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Patricia Schady

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Patricia Schady (born 1978) is a British astrophysicist specalizing in gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies. She is a senior lecturer at the University of Bath.[1]

Education and career

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Schady was born in 1978, in the UK. After reading mathematics and computer science at University College London, she studied radio astronomy at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Manchester before returning to University College London for a PhD in astrophysics.[2] Her 2008 doctoral dissertation, Prompt observations of gamma-ray bursts with Swift, was jointly supervised by Keith Mason and Mat Page.[3]

Before joining the academic staff at the University of Bath, Schady became a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, near Munich in Germany.[2]

Recognition

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Schady was a 2012 recipient of the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, funding her continued research as a group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Patricia Schady", Profiles, University of Bath, retrieved 2024-04-09
  2. ^ a b c Sofia Kovalevskaya Award winners 2012, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, retrieved 2024-04-09
  3. ^ "Patricia Schady", AstroGen, American Astronomical Society, retrieved 2024-04-09
  4. ^ Patricia Schady receives Sofja Kovalevskaja Prize, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, 22 August 2012, retrieved 2024-04-09