Biography:Rosemary Coogan
Rosemary Coogan | |
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| Born | 1991 (age 32–33) |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex Durham University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics CNES |
| Thesis | The impact of environment on galaxy evolution : starburst and AGN activity (2019) |
Rosemary Theresa Coogan (born 1991) is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland. Her research considers galaxy evolution and space-based telescopes. She was selected as a member of the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group.
Early life and education
Coogan attended Brighton & Hove High School, now Brighton Girls.[citation needed] She was involved with military training from a young age.[1] She was trained as a petty officer with the Sea Cadets. In 2009 she joined HMS Calliope and HMS Example, where she was made an Officer cadet.[1] She was later promoted to Midshipman of the Royal Naval Reserve.[2]
Coogan studied for her undergraduate degree in Physics at Durham University (University College), graduating in 2013.[2] She remained in Durham for her master's research, where she studied gamma-ray astronomy with Paula Chadwick.[3][4] Her research involved observations using the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to study the 0.1 < Eγ < 300 GeV gamma-ray emission of radio quasars. Coogan also worked on data science during a work placement at Senseye.[5] She worked as a simulation support engineer to develop machine learning models to detect anomalies from robotic sensors.
Coogan moved to the University of Sussex as a doctoral researcher, studying galaxy evolution and the activity of active galactic nuclei.[6] She found that dense cluster environment increases the star formation efficiency, which she attributed to the high number of mergers, interactions and the active galactic nuclei.[6] Toward the end of her doctorate, she attempted to inform future observations by constructing mock images of survey fields for the Square Kilometre Array.[6]
Career
Coogan moved to the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.[1][7] In Germany, Coogan studied galaxy evolution with space-based telescopes. In 2022, Coogan was appointed to the CNES, where she works on Euclid and James Webb Space Telescope.[1]
In 2022, Coogan was selected by the European Astronaut Corps to join the European Space Agency Astronaut Group.[1][8] She said that she applied to the space program because she wanted to get "hands-on" with contributing the most that we can from space.[1]
Selected publications
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Rosemary Coogan" (in en). https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Rosemary_Coogan.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shannon, Lisa; Mayne, Debbie, eds (4 August 2023). "Rosemary Coogan". Dunelm Magazine (9): 13. https://issuu.com/communicationsoffice/docs/7090_dunelm_magazine_issue_9_digital. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ↑ COOGAN, ROSEMARY (2015). Localising the gamma-ray emission region of flaring Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (Masters thesis). Durham University.
- ↑ University, Durham. "Prof Paula Chadwick - Durham University" (in en-gb). https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/p-m-chadwick/.
- ↑ "SEPnet Value of Work Experience". https://www.sepnet.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Rosemary-Coogan-1.pdf.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "The impact of environment on galaxy evolution : starburst and AGN activity | WorldCat.org" (in en). https://www.worldcat.org/title/1140125601.
- ↑ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/19245/.
- ↑ "NI astronomer Rosemary Coogan to join European Space Agency as a career astronaut" (in en-GB). belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/ni-astronomer-rosemary-coogan-to-join-european-space-agency-as-a-career-astronaut-42168455.html.
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