Title:

University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Affiliation:

University of California, Santa Cruz

Kerr 470

Santa Cruz,California 95064 USA

Gender:

Female

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

2011

Citation:

"For leadership in numerous path-breaking studies of extra-galactic astronomy and galaxy formation, and for oversight of the construction of important instruments, including the Keck telescopes."

President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on February 1, 2013.