Background
Hammel, Heidi B. was born on March 14, 1960 in Sacramento, California, United States.
Astronomer physicist researcher
Hammel, Heidi B. was born on March 14, 1960 in Sacramento, California, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Earth and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982. Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, University Hawaii, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and Astronomy, University Hawaii, 1988.
Resident research associate Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1988-1990, contractor, 1990, member technical staff, 1990. Research scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990-1991, principal research scientist department earth, atmospheric, and planetary science, 1991—1999. Senior Research scientist Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado, since 1999, co-director research branch, since 2003.
Member Imaging Science Team for Voyager 2 encounter with Naptune, 1989, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Infrared Telescope Facility Comet Crash Science Team, 1994. Team leader for the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter National Aeronautics and Space Administration Hubble Space Telescope Team, 1994. Member Space Telescope Institute Council, since 1996.
Interdisciplinary scientist James Webb Space Telescope (scheduled launch 2011), since 2002. Team member, chair of giant planets sub-panel National Aeronautics and Space Administration Science and Technology Definition Team, Terrestrial Planet Finder-Corongraph Mission, 2005—2006. Team member, science working group AURA/NOAO (National Optical Astronomy Observatory) Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope development project, since 2007.
Board directors AURA, 2003—2009, John Jay McCarthy Observatory, New Milford, Connecticut, since 2005. Member astrophysics subcommittee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006—2008. Science coordinator Giant Worlds: A Voyage to the Outer Solar System, Museum Exhibit, Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado, 2005—2009.
Distinguished visiting professor New Mexico State University, 2006. Invited speaker in field.
Speaker various elementary schools. Leader astronomy workshops Girls Inc. Central New York; Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (member-at-large, section D (Astronomy) 2002-2009).
Member: Planetary Society (board directors since 2005), American Astronomical Society Division Planetary Science (DPS) (DPS prize subcommittee 2005-2007, DPS web site developer, administrator 1996—2007, Harold C. Urey prize 1996, Carl Sagan medal 2002).
3 children.