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440: 33: 428: 476: 500: 140:: galaxies containing super-massive black holes at their centers and the most luminous sources in the Universe. She is the author of over 165 papers in refereed science journals and has served on a wide range of professional committees as well as various user and advisory committees and review boards for space and ground-based telescopes. She is a Fellow of the 452: 488: 464: 416: 193: 555: 164:"for significant contributions to the understanding of active galactic nuclei, including their emission mechanisms and evolutionary pathways, and for innovative leadership of the 550: 124:, England. In 1982 she moved to the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory as a NATO postdoctoral fellow and in 1984 to SAO's High Energy Astrophysics Division, part of the 173: 545: 530: 535: 125: 172:"For dedicated leadership of the astronomical community as director of the Chandra X-ray Center", and was named to the 2021 class of Fellows of the 439: 89: 113: 59: 320: 177: 540: 525: 145: 261: 249: 237: 169: 406: 141: 165: 161: 117: 97: 63: 157: 93: 308: 297: 285: 273: 121: 67: 520: 109: 366: 181: 504: 492: 480: 213: 399: 456: 420: 444: 432: 77: 514: 47: 309:
BL Lac objects: proceedings of a workshop held in Como, Italy, September 20-23, 1988
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for Leadership in Physics for her leadership of the Chandra X-Ray Centre by the
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List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects
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Revealing the Universe: The Making of the Chandra X-ray Observatory
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Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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National Optical Astronomy Observatories Newsletter, Issues 65-72
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before obtaining a BSc.(Hons) in Physics and Astronomy at the
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Reviews in Modern Astronomy, The Cosmic Circuit of Matter
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Her research relates to multi-wavelength studies of
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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
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Staffordshire
Wolverhampton Girls' High School
University of St. Andrews
University of Cambridge
Astrophysicist
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Chandra
Staffordshire, England
Wolverhampton Girls' High School
University of St. Andrews
University of Cambridge
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
quasars
Royal Astronomical Society
Cambridge Philosophical Society
Jesus College, Cambridge
American Physical Society
Chandra X-ray Observatory
American Astronomical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Richard Glazebrook Medal and Prize
Institute of Physics
List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects
"Dr. Belinda Wilkes Chosen to Lead the Chandra X-ray Center"
Revealing the Universe: The Making of the Chandra X-ray Observatory
Reviews in Modern Astronomy, The Cosmic Circuit of Matter
Exploring the X-ray Universe
NOAO Newsletter, Issues 69-72

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