Julie McEnery is an astrophysicist at the Goddard Space Flight Center where she is the senior project scientist for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Until 2020 she was the project scientist for the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope.[1][2]
Julie McEnery | |
|---|---|
| Education | University College Dublin, Ph.D. |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Physical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Goddard Space Flight Center, University of Maryland, College Park, George Washington University |
Biography
editMcEnery received a PhD in Experimental Physics from University College Dublin in 1997.[3] For her PhD, she observed the galaxy Markarian 421.[1] She was elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2011. She is also an adjunct professor of physics at The University of Maryland and George Washington University.[4]
Before working at the Goddard Space Flight Center, McEnery worked on ground based gamma-ray telescopes to detect Cherenkov radiation.[1] She has also worked with the Milagro collaboration on gamma-ray bursts.[1]
In 2018, McEnery was awarded UCD Alumnus of the Year in Research, Innovation & Impact. [5]
University College Dublin dedicates a yearly medal and prize to a student in her honor.[6] This award is given to the student in the universities MSc in Space Science and Technology with the highest cumulative GPA across all program modules and an overall GPA exceeding first class honors[6]
On March 29, 2012, McEnery received an email claiming that the Fermi satellite had a chance to collide with a cold war era satellite named Kosmos 1805 destroying both at the same time. As Kosmos 1805 approached Fermi the operators performed an evasive maneuver using the thrusters preventing the collision. Moments later the Fermi went on to conduct science after the close call.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Administrator, NASA Content (2017-10-16). "Julie Mc Enery - Fermi Project Scientist and Astrophysicist". NASA. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
- ^ O'Donovan, Brian (2019-03-12). "Reaching for the Stars: From Dublin to Outer Space".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "DR JULIE MCENERY". UCD Alumni Awards. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
- ^ "Julie McEnery Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society - Joint Space-Science Institute". jsi.astro.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-22.[dead link]
- ^ "DR JULIE MCENERY". UCD Alumni Awards. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ a b "McEnery Medal and Prize". Retrieved 2022-08-20.
- ^ Studio, NASA Scientific Visualization (2013-04-30). "NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | When Fermi Dodged a 1.5-ton Bullet". NASA Scientific Visualization Studio. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
