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Alyssa Goodman is the Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy at Harvard University. She is also a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution. Goodman's research spans various aspects of astrophysics, science education, data science, and data visualization, focusing on predicting and visualizing the structure of interstellar gas and the formation of new stars. She is a pioneer in the use of data visualization software, particularly the 'WorldWide Telescope', to enhance science education and discovery. Goodman is the leader of the 'Seamless Astronomy' initiative, which collaborates with the Center for Astrophysics. Her work includes creating high-dimensional linked-view exploratory data visualization tools, such as 'glue', and she has developed the HarvardX course 'PredictionX', which explores the history of prediction through ancient and modern simulations.
Smithsonian Institution • Cambridge, MA
Research work in applied astronomy and collaboration with Harvard University.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).