NSF Fellow: Julia Kamenetzky
Posted by John Hunter | Under NSF Fellows Thursday Apr 17, 2008
Julia Kamenetzky, a Cornell College senior, physics major (astronomy and astrophysics). Cornell student receives NSF Fellowship:
plans a research career that will also focus on science outreach and education. She plans to pursue her doctorate in astrophysics, and eventually teach physics and astronomy.
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[She received a Goldwater Scholarships] based in part on a proposal to study the massive star Eta Carine after studying the Carine nebula with the Cornell University Research Experience for Undergraduates program through the NSF. Over the summer of 2007, Kamenetzky examined data used to determine the chemical makeup and other physical properties of the nebula.
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Her campus activities include New Student Orientation, as a peer advocate and orientation leader; Cornell Orchestra and the student-faculty chamber ensemble Collegium Musicum, as a violinist; and Dark Purple, a student organization that coordinates late-night programming on campus, as chair. She is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell’s Judicial Board and Pandemonium, the Cornell steel drum band.
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