Tana Joseph
| Tana Joseph | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tana Dale Joseph |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Cape Town[1] (MSc) University of Southampton (PhD) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Astronomy X-ray binaries |
Tana Dale Joseph is a South African X-ray astronomer and the founder and director of AstroComms[1].
Dr Joseph had decided at the age of 11 that she wanted to be an astronomer after she saw the Hubble Space Telescope images published in the Cape Times. She later went on to complete her undergraduate degree in Physics and MSc in Astronomy at the University of Cape Town and her PhD in High Energy Astrophysics at the University of Southampton in the UK.[2]
Dr Tana Joseph is the first woman of colour to have been awarded a postdoctoral SKA fellowship.[3]
She is also very involved in outreach and science engagement and serves as a media liaison, social media coordinator and public engagement officer for astronomy institutions.
Education[edit]
Dr Tana Joseph completed her undergraduate and MSc in Astronomy at the University of Cape Town in 2009 [1]. She went on to complete her PhD on X-ray bright binary stars at the University of Southampton in 2013. She is currently working as a Newton International Fellow in the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester.
Research and Career[edit]
Joseph's area of research is extragalactic X-ray binaries, where she uses data from radio optical and X-ray telescopes to study these binary stars to learn how they form, grow and change over time [1].
Her research is focussed on searching for neutron stars and black holes in two nearby galaxies, which are constantly pulling off material from a nearby companion star in a process called accretion. Accreting black holes and neutron stars emit many types of radiation, which can be detected by various ground and space-based telescopes. Joseph's current project is to search for X-ray binary stars in two nearby galaxies, called the Magellanic Clouds, using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa.
Awards[edit]
Tana was a Fulbright Scholar, receiving the Fulbright Scholarship in August 2017 working on "A Multi-Wavelength Study of X-ray Binaries in the Local Universe".[4]
Joseph received the Newton International Fellowship for two years, from March 2018, on her research on "Uncovering the X-ray binary population of the Magellanic Clouds and Bridge".[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tana Joseph (2018). "Tana Joseph LinkedIn Profile". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ↑ https://www.nrf.ac.za/content/dr-tana-joseph-awarded-fulbright-and-newton-fellowships
- ↑ Andrea Weiss (2016). "Opening the doors of science". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ↑ https://www.cies.org/grantee/tana-dale-joseph
- ↑ https://royalsociety.org/people/tana-joseph-13756/
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