Sarah Dodson-Robinson

Sarah Dodson-Robinson is an American astronomer known for her work on planet formation and an associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Delaware.

Early life and education She was born in Los Angeles, California. She goes by the name “Sally.” Dodson-Robinson always had an interest for Space Science. When she was 7 or 8 years old, she joined The Planetary Society and collected the mini-posters of planets and moons that came with the magazine.

In 2002, Dodson-Robinson received her B.S. at Rochester Institute of Technology. She then began graduate study at the University of California, Santa Cruz. There, she received her M.S. in 2005 and her Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics in June of 2008. With the use of analytical theory and numerical simulations of the dynamical and chemical environment of planet growth, she is able to uncover the formation histories of exoplanets and solar system objects.

Dodson-Robinson joined the University of Texas as an assistant professor in 2009.

Awards and honors Dodson-Robinson has received multiple honors and awards for her work and research. As a graduate student in 2002, she was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She received the Spitzer Fellowship in 2008 and took leave from the University of Texas to use it for work at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute. That year she was also awarded a National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award for her work, titled “Giant Planets in Dusty Disks.”