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since 1973 and previously served as the head of the Chandra Calibration Group from 1990 to 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
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Forman is married to astrophysicist Bill Forman. Together they have three children: Julia, Daniel, and Miranda.
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In 2013, Forman became the 14th recipient of the Secretary's Distinguished Research Lecture Award of the
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Director of the Consortium for Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe Host of
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In high school Forman attended the Ross Mathematics Program,
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X-ray and optical observations of galactic X-ray sources
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Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
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Harvard University
Bruno Rossi Prize
Smithsonian Institution
Astrophysics
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Thesis
Doctoral advisor
William Liller
astrophysicist
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
American Astronomical Society
Smithsonian Institution
Arnold Ross
West Carrollton, Ohio
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian Institution
William R. Forman
Bruno Rossi Prize
American Astronomical Society
Smithsonian Institution


"HEAD AAS Rossi Prize Winners"
AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division
Washington D.C.
American Astronomical Society
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