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Jacqueline Hewitt graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1980 and received her Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1986. She has held postdoctoral appointments at MIT’s Haystack Observatory and Princeton University before returning to MIT in 1989 to join the faculty. From January 2002 to January 2019, she served as the Director of MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, formerly known as the Center for Space Research. Throughout her career, she has been recognized as a pioneer in radio astronomy, particularly in the field of gravitational lensing and the application of radio astronomy techniques to cosmology. Her current research focuses on low-frequency radio studies of the Epoch of Reionization, the Cosmic Dawn, and surveys of transient astronomical radio emissions. Hewitt is a founding collaborator of the Murchison Widefield Array project in Australia and is also leading investigations with the Hydrogen Epoch Reionization Array telescope project in South Africa. Her accolades include various fellowships and awards, such as the American Astronomical Society Legacy Fellow award in 2020 and being named one of Time Magazine's 25 influential people in space in 2012.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Conducts extensive research in radio astronomy and astrophysics, focusing on the Epoch of Reionization and gravitational lensing.