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Anna Frebel is a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and serves as the Division Head for Astrophysics. She is renowned for her discoveries and spectroscopic analyses of some of the oldest and metal-poor stars in the Milky Way and among small dwarf galaxies. Her research broadly encompasses observational stellar astrophysics, focusing on the chemical and physical conditions of the early universe. Frebel's work is centered on uncovering stellar 'fossils' that record early chemical enrichment events, which allow her and her team to study individual nucleosynthesis processes. She employs high-resolution optical spectroscopy using the 6.5m Magellan telescopes in Chile and collaborates with theorists to interpret her observational data against large-scale cosmological simulations. Frebel completed her PhD at the Australian National University's Mt. Stromlo Observatory in 2007. Following her postdoctoral research as a WJ McDonald Fellow, she became a Clay Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA. Over her career, Frebel has published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers and is dedicated to communicating science to the public through lectures and popular science writing, including her book "Searching for the Oldest Stars: Ancient Relics of the Early Universe."
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Division Head for Astrophysics, focusing on the study of metal-poor stars and their role in understanding the early universe.