Christine Jones Forman is a senior astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Education
In high school Forman attended the Ross Mathematics Program, Arnold Ross" summer mathematics program for gifted high school students. She finished high school in West Carrollton, Ohio before moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts where she earned three astrophysics degrees from Harvard University: a Bachelor of Arts in 1971, Department of Administration and Management in 1972, and Doctor of Philosophy in 1974.
Career
She is currently President-elect of the American Astronomical Society, and the director of the Smithsonian Institution"s Consortium for Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe. During her time as a student, Forman was both a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Astrophysics and a Harvard Junior Fellow. Forman has been an astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory since 1973 and previously served as the head of the Chandra Calibration Group from 1990–2010.
In 2010, Forman was named director of the Consortium for Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe, and became one of four directors of the Smithsonian Institution’s Consortia for the Four Grand Challenges of the Strategic Plan.