caption doctoral_advisor birth_place awards nationality fields workplaces name birth_date image article_title birth_name alma_mater
-lrb- photo : 1981 -rrb- p. j. e. peebles ithaca , new york newcomb premium james craig watson medal russell lectureship lilienfeld prize karl cleveland schwarzschild medal prize macarthur fellowship klopsteg memorial award magellanic united states american astrophysics : galaxies and cosmology smithsonian astrophysical observatory margaret j. geller 8 december 1947 margaretgeller1981a.jpg margaret geller
 margaret joan geller uc -lrb- ph.d. , 1975 -rrb- berkeley -lrb- b.a. , 1970 -rrb- princeton university
margaret geller

margaret j. geller -lrb- born 1947 -rrb- is an american astrophysicist at the harvard -- smithsonian center for astrophysics .
her work has included pioneering maps of the nearby universe , studies of the relationship between galaxies and their environment , and the development and application of methods for measuring the distribution of matter in the universe .
