Background
Wilkes, Belinda Jane was born on February 9, 1957 in Wolverhampton, Staffs, England. Daughter of Brian Trevor and Patricia Mary Wilkes. came to the United States, 1982.
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Belinda Jane Wilkes
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Bachelor of Science with Honours, St. Andrew's University, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge U., 1982.
Career
North Atlantic Treaty Organization/Science Engineering Research Council research fellow, Steward Observatory U. Arizona, Tucson, 1982-1984;
astrophysicist high energy astrophsics division, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1984. Chairperson Interactive Reduction and Analysis Facility Users Committee, Tuscon, 1994-1995. Reviewer on many National Aeronautics and Space Administration panels, since 1986.
Journal referee Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal, Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society, since 1986. Telescope proposal reviewer Anglo-Australian Telescope, United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, Cerro Toloto Interam. Observatory; deputy group leader for user suppor AXAF Science Center, since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society, American Astronomical Society, Cambridge Philosophical Society. Member International Astronomical Union.
Connections
Married Michael Rafael Garcia, April 25, 1987. Children: Charlotte Mary, Samuel Rafael.
