Jump to content

Draft:Janice C. Lee

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • Comment: Please remove all inline external links, these are not allowed; convert to citations where relevant. DoubleGrazing (talk) 19:04, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: The sources don't satisfy the general notability guideline WP:GNG, and it's not clear how the special academic one WP:NACADEMIC is met either? DoubleGrazing (talk) 19:04, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Janice C. Lee is an Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute on the campus of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore MD. Her surveys of the sky, particularly with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes have provided scientists and the public with exquisite views of hidden star formation in nearby galaxies, which have been widely featured by press outlets around the world, and have become some of the most recognizable images of galaxies in popular media[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Infrared images of the Phantom Galaxy (NGC 628) were among the first observations ever to be obtained with James Webb Space Telescope after it began operating by Lee and her team in July 2022 [8][9][10].

The Phantom Galaxy (NGC 628) as observed by the PHANGS collaboration with the James Webb Space Telescope in the infrared.

Education

[edit]

Lee was educated in the United States, and completed her undergraduate studies at Cornell University. She received a PhD in astronomy from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 2006. She was awarded Hubble[11] and Carnegie Prize Fellowships[12] to conduct research as a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena.

Work

[edit]

Lee began her career in STEM education and policy, and returned to school to pursue research in astronomy. She is the Project Scientist for Strategic Initiatives at Space Telescope Science Institute. She has served as Chief Scientist at the International Gemini Observatory. Lee is working to advance the development of the next NASA Astrophysics Flagship Mission[13]. The mission, called the Habitable Worlds Observatory, is a "Super-Hubble" which will take data at the same wavelengths as Hubble, but have a far larger mirror and greater sensitivity to search for evidence of life on earth-like exoplanets, and transform our understanding of the universe in the coming decades.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Taylor, Alan. "New Galactic Images From the James Webb Space Telescope - The Atlantic". www.theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  2. ^ "Super telescope images reveal 'mind-blowing' new details of galaxies". ABC News. 2024-01-30. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  3. ^ "James Webb, le straordinarie immagini dallo spazio: 19 galassie a spirale come la Via Lattea". TGLA7 (in Italian). 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  4. ^ CSA, NASA, ESA (2024-01-30). 19 galassie a spirale: le nuove ipnotiche immagini del telescopio Webb (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-09-06 – via www.rainews.it.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "La NASA logra capturar la asombrosa estructura de 19 galaxias espirales cercanas". LaSexta (in Spanish). 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  6. ^ "Decoding the Universe". www.pbs.org. 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  7. ^ "Telescope captures stunning images of not 1 but 19 spiral galaxies". FOX Weather. 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  8. ^ Sottile, Zoe (2022-08-30). "NASA releases stunning new image of the Phantom Galaxy". CNN. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  9. ^ America, Good Morning. "Remarkable new image of Phantom Galaxy taken by Webb shows power compared to Hubble". Good Morning America. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  10. ^ Carter, Jamie. "The Webb Telescope's Latest Science Images Show The 'Phantom Galaxy' And More In Breathtaking Depth And Detail". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  11. ^ "2017 and Prior Fellows". STScI. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  12. ^ "List of Fellows at the Carnegie Observatories". carnegiescience.edu. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  13. ^ "Janice C. Lee". STScI. Retrieved 2024-09-05.