. [3] She completed postdoctoral training at the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. [1]

Dalcanton joined the faculty of the University of Washington, where she became Professor of Astronomy and Adjunct Professor of Physics. She served as Chair of the Astronomy Department. [1] Her research group led several major Hubble Space Telescope programs, including the ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury (ANGST) and the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT). [4]

In September 2021, Dalcanton joined the Simons Foundation as Director of the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) in New York City. [5]

Awards and honors

Seelected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Julianne Dalcanton". Simons Foundation. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
  2. 1 2 "148384 Dalcanton (2000 SV373)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Rosen and White elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Princeton University. 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
  4. ↑ "Triangulum Galaxy Messier 33 (M33)". HubbleSite. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  5. ↑ "Julianne Dalcanton Named Next Director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics". Simons Foundation. 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  6. ↑ "Beatrice M Tinsley Prize". American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  7. ↑ "Prof. Julianne Dalcanton awarded Beatrice Tinsley Prize". University of Washington Department of Astronomy. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  8. ↑ "CCA Director Julianne Dalcanton Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Simons Foundation. 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
  9. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  10. ↑ Tran, Debby; Williams, Benjamin; Levesque, Emily; Lazzarini, Margaret; Dalcanton, Julianne; Dolphin, Andrew; Koplitz, Brad; Smercina, Adam; Telford, O. Grace (2023-09-01). "Spatially Resolved Recent Star Formation History in NGC 6946". The Astrophysical Journal. 954 (2): 211. arXiv: 2307.04853 . Bibcode:2023ApJ...954..211T. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aced44 . ISSN   0004-637X.
  11. "Julianne Dalcanton". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
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