education and training
- B.A., Wellesley College
- Ph.D., Harvard University
Dupree, Andrea
Senior Astrophysicist
Positions
- President, American Astronomical Society 1996 - 1998
Astronomical spectroscopy; theory of solar and stellar atmospheres and spectra; stellar chromospheres and coronae; mass loss and stellar winds.
Background And Education
awards and honors
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2020
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2019
Research And Grants
research overview
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Dupree is an internationally recognized leader in stellar physics
and ultraviolet astronomy. Her research currently
focuses on cool stars like the Sun
and their planets to understand how they are
born and how they evolve. She uses large telescopes
on the ground and in space, combined with theoretical
calculations to analyze spectra from the stars.
Dupree led the team to
obtain the first image of the surface
of a star other than the Sun using the Hubble Space Telescope.
She recently discovered fast hot winds from
very young stars, which
could profoundly affect their evolution and the
environment of surrounding planets.
She is a member of the Kepler Science Team which
is currently searching for exoplanets using the United States
NASA satellite: Kepler.
Dupree has published several hundred scientific papers and
articles and edited many books. She has been involved in the
design of several satellites. She is a Past-President of the American
Astronomical Society, the major scientific organization of over 7000
professional astronomers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
She has served on and led many committees of the US National Academy of
Sciences, NASA, Association of Universities for Research
in Astronomy (AURA), and others
to determine the future course of
astronomical research in the United States and other countries.
She held the position of Associate Director of the
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - the
first woman and youngest person in that position and served
as Head of the Solar, Stellar, and Planetary Physics Division
for a decade.
investigator on
Publications
selected publications
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article
- Spatially Resolved Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of the Great Dimming of Betelgeuse 2020
- The Most Metal-poor Stars in Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) 2020
- First Evidence of Enhanced Recombination in Astrophysical Environments and the Implications for Plasma Diagnostics 2019
- Different Stellar Rotations in the Two Main Sequences of the Young Globular Cluster NGC 1818: The First Direct Spectroscopic Evidence 2018
- Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler. VIII. A Fully Automated Catalog with Measured Completeness and Reliability Based on Data Release 25 2018
- Erratum: "The Kepler Follow-up Observation Program. I. A Catalog of Companions to Kepler Stars from High-resolution Imaging" (2017, AJ, 153, 71) 2017
- NGC 1866: First Spectroscopic Detection of Fast-rotating Stars in a Young LMC Cluster 2017
- The Kepler Follow-up Observation Program. I. A Catalog of Companions to Kepler Stars from High-Resolution Imaging 2017
- A Search for Coronal Activity Among Two Metal-poor Subdwarfs and One Subgiant 2016
- Chromospheric Models and the Oxygen Abundance in Giant Stars 2016
- The 10830 Å Helium Line Among Evolved Stars in the Globular Cluster M4 2015
- A Study of the ?10830 He I Line Among Red Giants in Messier 13 2014
- Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition from Gaseous to Rocky Planets 2014
- Structure and Dynamics of the Accretion Process and Wind in TW Hya 2014
- A sub-Mercury-sized exoplanet 2013
- Adaptive Optics Images. II. 12 Kepler Objects of Interest and 15 Confirmed Transiting Planets 2013
- Direct Evaluation of the Helium Abundances in Omega Centauri 2013
- Erratum: "Adaptive Optics Images of Kepler Objects of Interest" (2012, AJ, 144, 42) 2013
- Galactic chemical evolution of sulphur. Sulphur abundances from the [S i] ?1082 nm line in giants 2013
- Kepler-62: A Five-Planet System with Planets of 1.4 and 1.6 Earth Radii in the Habitable Zone 2013
- New insights: The accretion process and variable wind from TW Hya 2013
- Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler. III. Analysis of the First 16 Months of Data 2013
- The Mass of KOI-94d and a Relation for Planet Radius, Mass, and Incident Flux 2013
- Transit timing observations from Kepler - VII. Confirmation of 27 planets in 13 multiplanet systems via transit timing variations and orbital stability 2013
- Adaptive Optics Images of Kepler Objects of Interest 2012
- Chandra study of the eclipsing M dwarf binary, YY Gem 2012
- Kepler-21b: A 1.6 R Earth Planet Transiting the Bright Oscillating F Subgiant Star HD 179070 2012
- Kepler-22b: A 2.4 Earth-radius Planet in the Habitable Zone of a Sun-like Star 2012
- On the Detectability of Star-Planet Interaction 2012
- Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-type Stars from Kepler 2012
- TW Hya: Spectral Variability, X-Rays, and Accretion Diagnostics 2012
- The ?10830 He I Absorption Line Among Metal-Poor Subdwarfs 2012
- X-Ray Determination of the Variable Rate of Mass Accretion onto TW Hydrae 2012
- Hectochelle: A Multiobject Optical Echelle Spectrograph for the MMT 2011
- Photometric Variability in Kepler Target Stars. II. An Overview of Amplitude, Periodicity, and Rotation in First Quarter Data 2011
- Spitzer spectra of evolved stars in ? Centauri and their low-metallicity dust production 2011
- The High Albedo of the Hot Jupiter Kepler-7 b 2011
- The Kepler Cluster Study: Stellar Rotation in NGC 6811 2011
- White-light Flares on Cool Stars in the Kepler Quarter 1 Data 2011
- A Deep Chandra X-Ray Spectrum of the Accreting Young Star TW Hydrae 2010
- Discovery of long-period variable stars in the very metal-poor globular cluster M15 2010
- Discovery of the Transiting Planet Kepler-5b 2010
- Photometric Variability in Kepler Target Stars: The Sun Among Stars-a First Look 2010
- An Intermediate Luminosity Transient in NGC 300: The Eruption of a Dust-Enshrouded Massive Star 2009
- Fast Winds and Mass Loss from Metal-Poor Field Giants 2009
- Giants in the globular cluster ? Centauri: dust production, mass-loss and distance 2009
- Mass Outflow from Red Giant Stars in M13, M15, and M92 2009
- Active cool stars and He I 10 830 Å: the coronal connection 2008
- Mass Outflow and Chromospheric Activity of Red Giant Stars in Globular Clusters. I. M15 2008
- a Spitzer Space Telescope Atlas of omega Centauri: the Stellar Population, Mass Loss, and the Intracluster Medium 2008
- Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Chromospheres in Metal-Deficient Field Giants 2007
Activities
professional service activities
- American Astronomical Society President 1996 - 1998
- American Phsical Society Physics Planning Committee 1992 - 1995
- missing activity Elected, section D; Elected Council, Elected Committee on Council Affairs 1985 - 1992
- COSPAR Member, Chair, commision on Galactic and Extragalactic Astrophysics 1979 - 1990
- American Astronomical Society Vice-President 1986 - 1988
Other
Location
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department
