Premana Premadi | |
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 Premadi in 2019 | |
| Born | 13 July 1964 Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia |
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| Thesis | The study of light propagation in inhomogeneous universes using the gravitational lensing method (1996) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Matzner |
Premana Wardayanti Premadi (born 13 July 1964) is an Indonesian astronomer who is a professor at the Bandung Institute of Technology. She has been head of the Bosscha Observatory since 2018.
Premadi was born in Surabaya, East Java on 13 July 1964. [1] Her father Premadi was a surgeon and her mother Soewarni Premadi was a nurse. [2] She briefly studied in Palembang for elementary school before continuing her studies in Jakarta. [3] In an interview, Premadi stated that she was inspired to study astronomy by her high school teachers and from images sent by the Voyager program. [4] She obtained a bachelors in astronomy from the Bandung Institute of Technology in 1988, and later a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996. [5] She was the first Indonesian woman to receive a doctorate in astrophysics. [6] [7] According to Premadi, she was also the only woman and Asian studying astrophysics in Austin during her time. [1] Her dissertation was titled, The Study of Light Propagation in Inhomogeneous Universes Using the Gravitational Lensing Method. [8] Richard Matzner was Premadi's doctoral advisor and Hugo Martel mentored her. [8] She was introduced to Matzner by Cécile DeWitt-Morette. [8]
After completing her doctorate in Texas, she returned to Indonesia and began to lecture astronomy at ITB. [1] She helped in the curricular development of astronomy there. [9] She then became head of the Bosscha Observatory in Lembang, West Java in 2018. Under her leadership, the observatory focused on solar observations due to a lack of available equipment. [10] She has also been involved in the construction of the Timau Observatory in Timor. [11] She is also active in science outreach, creating the Indonesian branch of Universe Awareness in 2007 to teach astronomy to young children and chairing the organization until 2013. [4] [12] [13]
Premadi was chairman of the Indonesian Astronomical Association between 2001 and 2010. [9] She was made a professor in cosmic structure evolution at ITB in August 2023. [14]
She is married to Yudi Soeharyadi, a lecturer in mathematics at ITB. In 2010, Premadi was diagnosed with ALS. [2] She later founded the Indonesian ALS Foundation, and chairs the organization. [15]
The main belt asteroid 12937 Premadi, discovered in 1960 by C. J. van Houten, was named in her honor in 2017. [13] [16] She was the first female astronomer in Indonesia to have an asteroid named in her honor. [4] She was awarded a honorary fellowship of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2023. [12]
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