Judith Lynn Pipher was a Canadian-born American astrophysicist and observational astronomer.
10 Facts About Judith Pipher
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Judith Pipher made important contributions to the development of infrared detector arrays in space telescopes.
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Judith Pipher was named Junior Miss Homemaker of Ontario when she was sixteen years old.
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Judith Pipher joined the faculty of the University of Rochester's Physics and Astronomy Department in 1971 as an Instructor.
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Judith Pipher has worked with Dan Watson and on the development of mercury cadmium telluride arrays.
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Judith Pipher has authored over 200 papers and scientific articles.
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Judith Pipher was a member of a team at the University of Rochester that developed the NEOCam sensor, a HgCdTe infrared-light sensor intended for the proposed Near-Earth Object Camera.
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Judith Pipher was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2007 and became involved with its administration.
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Judith Pipher was elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020.
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Judith Pipher died on February 21,2022, at the age of 81.