Lecture
Jennifer Wiseman
Eric Priest, Jennifer Wiseman and Andrew Torrance
Jennifer Wiseman with dinner guests
Biography
Dr Jennifer Wiseman is an astronomer, author, and speaker. She studies the process of star and planet formation in our galaxy using radio, optical, and infrared telescopes. She is also interested in science policy and public science engagement, and directs the program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She received her B.S. in physics from MIT, discovering comet Wiseman-Skiff in 1987, and continued her studies at Harvard, earning a Ph.D. in astronomy in 1995. Dr Wiseman is a Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation, a network of Christians in Science. She enjoys giving public talks on the excitement of scientific discovery. She grew up on an Arkansas farm enjoying late night stargazing walks with her parents and pets.
