Women in Science and Engineering at Yale (2020 Edition)

Meg Urry, Ph.D.

Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics, Department of Astronomy

Director of the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics

Meg Urry has authored > 320 refereed publications on supermassive black holes at the centers of massive galaxies. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering, Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Association of Women in Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She received an Honorary Degree of Science from Tufts University, and the Annie Jump Cannon Award and Van Biesbroeck Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the Women in Space Science Award from the Adler Planetarium, the Edward A. Bouchet Leadership Award, and the Howard R. Lamar Faculty Award from Yale University. She currently serves as Past President of the American Astronomical Society and is a member of the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars. 

The participation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math has gradually increased over the past 50 years. The STEM enterprise will be stronger when we eventually reach equity at every level and field.