Jane Rigby (astrophysicist)

Jane Rigby
Jane Rigby in 2023
Born
Jane Rebecca Rigby
Alma materPennsylvania State University
University of Arizona
AwardsNature's 10 (2022)
Scientific career
InstitutionsGoddard Space Flight Center
Carnegie Observatories
ThesisThe properties of weak MgII absorption systems (2000)

Jane Rebecca Rigby is an American astrophysicist who works at the Goddard Space Flight Center and is Senior Project Scientist of the James Webb Space Telescope. She was selected one of Nature's 10 Ones to Watch in 2021 and Shape 2022. In 2024 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden.[1]

  1. ^ "Judy Shepard, Nancy Pelosi, and Jane Rigby among Medal of Freedom honorees". www.advocate.com. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

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