Robert McNees
This is a day late. Please consider it my #OTD for February 4th.
Astrophysicist Beth Brown was born February 4, 1969. The first Black woman to earn an Astronomy PhD from the University of Michigan, her research focused on X-ray emissions of faint elliptical galaxies.
Robert McNees
Dr. Brown was an undergraduate at Howard University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.
After she passed away in 2008, the Howard University Department of Physics put together a two part documentary on her life. Here's the first part:
Dr. Victoria Grinberg
@mcnees at the time of her death, she was my age, working in (roughly) my field ... Scary :(
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