Martha P. Haynes

Martha Patricia Haynes (born 1951) is an American astronomer who specializes in radio astronomy and extragalactic astronomy. She is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University.[1] She has been on a number of high-level committees within the US and International Astronomical Community, including Advisory Committee for the Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences of the National Academies (2003–2008) and Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Review (in 2010). She was a Vice-President of the Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union from 2006–2012,[2] and has been on the Board of Trustees of Associated Universities Inc since 1994.

For the mathematician and educator, see Euphemia Haynes.
Prof. Martha P. Haynes
Martha Haynes
Born
Martha Patricia Haynes

(1951-01-01) January 1, 1951
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWellesley (BSc), Indiana (PhD)
Known forWork mapping the universe with radio telescopes
AwardsHenry Draper Medal (1989)
Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal (2019)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
Doctoral advisorMorton Roberts

Academic career

Haynes graduated from Wellesley College in 1973 with a B.A. in physics and astronomy. She went to Indiana University for graduate school. There she received her M.A. in 1975 and her Ph.D. in 1978. From 1978 until 1981 she worked at the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center when she left to become the assistant director for the Green Bank Telescope. She joined the faculty at Cornell in 1983.[3] There she worked with collaborator Riccardo Giovanelli, using radio telescopes to map the distribution of galaxies in the Universe.

She is the current (as of 2020) co-lead of the ALFALFA survey, having worked with the project (and its predecessor project, the ALFA survey) since the early 2000s.[4]

Together with Riccardo Giovanelli, she came up with the idea of the Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope (CCAT) in the mid-1990s. She is (as of 2020) the chairman of the board of directors for the CCAT-project.[4]

Honors and awards

Personal life

Haynes is married to longtime collaborator Riccardo Giovanelli. They live in New York.

Selected publications
  • Haynes, M. P., and R. Giovanelli. "Large-Scale Structure in the Local Universe: The Pisces-Perseus Supercluster." In Large-Scale Motions in the Universe, V. C. Rubin and G. F. Coyne, eds. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988), 45.
  • Haynes, M. P. "Evidence for Gas Deficiency in Cluster Galaxies." In Clusters of Galaxies, W. R. Oegerle, M. J. Fitchett, and L. Danly, eds. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990), 177.
  • Vogt, N. P., T. Herter, M. P. Haynes, and S. Courteau. "The Rotation Curves of Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift." Astrophys. J. Lett. 415 (1993).
  • Roberts, M. S., and M. P. Haynes. "Variation of Physical Properties along the Hubble Sequence." Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 32, 115 (1994).
  • Haynes, M. P., and A. H. Broeils. "Cool HI Disks in Galaxies." In Gas Disks in Galaxies, J. M. van der Hulst, ed. (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995), to appear.[1]

See also
  • ALFALFA, an astronomical survey at the Arecibo Observatory

References
  1. Cornell University Staff Pages Retrieved on March 8, 2009.
  2. Retrieved on October 19, 2012.
  3. "Vita Martha Patricia Haynes" (PDF). Retrieved February 24, 2011.
  4. "Exploring Extragalactic Neighborhoods". Cornell Research. June 10, 2020.
  5. NAS Henry Draper Medal Archived January 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on March 8, 2009.
  6. "Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal". ASP. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  7. "(26744) Marthahaynes". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  8. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  9. https://research.astro.cornell.edu/news/astronomer-martha-haynes-awarded-jansky-lectureship
  10. "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
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