Constance M. Rockosi
Constance M. Rockosi | |
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| Born | 1972 (age 52–53) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
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| Thesis | Detection and analysis of the tidal tails around the globular cluster Palomar 5 in the SDSS commissioning data (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald G. York |
Constance "Connie" Mary Rockosi (born c. 1972) is a professor and former department chair in the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She earned her PhD in 2001 and helped design the camera for the telescope that was used as part of the initial Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). She also was in charge of the SDSS-III domain for the Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration (SEGUE) project and is the primary investigator on SEGUE-2. Her focuses involve the study of the Milky Way galaxy, with a focus on the evolution that it took to reach its current state.