Catherine Heymans
Catherine Heymans FRSE (born 1978/1979) is a British astrophysicist, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, and a professor at the University of Edinburgh based at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.
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| Born | 1978 or 1979 (age 45–46) Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh (MPhys) University of Oxford (DPhil) |
| Known for | Weak gravitational lensing |
| Awards | George Darwin Lectureship (2017) Herschel Medal (2022) |
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| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh Max Planck Institute for Astronomy University of British Columbia Institut d'astrophysique de Paris |
| Thesis | Weak gravitational lensing and intrinsic galaxy alignments |
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| Website | www |
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