Rate Professor Judith Cohen

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Judith Cohen received her PhD in Astronomy from Caltech in 1971.

Research Interests: Her work focuses on stellar spectroscopy, galactic archaeology, and the chemical evolution of the Milky Way.

Appointments: Kate Van Nuys Page Professor of Astronomy at Caltech.

Awards: Elected to the National Academy of Sciences and received the Victor Ambartsumian International Prize (2018).

Publications: Authored over 200 papers, including studies on globular clusters in The Astronomical Journal.

Additional Contributions: Cohen has contributed to large-scale astronomical surveys like the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.