Gillian Wright (astronomer)

Gillian Wright

CBE FRSE
Gillian Wright; CBE FRSE
Born	Gillian Susan Wright
Alma mater	University of Glasgow; Imperial College London;
	Scientific career
Fields	Infrared observatories, astronomical instrumentation, star formation and dust in interacting galaxies
Institutions	United Kingdom Infrared Telescope; Royal Observatory Edinburgh; UK Astronomy Technology Centre;
Thesis	Infrared activity in interacting galaxies (1987)
Doctoral advisor	Robert Joseph

Gillian Susan Wright CBE FRSE is a Scottish astronomer who is currently the director of the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh, UK. She has also been involved in the development and construction of the James Webb Space Telescope as the European Principal Investigator for the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). In 2006 Wright was appointed MBE for services to science.

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