Beth A. Brown

Beth A. Brown (4 ga Fabrairu, 1969 - 5 ga Oktoba, 2008) ƙwararriyar masaniyar ilmin taurari ce ta NASA wadda ta mayar da hankali kan binciken X-ray na taurarin elliptical da ramukan baƙi . Ta sami digirin digirgir a fannin ilmin taurari daga Jami'ar Michigan a 1998, inda ta zama mace 'yar asalin Afirka ta farko da ta yi hakan.  name=":0">

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Brown a Roanoke, Virginia, a shekarar 1969.   name=":0">"Women in Astronomy 2009 - A Tribute to Dr. Beth Brown". attic.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-12. Tana son Star Trek da Star Wars.  name=":1"> Ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Sakandare ta William Fleming a shekarar 1987 a matsayin mai kula da harkokin valedictorian.  Lokacin da wani aiki na makarantar sakandare ya kai ta tafiya zuwa wurin kallo, ta ga Ring Nebula ta hanyar na'urar hangen nesa, wadda ta ambata a matsayin lokacin da ta "shagaltu da ilmin taurari ."  name=":1" 

 Ilimi 
Brown ya yi karatun ilmin taurari a Jami'ar Howard, inda ya kammala karatunsa na  a shekarar 1991. A lokacin karatunta na farko, ta kammala horon aiki guda biyu a NASA.  name=":1">"Beth Brown". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2020-07-12. A lokacin da take Jami'ar Howard, ta buga piccolo a wasu ƙungiyoyin mawaka na Jami'a, kuma ta shiga Tau Beta Sigma a kaka ta 1990.  Ta sami digirin MS da Ph.D. a fannin ilmin taurari daga Jami'ar Michigan a shekarar 1998. Ita ce mace 'yar Afirka ta farko da ta sami digirin Ph.D. daga Sashen Ilimin Falaki na Jami'ar Michigan.  name="APS"> A lokacin da take Jami'ar Michigan, ta fara ƙoƙarinta na wayar da kan jama'a game da ilmin taurari, inda ta jagoranci yawon shakatawa a cikin planetarium na gida da kuma haɓaka kwas ɗaya na ilmin taurari na ido ga ɗaliban da ba su da ƙwarewa a fannin ilmin taurari; ana ci gaba da koyar da kwas ɗin kuma har yanzu yana da farin jini a yau.  name=":1"  Binciken da ta yi a can ya shafi lura da taurarin elliptical daga tauraron dan adam na Röntgen . 

 Aiki da bincike 
Brown ta shiga Cibiyar Jiragen Sama ta Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) ta NASA a matsayin jami'ar bincike ta digirin digirgir tare da Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Kasa / Majalisar Bincike ta Kasa . Ta zama jami'ar bincike ta digirin digirgir a Cibiyar Bayanai ta Kimiyyar Sararin Samaniya ta Kasa (NSSDC) a shekarar 2001. Ta koma Dakin Gwaji na X-ray Astrophysics a shekarar 2005, inda ta ba da tallafi ga Cibiyar Kula da Baƙi ta GSFC XMM. An ɗauke ta aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Darakta don Sadarwar Kimiyya da Ilimi Mai Girma don Darakta Kimiyya da Bincike a Goddard. Ta kuma kammala Kwalejin Gudanarwa ta NASA inda ta keɓe shekara guda don yin bincike tare da James Lindesay kuma ta koyar da darussa tare da Demetrius Venable a Sashen Lissafi da Taurari na Howard. Brown ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa na Ƙungiyar Masana Kimiyyar Baƙar fata ta Ƙasa (NSBP) na tsawon shekaru biyu kuma ya shiga cikin Taron Ƙasa na Ɗaliban Kimiyyar Baƙar fata (NCBPS). "In Memoriam: Beth Brown". American Physical Society. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

Bayan kammala karatun digirin digirgir, Brown ta yi karatun Digiri na uku a Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Kasa & Majalisar Bincike ta Kasa a Cibiyar Jiragen Sama ta Goddard ta NASA. Daga baya, ta yi aiki a Cibiyar Bayanai ta Kimiyyar Sararin Samaniya ta Kasa da ke Goddard, inda ta shiga cikin ayyukan adana bayanai da kuma ilimi da wayar da kan jama'a. A shekarar 2006, Brown ta zama Jami'ar Kimiyyar Sararin Samaniya a Goddard, a lokacin da ta yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Farfesa mai ziyara a Jami'ar Howard. A Goddard, ita ce babbar cibiyar NSSDC da Cibiyoyin Bincike na Taskar Kimiyya (SARCs) kamar Babban Makamashi na Kimiyyar Sararin Samaniya SARC a Goddard, Taskar Labarai ta Multi-Mission a STScI (MAST) da Taskar Kimiyyar Infrared (IRSA) a Caltech . Ta kuma taimaka wajen "fahimtar" tarihin mallakar bayanan ilmin taurari na NSSDC dangane da bayanan da aka tallafa a SARCs waɗanda kuma za a adana su har abada a NSSDC. A lokacin rasuwarta, tana fatan samun sabon matsayi a GSFC a matsayin Mataimakin Darakta na Sadarwar Kimiyya da Ilimi Mai Girma.

 Lambobin yabo da girmamawa 
Ƙungiyar Masana Taurari ta Amurka tana da lambar yabo ta girmamawa ga Brown ga ɗalibai da suka gabatar da gabatarwa ta fosta ko ta baki a taron Ƙungiyar Masana Kimiyyar Baƙar fata ta Ƙasa na shekara-shekara.  An nuna ta a cikin littafin, Women of Goddard: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics . 

 Mutuwa 
Brown ya mutu ba zato ba tsammani a ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 2008, yana da shekaru 39 sakamakon bugun zuciya na huhu . 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Haifaffun 1969