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Anna Frebel (born 1980 in Berlin) is a German astronomer and author working on discovering the oldest stars in the universe.
Anna Frebel | |
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Born | 1980 (age 43–44) Berlin, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | Australian National University |
Known for | Discovering the oldest stars in the universe |
Awards | Ludwig Biermann Award Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | MIT Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics University of Texas |
Thesis | Abundance analysis of bright metal-poor stars from the Hamburg/ESO survey (2006) |
Doctoral advisor | John Edward Norris |
Other academic advisors | Martin Asplund Michael Stanley Bessell |
Anna Frebel grew up in Göttingen, Germany.[1] After finishing high school, she began studying physics in Freiburg im Breisgau but did not finish the physics program and did not obtain a physics degree there. Instead she enrolled in an astronomy program in Australia, where she obtained a PhD in Astronomy from the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory in Canberra. Shortly thereafter, a W. J. McDonald Postdoctoral Fellowship brought her to the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, where she continued her studies.[2]
From 2009 to 2011, she was a Clay Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge (MA).
In 2012 she moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, achieving promotion to full professor in 2022.[3]
In 2005, Frebel discovered the star HE 1327-2326, which is the most iron-deficient star, stemming from a time very shortly after the Big Bang. In 2007 she also discovered the red giant star HE 1523-0901, which is about 13.2 billion years old.
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