John Gallagher III

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John (Jay) S. Gallagher III is currently a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Editor of the Astronomical Journal. Gallagher was previously the director of the Lowell Observatory and has held positions at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory and at the University of Illinois.

Gallagher's major scientific contributions include a review article he wrote along with Sandra Faber in 1976 that convinced most astronomers that dark matter was real. In the 1980s, with Deidre Hunter, he made the first substantial studies of dwarf irregular galaxies. Gallagher has made major contributions towards our understanding of star formation in galaxies, the formation and evolution of low mass galaxies and stellar nova.

Gallagher received his BA from Princeton University and his PhD in 1972 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.