Biography:Susan Niebur
Susan Niebur (1973–2012) was an American planetary scientist, promoter of women in science, and mommyblogger.[1][2]
Life
Nieber graduated in 1995 from Georgia Tech with a bachelor's degree in physics.[3] She earned a Ph.D. in 2001 at Washington University in St. Louis, joined NASA as an intern in 2001, and became a scientist in the NASA Discovery Program in 2003. She left NASA to become a consultant in 2006.[1]
She was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in 2007,[4] and died of it on February 6, 2012.[5]
Contributions
While still a student, Niebur founded the Forum on Graduate Student Affairs of the American Physical Society and the National Doctoral Program Survey, and was president of the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students. At NASA, she founded the Early Career Fellowships and Workshops for Planetary Scientists. She began her "Women in Planetary Science" blog in 2008,[1] and also wrote a widely-read mommyblog, "Toddler Planet".[5][6]
Recognition
Niebur was given the Masursky Award of the American Astronomical Society, for outstanding service to planetary science and exploration, posthumously in 2012.[7]
Asteroid 113394 Niebur is named for Niebur.[8] An annual meeting for women in planetary science, the Susan Niebur Women in Planetary Science Networking Event, is also named after her.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Susan Niebur 1973–2012, American Astronomical Society, https://dps.aas.org/news/susan-niebur-1973-2012
- ↑ Lakdawalla, Emily (February 8, 2012), In memory of Susan Niebur, The Planetary Society, https://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/3367.html
- ↑ "In memoriam", Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine 88 (2): 92, 2012, https://issuu.com/gtalumni/docs/8802/92
- ↑ Renkl, Margaret (July 8, 2008), Fighting the cancer a mammogram can't catch, CNN, http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/07/08/healthmag.inflammatory.breast.cancer/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Mom blogger Susan Niebur loses battle with cancer", Today, February 7, 2012, https://www.today.com/parents/mom-blogger-susan-niebur-loses-battle-cancer-1C7397993
- ↑ D'Arcy, Janice (February 7, 2012), "Susan Niebur, the Toddler Planet hero, friend and mother", Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-parenting/post/susan-niebur-the-toddler-planet-hero-friend-and-mother/2012/01/28/gIQAxji9uQ_blog.html
- ↑ 2012 Prize Recipients, American Astronomical Society, https://dps.aas.org/prizes/2012, retrieved 2020-06-07
- ↑ "113394 Niebur", JPL Small-Body Database, https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=niebur, retrieved 2020-06-07
- ↑ Singer, Kelsi (February 26, 2019), "Announcing the 11th Annual Susan Niebur WiPS Networking Event – LPSC 2019", Women in Planetary Science, https://womeninplanetaryscience.wordpress.com/2019/02/26/announcing-the-11th-annual-susan-niebur-wips-networking-event-lpsc-2019/
External links
- Home page
- Remembering One of Our Own: Susan Niebur, The DC Moms
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