Julie McEnery

Julie McEnery is an astrophysicist at the Goddard Space Flight Center where she is a project scientist for the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope.[1][2] McEnery received a PhD from University College Dublin.[3] For her PhD, she observed the galaxy Markarian 421.[1] She is a fellow of the American Physical Society, and an adjunct professor of physics at The University of Maryland and George Washington University.[4] McEnery has spoken about how she admires Nancy Roman.[5]

Before working at the Goddard Space Flight Center, McEnery worked on ground based gamma-ray telescopes that detected Cherenkov radiation.[1] She has also worked with the Milagro collaboration on Gamma-ray bursts.[1]

References
  1. Administrator, NASA Content (2017-10-16). "Julie Mc Enery - Fermi Project Scientist and Astrophysicist". NASA. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  2. O'Donovan, Brian (2019-03-12). "Reaching for the Stars: From Dublin to Outer Space". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "DR JULIE MCENERY". UCD Alumni Awards. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  4. "Julie McEnery Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society - Joint Space-Science Institute". jsi.astro.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  5. Achenbach, Joel; Kaplan, Sarah (20 May 2020). "NASA names newest space telescope for pioneering female astronomer". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-07-22.


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