Dr. Shardha Jogee

Biography

Shardha Jogee's astronomical research focuses on the observational and theoretical aspects of the evolution, structure, and activities of spiral galaxies in diverse environments, from the vast empty space to tightly packed galaxy clusters. Her studies encompass a wide range of cosmic distances and epochs, covering nearby galaxies to those located 12 billion light-years away. She has been involved in the largest galaxy surveys in collaboration with NASA. In 2003, she received the prestigious NASA Long Term Astrophysics Grant exceeding $500,000 to support her research on galaxies. Prior to joining the University of Texas at Austin, Shardha was a tenure-track scientist at NASA's Space Telescope Science Institute, which is the scientific home of the Hubble Space Telescope. She earned her doctorate in Astronomy from Yale University, focusing on galaxy evolution and surveys, including various significant projects associated with the Hubble Space Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub-millimeter Array.

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