Marc Postman was born on April 6,1958 and is an American astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
10 Facts About Marc Postman
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Marc Postman's work focuses on determining, observationally, the relationships between galaxy-scale phenomena and the surrounding large-scale environment and matter distribution.
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Marc Postman served on the science and technology definition team for the Large Ultraviolet Optical Infrared Surveyor concept, which was proposed to the 2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey.
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Marc Postman was a member of the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys investigation team and project scientist for the STScI Digitized Sky Survey program.
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Marc Postman has served on the Council of the American Astronomical Society and on the Committee for the Status of Women in Astronomy.
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Marc Postman was the Principal Investigator of the HST multi-cycle treasury program Cluster Lensing and Supernova survey with Hubble, a study of dark matter in clusters of galaxies.
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Marc Postman is a guest investigator on the New Horizons science team to study the ultraviolet and optical background radiation field as seen from the unique vantage point beyond 45 AU from the Sun.
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Marc Postman is currently the interim Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
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Marc Postman is the son of educator, author and cultural critic Neil Postman.
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Marc Postman was elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020.