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Adrian Price-Whelan is an American astronomer and researcher who is known for discovering the star cluster Price-Whelan 1.[1][2][3] He is the son of Michael Whelan.[4][better source needed]
Adrian Price-Whelan | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Doctorate degree in astrophysics |
| Alma mater | Columbia University and New York University |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
| Notable work | Mapping dark matter in the Milky Way Surveys of stars in the Milky Way |
| Father | Michael Whelan |
| Website | https://adrian.pw/ |
Education
editPrice-Whelan holds a bachelor's degree in physics from New York University and master's and doctoral degrees in astronomy from Columbia University in the city of New York.[5][6]
Career
editPrice-Whelan is currently a research scientist at the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute in New York.[7] He has expertise in computational analysis, analyzing chemical data for large numbers of stars in the Milky Way and interpretation of kinematics.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ Nidever, David L.; Price-Whelan, Adrian M.; Choi, Yumi; Beaton, Rachael L.; Hansen, Terese T.; Boubert, Douglas; Aguado, David; Ezzeddine, Rana; Oh, Semyeong; Evans, N. Wyn (December 16, 2019). "Spectroscopy of the Young Stellar Association Price-Whelan 1: Origin in the Magellanic Leading Arm and Constraints on the Milky Way Hot Halo". The Astrophysical Journal. 887 (2): 115. arXiv:1910.05360. Bibcode:2019ApJ...887..115N. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab52fc. ISSN 1538-4357. S2CID 204512426.
- ^ Foley, Michael (January 10, 2021). "Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Adrian Price-Whelan". Astrobites. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ "PyData New York City 2017 - Adrian Price-Whelan". pydata.org. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ Michael Whelan biography Retrieved 2021-02-15
- ^ "Adrian Price-Whelan | Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists". blavatnikawards.org. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ "Columbia University Department of Astronomy". www.astro.columbia.edu. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ "All Events | U-M LSA Astronomy". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ "Adrian Price-Whelan". Simons Foundation. July 11, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ "Events | College of Science". science.utah.edu. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
External links
edit- Adrian Price-Whelan publications indexed by Google Scholar
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