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  1. Margaret J. Geller (born December 8, 1947) is an American astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Her work has included pioneering maps of the nearby universe, studies of the relationship between galaxies and their environment, and the development and application of methods for measuring the ...

  2. Margaret J. Geller is a pioneer in mapping the nearby universe. Her maps provided a new view of the enormous patterns in the distribution of galaxies like the Milky Way --- the largest patterns we know.

  3. Geller is best known for her pioneering maps of the distribution of galaxies in the nearby universe. Together with COBE observations of fluctuations in the microwave background, these maps profoundly changed the view of large-scale structure in the universe.

  4. Geller is best know for her pioneering maps of the distribution of galaxies in the nearby universe. Together with COBE observations of fluctuations in the microwave background, these maps profoundly changed the view of large-scale structure in the universe.

  5. MARGARET J. GELLER Education: University of California, Berkeley, B.A. (physics, 1970) Princeton University, M.A. (physics, 1972) Princeton University, Ph.D. (physics, 1974) Positions: 1970-1973 NSF Predoctoral Fellow, Princeton University 1974-1976 Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Astrophysics 1976-1978 Research Fellow, Harvard College ...

  6. Jul 21, 2022 · A presentation by hosted by Skyscrapers, Inc. Saturday, July 9, 2022 at Seagrave Observatory Dr. Gellers talk, “Caught in the Cosmic Web”, and will describe her adventures in mapping the ...

  7. 3 days ago · Geller is an astrophysicist who studies the large-scale spatial distribution of galaxies and its origin. She is best known for maps of the nearby universe, for studies of the structure and evolution of systems of galaxies, and for combining redshift surveys with weak lensing maps to measure the mass distribution in the universe.

  8. Jun 5, 2014 · Dr. Margaret J. Geller will be recognized on Sunday, June 8th by the award of the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Dartmouth College. This will be her sixth honorary degree. Geller was a pioneer in mapping the nearby universe.

  9. Feb 5, 2014 · Astrophysicist Margaret J. Geller of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) will receive this year's Karl Schwarzschild Medal of the German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft - AG) - a high honor awarded for outstanding achievements of fundamental importance in astronomical research.

  10. Margaret Joan Geller, an astronomy professor at Harvard University and a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, helped discover a "Great Wall" of galaxies in space stretching at least 500 million light-years.