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Joan Najita

American astronomer

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About Joan Najita

Joan Najita was an American astronomer.

Joan R. Najita is an American astronomer and Chief Scientist at National Optical Astronomy Observatory.

Career

She has been at NOAO since 1998. In 1993 she received her PhD from University of California, Berkeley under supervision of Frank Shu.

She is an expert in star formation and the formation and evolution of planetary systems, in particular the gas in circumstellar disks.

Awards In 1996, Najita was awarded the Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy.

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Important facts

Occupation

Astronomer

Nationality

United States

Education

Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley

Awards

Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy; Guggenheim Fellowship; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Also known as

Joan R. Najita, Joan Rie Najita

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Joan Najita

· Wikidata: Q34035084

· DBpedia: Joan Najita

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