Laurie Rousseau-Nepton

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton is a Canadian astronomer at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hawaii, and is the first indigenous woman in Quebec to obtain a PhD in astrophysics.[1][2]

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton
NationalityCanada
Alma materUniversité Laval
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsCanada-France-Hawaii Telescope
Academic advisorsCarmelle Robert

Early Life, Education and Research

Rousseau-Nepton received her PhD in 2017 from University of Laval, under the supervision of Prof. Carmelle Robert.[3] Her doctoral research involved studying the HII regions of nearby spiral galaxies, using the SpIOMM, a imaging Fourier transform spectrometer developed at University of Laval.[3][4] Since 2017, she has been a resident astronomer at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.[5]

Canada-France-Hawaii Astronomical Observatory, located at the top of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii. (Credit NASA)

She is also the Principal Investigator for SIGNALS, a large survey program aiming at observing over 50,000 resolved star-forming regions in nearby galaxies[6].

Honors and awards

Awards won include:[7]

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies (FRQNT), 2017-2019
  • Pierre Amiot - Award for the best scientific talk, Université Laval, 2014
  • Hubert Reeves Fellowship, Fonds Hubert Reeves, 2010
  • Fellowship for native woman in science, Association des femmes diplômées des universités du Québec (AFDU) 2010

References
  1. "LAURIE ROUSSEAU NEPTON – Women In Physics Canada 2018". Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "Fonds Nature et technologies - An indigenous astrophysicist in Hawaii". www.frqnt.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  3. Rousseau-Nepton, Laurie (2017). "Étude des régions de formation stellaire dans les galaxies spirales avec SpIOMM". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Bernier, A.-P.; Grandmont, F.; Rochon, J.-F.; Charlebois, M.; Drissen, L. (June 29, 2006). "First results and current development of SpIOMM: an imaging Fourier transform spectrometer for astronomy". Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy. International Society for Optics and Photonics. 6269: 626949. doi:10.1117/12.671410.
  5. "Fonds Nature et technologies - An indigenous astrophysicist in Hawaii". www.frqnt.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  6. "Accueil". laurie-rousseau-nepton-03.webself.net. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  7. "Achievements". laurie-rousseau-nepton-03.webself.net. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
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