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| Urry, C. Megan | |
|---|---|
| Name | C. Megan Urry |
| Birth date | 1959 |
| Birth place | Miami, Florida |
| Occupation | Astrophysicist, Professor |
| Fields | Astronomy, Astrophysics |
| Workplaces | Yale University, Vanderbilt University, Space Telescope Science Institute |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, Brown University |
Urry, C. Megan is an American astrophysicist and professor known for her work on active galactic nucleuss, black hole demographics, and observational surveys of active galactic nuclei in the electromagnetic spectrum. She has held faculty positions at Yale University and Vanderbilt University and served in leadership roles at institutions such as the Space Telescope Science Institute and the American Astronomical Society. Her research integrates data from facilities including the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Very Large Array, and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Born in Miami, Florida, Urry completed undergraduate studies at Brown University before earning a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University. During graduate training she worked with researchers connected to observatories like the Mount Wilson Observatory and programs associated with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Her education put her in contact with scientists from institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Princeton University, and the University of Cambridge.
Urry's academic career includes faculty appointments at Yale University and a long tenure at Vanderbilt University, along with visiting positions at the Space Telescope Science Institute and collaborations with teams at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the European Southern Observatory. Her research focuses on the unified model of active galactic nucleuss, the role of supermassive black holes in galaxy evolution, and multiwavelength surveys using instruments such as the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, XMM-Newton, Spitzer Space Telescope, and ground-based arrays like the Keck Observatory and the Subaru Telescope. She has led collaborations incorporating datasets from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Two Micron All Sky Survey, and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope community. Urry has served on advisory panels for agencies including NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the European Space Agency, and on committees within professional societies such as the American Astronomical Society, the American Physical Society, and the International Astronomical Union.
Urry is co-author of highly cited reviews and papers on the unified scheme for active galactic nucleuss and the demographics of supermassive black holes, publishing in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Nature. Her notable contributions include major survey papers drawing on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Chandra X-ray Observatory catalogs, influential review articles compared alongside works by Martin Rees, John Kormendy, Sandra Faber, Luis Ho, and Alice Quillen, and synthesis chapters featured in volumes connected to conferences hosted by IAU symposia and meetings of the American Astronomical Society and American Physical Society. She has co-authored papers with collaborators from Harvard University, Caltech, Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Chicago, and University of Cambridge. Her research outputs have informed observational strategies for facilities including the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project, and proposals to NASA and the National Science Foundation.
Urry has received recognition from organizations such as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Astronomical Society, and the National Academy of Sciences-affiliated programs. Her honors include fellowships and awards from NASA, the National Science Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and professional distinctions granted by the American Physical Society and the International Astronomical Union. She has been invited to deliver named lectures at institutions like Harvard University, Princeton University, Stanford University, MIT, Caltech, and international centers including Max Planck Society institutes and the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Urry has been active in mentorship programs connecting students at Vanderbilt University and Yale University to summer programs and fellowships at institutions such as NASA, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, and the Space Telescope Science Institute. Her legacy includes influence on generations of researchers now at universities including University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Michigan, Pennsylvania State University, University of Arizona, and national laboratories such as Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Urry's work has shaped policy discussions and scientific planning at agencies including NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the European Space Agency, and continues to be cited in contemporary studies of active galactic nucleus populations, black hole growth, and galaxy evolution.
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