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Shelley A. Wright is an American astrophysicist and Physics professor at University of California, San Diego. Wright is known for her work in optical and infrared astronomical instrumentation, experimental work in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) field, and studies in galaxy formation and evolution.
Research and Career
[edit]Wright is an advocate for supporting the SETI and technosignature field and increasing national research interest and funding. In 2016, Wright testified on the state of SETI to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the United States House of Representatives..[1] NIROSETI and PANOSETI are optical and near-infrared programs located at Lick Observatory led by Wright. [2][3][4] Wright was awarded the SETI Institute Drake Award in 2022 in recognition of her career-long optical and infrared SETI work. [5] In 2022, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate appointed Wright as one of the panel members of the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Independent Study. [6]
Wright specializes in near-infrared cameras and integral field spectrographs that operate behind adaptive optics. Wright is among the list of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects. Wright is the Principal Investigator of Liger, a future instrument for W. M Keck Observatory adaptive optics.[7] Wright serves as the Project Scientist of IRIS, a planned first-light instrument for the Thirty Meter Telescope.[8]
Education and Early Career
[edit]Wright received an Astronomy Ph.D. from UCLA in 2008 and Physics B.S. from UC Santa Cruz in 2001. Wright was a Support Astronomer for the Issac Newton of Telescopes, Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in 2001 - 2002. Wright was awarded the NASA Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship (2009-2012; UC Berkeley) for her observational studies in galaxy formation and evolution. Wright was previously a professor at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics at University of Toronto (2012 - 2015).
Media appearances
[edit]Wright has participated in news articles, radio interviews, and tv shows on astrophysics and SETI, including Quirks & Quarks CBC Radio (March 2015)[9], CCTV Film (Sep 2015)[10], TVO Kids Canada (Feb 2016)[11], Planète+ Film Documentary France (Nov 2016)[12], Science Magazine (Sep 2022)[13], National Public Radio Blue Dot (May 2022)[14]
Personal life
[edit]Wright is married to the American astrophysicist Quinn Konopacky.
References
[edit]- ^ Joint Space Subcommittee and Research and Technology Subcommittee Hearing - Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Astrobiology, 114th Congress, July 12 2016 https://republicans-science.house.gov/2016/7//joint-space-subcommittee-and-research-and-technology-subcommittee-hearing
- ^ Wright et al. 2014, “A near-infrared SETI experiment: instrument overview”, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9147, doi:10.1117/12.2055616
- ^ Maire et al. 2019, “Search for Nanosecond Near-infrared Transients around 1280 Celestial Objects”, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 158, Issue 5, article id. 203, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab44d3
- ^ Wright et al. 2019, “Panoramic SETI: An all-sky fast time-domain observatory”, Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, APC white papers, no. 264; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 7, id. 264 (2019)
- ^ News release: “Shelley Wright to Receive SETI Institute’s 2022 Drake Award”, Mar 28, 2022 https://www.seti.org/press-release/shelley-wright-receive-seti-institutes-2022-drake-award
- ^ News release: “NASA Announces Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Study Team Members”, October 2022 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-announces-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-study-team-members/
- ^ Wright et al. 2024, “Liger at W.M. Keck Observatory: overall design and science drivers”, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 13096, id. 130960G 38 pp. (2024).
- ^ Wright et al. 2016, “The infrared imaging spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: latest science cases and simulations”, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9909, id. 990905 15 pp. (2016).
- ^ Quirks & Quarks, “New SETI Strategies: Looking for Lasers”, CBC RADIO, April 4, 2015 http://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/quirks-quarks-for-april-4-2015-1.3019735
- ^ CCTV Film News ``The search for extraterrestrials gets major investment", September 2015 http://america.cgtn.com/2015/09/17/the-search-for-extraterrestrials-gets-major-investment
- ^ “Now you know”, TVO Kids, Canada, Episode: “Aliens”, February 2016, http://tvokids.com/preschool/now-you-know
- ^ Planète+ Film Documentary ``Espace, l'odyssée du futur", November 2016 http://www.planeteplus.com/pid5936-inedits-planete.html?news=1418797
- ^ Science Magazine, “Listen Up”, September 10, 2020 https://www.science.org/news/2020/09/how-big-money-powering-massive-hunt-alien-intelligence
- ^ NPR Blue Dot, Podcast May 6, 2022 https://www.mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/2022-05-06/blue-dot-a-conversation-with-frank-drake-award-winning-seti-astronomer-shelley-wright