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Catherine Jeanne Gattegno Cesarsky [1] (Ambazac, Francia, 24 de febrero de 1943) es una astrónoma franco-argentina, [2] expresidenta de la Unión Astronómica Internacional (IAU), conocida además por sus investigaciones en astrofísica moderna.
Catherine Jeanne Cesarsky (born Catherine Jeanne Gattegno on 24 February 1943) is an Argentine and French astronomer, known for her research activities in astrophysics and for her leadership in astronomy and atomic energy.
ESO Director General from 1999 until 2007. Born in France, Catherine Cesarsky received a degree in Physical Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires and graduated with a PhD in Astronomy in 1971 from Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass., USA). She worked at the California Institute of Technology.
Catherine Jeanne Gattegno Cesarsky (Ambazac, França, 24 de febrer de 1943) és una astrònoma francoargentina, expresidenta de la Unió Astronòmica Internacional (IAU) i coneguda a més per les seves recerques en astrofísica.
La primera mujer directora general de ESO (European Southern Observatory), Catherine Cesarsky, fue decisiva para terminar de instalar en Chile los cuatro telescopios gigantes (VLT), impulsar el proyecto ALMA e iniciar el plan para crear “el mayor ojo del mundo” (ELT).
From 2006 to 2009, Catherine Cesarsky was President of the International Astronomical Union, before becoming High Commissioner for CEA, advising the French government on science and energy issues between 2009 and 2012, then a high level science advisor there.
30 de may. de 2024 · Dr. Cesarsky was the principal investigator for ISOCAM, the infrared camera on board the Infrared Space Observatory satellite of the European Space Agency. She was also principal investigator of the ITGES collaboration that conducted deep surveys using ISOCAM, which discovered that infrared galaxies were much more numerous in the ...
