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Najita, Joan was born on November 8, 1963 in Honolulu.
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Joan Najita
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Joan Najita, American Astrophysicist. Zonta Amelia Earhart fellow, 1986-1989, University of California fellow, 1986-1988; recipient Science prize Radcliffe, 1984, John Harvard scholarship, 1983-1985, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz scholar, 1982-1985, among others Member American Astronomical Society (Annie Jump Cannon award 1996), Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Physics/Astronomy summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1985; Master of Arts in Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, 1990; Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, 1993.
Career
Research assistant, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1985; postdoctoral fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1994; research assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1988-1992; postdoctoral researcher, University of California, Berkeley, 1993-1994.
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Member American Astronomical Society (Annie Jump Cannon award 1996), Phi Beta Kappa.
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Zonta Amelia Earhart fellow, 1986-1989, University of California fellow, 1986-1988. Recipient Science prize Radcliffe, 1984, John Harvard scholarship, 1983-1985, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz scholar, 1982-1985, among others.Zonta Amelia Earhart fellow, 1986-1989, University of California fellow, 1986-1988. Recipient Science prize Radcliffe, 1984, John Harvard scholarship, 1983-1985, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz scholar, 1982-1985, among others.