Radio Astronomy

known for her work on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI); worked with Stuart Bowyer on the radio-search project SERENDIP and created the corresponding backronym, "Search for Extraterrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations"; was project scientist for NASA's High Resolution Microwave Survey (HRMS) in 1992 and 1993 and subsequently director of Project Phoenix (HRMS reconfigured; a decade-long SETI scrutiny of about 750 nearby star systems, using telescopes in Australia, West Virginia and Puerto Rico) under the auspices of the SETI Institute; was co-creator with Margaret Turnbull of the HabCat in 2002, a principal component of Project Phoenix; co-found the SETI Institute & led the design, construction and science at the SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array (ATA); has been actively involved in developing curriculum for children specifically the Life in the Universe series, created 6 science teaching guides for grades 3-9 & Voyages Through Time an integrated high school science curriculum on the fundamental theme of evolution in six modules: Cosmic Evolution, Planetary Evolution, Origin of Life, Evolution of Life, Hominid Evolution and Evolution of Technology;

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SETI

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