Sandra Faber

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American scientist astronomer cosmologist person

Sandra Faber is an influential American astronomer and cosmologist renowned for her work on galaxy formation, dark matter, and the Faber–Jackson relation.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American scientist → astronomer → cosmologist → person →
academicDegree	PhD in astronomy →
affiliation	University of California Observatories →
awardReceived	Bruce Medal → Gruber Cosmology Prize → Heineman Prize for Astrophysics → Henry Norris Russell Lectureship → National Medal of Science → Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal →
citizenship	United States of America →
doctoralAdvisor	Martin Schwarzschild →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Swarthmore College →
employer	University of California, Santa Cruz →
familyName	Faber →
fieldOfWork	astronomy → cosmology → dark matter → galaxy formation → observational cosmology →
gender	female →
givenName	Sandra →
knownFor	Faber–Jackson relation → research on dark matter in galaxies → research on galaxy formation → work on large-scale structure of the universe →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Sandra Faber →
nationality	United States of America →
notableConcept	Faber–Jackson relation →
notableWork	Faber–Jackson relation paper → studies of galaxy luminosity profiles → work on cold dark matter models →
occupation	astronomer → cosmologist → university professor →
researchInterest	elliptical galaxies → galaxy evolution → large-scale structure of the universe → spiral galaxies →
workplace	Lick Observatory →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sandra Faber →	name
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship →	notableRecipient
Vera Rubin →	notableStudent