Nia Imara
Personal Information
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
Kenyon College BS Mathematics & Physics 2003; University of California, Berkeley PhD Astrophysics 2010; Harvard Postdoctoral Fellow 2014-2017
""Everyone’s captivated by astronomy, by the stars, what’s out there in the universe...And so I made a conscious choice a long time ago that I wanted to share my work with the community, with Black folks and other people of color, especially.”"
— Nia Imara
Professional Life
Field of Study: Astrophysics, Fine Arts
Institution/Corporation: UC Santa Cruz; Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Degrees & Memberships: none
Awards & Achievements
Awards: none found
Achievements: Founded Equity & Inclusion Journal Club at Harvard University in 2018; founded Onakata in 2020-a non-profit that connects students from underserved communities of color with free math & science tutoring