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Barsony, Mary was born on January 19, 1957 in Budapest, Hungary. Daughter of Andrew Bela Newman and Eva Barsony. came to the United States, 1964.
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Mary Barsony
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Mary Barsony, American Astrophysicist, educator. Achievements include co-discovery of youngest protostar and its classification; use of formaldehyde molecule as ideal probe of gas conditions and kinematics in pre-stellar condensations and protostars, discovery and characterization of young, embedded star clusters with near infrared array cameras; study of molecular outflows and recognition they are driven by collimated, intermittent jets.
Education
Diploma in French Language and Civilization, Sorbonne, Paris, 1975; Bachelor in English cum laude, University of California, Berkeley, 1976; Bachelor of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982; Master of Science in Physics, California Institute Technology, 1984; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, California Institute Technology, 1989.
Career
Research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981; American Physical Society summer industrial research intern, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 1982; graduate teaching assistant, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1982-1985; graduate research assistant, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1985-1988; President's fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1988-1990; Smithsonian Institution fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, 1990-1993; assistant professor physics, University of California, Riverside, since 1993. Member time allocation committee Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, since 1994. ReviewerAstrophysics Theory Program, Astrophysics Data Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1994-1995.
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Member American Astronomical Society (news committee since 1993), American Physical Society, International Astronomical Union.
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Married Michael Frederick Kozart, October 31, 1992.
