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Comparing: Mike Brown & Heidi Hammel. Erin Waters. About Mike Brown. Planetary Astronomer Born in 1965, from Huntsville Alabama Lives in California with wife and daughter Received his AB from Princeton in 1987, and MA and PhD from University of California, Berkley
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Comparing:Mike Brown & Heidi Hammel Erin Waters
About Mike Brown Planetary Astronomer Born in 1965, from Huntsville Alabama Lives in California with wife and daughter Received his AB from Princeton in 1987, and MA and PhD from University of California, Berkley Discovery of Eris, work on Kuiper belt, and the atmospheres of planetary satellites Currently a professor at Caltech University Assistant professor of astronomy at the California Institute of Technology The man who killed Pluto
Achievements & Awards 1994 Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship 11714 Mikebrown 2001 Urey Prize, Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society 2007 Richard P. Feynman Teaching Award
Mike Brown VS. Heidi Hammel Similarities Differences Planetary Scientists Urey Prize have PhD Work at a science institute Different awards
Did gender influence their careers? Both successful, won many awards, and made great contributions to science Some statistics… NO