Sandra Moore Faber was born on December 28,1944 and is an American astrophysicist known for her research on the evolution of galaxies.
14 Facts About Sandra Faber
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Sandra Faber is the University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and works at the Lick Observatory.
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Sandra Faber studied at Swarthmore College, majoring in Physics and minoring in Mathematics and Astronomy.
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Sandra Faber then earned her PhD in 1972 from Harvard University, specializing in Optical Observational Astronomy under the direction of I John Danziger.
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Sandra Faber married Andrew Leigh Sandra Faber, a fellow Swarthmore physics major one year her junior, on June 9,1967.
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In 1972, Sandra Faber joined the faculty of the Lick Observatory at University of California, Santa Cruz, becoming the first woman on staff.
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In 1976, Sandra Faber observed the relationship between the brightness and spectra of galaxies and the orbital speeds and motions of the stars within them.
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Around 1984, Sandra Faber collaborated with Joel Primack, George Blumenthal, and Martin Rees to elucidate their theory of how dark matter was part of galaxy formation and evolution.
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In 1985, Sandra Faber was involved with the construction of the Keck Telescope and building the first wide-field planetary camera for the Hubble Space Telescope.
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UC Berkeley physicist Jerry Nelson designed the Keck telescope, but Sandra Faber helped to sell the idea of large optical telescopes all over the world.
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Sandra Faber co-chaired the Science Steering Committee, which oversaw the first-light instrument for Keck I She continued to insist on high optical quality for the primary mirror of the Keck I, and went on to work on the Keck II as well.
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Sandra Faber says this was one of the most exhilarating and well-known phases of her career.
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Sandra Faber was the principal investigator of the Nuker Team, which used the Hubble Space Telescope to search for supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.
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Sandra Faber has joined up with other scientists to create the CANDELS project, which is the largest survey of the universe taken by the Hubble Telescope.