Sarah Ballard

Sarah Ashley Ballard
Born c. 1984[1]
Fields Exoplanetary astrophysics, Transit-timing variation
Education B.A. Astrophysics, UC Berkeley
Ph.D. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Harvard (2012)
Known for Discovery of Kepler-19c

Sarah Ballard (b. 1983/1984 (age 31–32)[1]) is an astronomer at the University of Washington, where she is a Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow.[2] She is notable for having discovered four exoplanets before she turned 30 years old, including Kepler-19c, using transit-timing variation.[3][4]

As an undergraduate, she started out as a gender studies major at the University of California, Berkeley.[3] She completed a bachelor's degree from Berkeley in astrophysics in 2007, with highest distinction, with a minor in physics.[2] She did her graduate studies at Harvard University, completing a doctorate in astronomy and astrophysics in 2012 under the supervision of David Charbonneau.[2]

She has written and conducted workshops on impostor syndrome.[5][6][7][8]

She was awarded a NASA Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowship to study at University of Washington; and in 2015 was awarded a Women in Science Fellows postdoctoral fellowship by L'Oréal USA to continue her studies at MIT.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 L'ORÉAL USA ANNOUNCES 2015 FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE FELLOWS FOUNDATION, L'Oreal USA, October 13, 2015
  2. 1 2 3 Curriculum vitae: Sarah Ballard (PDF), retrieved 2015-10-13.
  3. 1 2 Rachel Bell (September 10, 2014), Seattle astronomer discovers four planets before she turns 30, KIRO radio
  4. ↑ Mike Wall (September 8, 2011), Stealth Alien Planet Discovered By New Technique, Space.com
  5. ↑ Sarah Ballard, "Impostor syndrome workshop", Official website (University of Washington Dept. of Astronomy)
  6. ↑ Sarah Ballard (2011), The Mismeasure of Woman, Scientista Foundation
  7. ↑ Katherine Pratt (October 7, 2015), Tips to Defeat Your Inner Imposter, Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering
  8. ↑ Jason T. Wright (June 2, 2015), "Impostor syndrome", blog (Pennsylvania State University)

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