Andrea Dupree Explained

Andrea K. Dupree
Birth Date:September 17, 1939
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality:American
Fields:Astrophysics
Workplaces:Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
Alma Mater:Wellesley College, 1960, Harvard University, 1968
Thesis Title:Analysis of Emission Lines from the Solar Corona
Thesis Year:1968

Andrea Dupree is a senior astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian.[1] She is a Past-President of the American Astronomical Society, and served as the associate director of the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian. Dupree also served as Head of the Solar, Stellar and Planetary Sciences Division.[1]

Early life

Andrea Kundsin Dupree was born September 17, 1939, to parents Edwin and Ruth. She is the oldest sibling with a younger brother, Dennis Edwin Kundsin.[2]

Education and career

Dupree attended Wellesley College and graduated with her bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts in 1956. She knew she wanted to go in to the sciences, and her favorite subjects were Geology and Astronomy. In a 2007 interview, Dupree said, "I’m sure I would’ve been a geologist if the coin had ended up heads instead of tails."[3] After graduating from Wellesley, Dupree briefly studied at University of California, Berkeley, before enrolling in graduate school at Radcliffe in 1961. The Radcliffe Graduate School merged with Harvard University in 1963, and Dupree graduated with her PhD in astrophysics from Harvard in 1968. Her graduate thesis was titled Analysis of Emission Lines from the Solar Corona.[4]

Dupree has worked as an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian since 1968. In 1980, she became the first woman and youngest person to serve as the associate director of the Center for Astrophysics. From 1996 to 1998, she served as the President of the American Astronomical Society.[5] Dupree is an internationally recognized leader in stellar physics and the bulk of her research is on stars like our own Sun.Dupree recorded an oral history with the American Institute of Physics (AIP) in 2007.[6]

She was elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020 [7]

Awards and honors

She received the Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award in 2019 and 2020.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dupree . . 8 October 2019.
  2. Web site: Physics . American Institute of . 2015-01-23 . Andrea Dupree . 2022-10-07 . www.aip.org . en.
  3. Web site: Andrea Dupree . . 8 October 2019. 2015-01-23 .
  4. PhD . Analysis of Emission Lines from the Solar Corona . 1968PhDT.........3D . Dupree . Andrea Kundsin . 1968 .
  5. Web site: Past Officers and Trustees . 8 October 2019.
  6. Web site: Andrea Dupree. 2015-01-23. www.aip.org. en. 2019-10-17.
  7. Web site: AAS Fellows. AAS. 27 September 2020.
  8. Web site: Smithsonian Profiles . 2022-10-07 . profiles.si.edu . en-US.