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- FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Astrophysicist Amber Straughn fell in love with the night sky in her backyard in Bee Branch. Now the University of Arkansas honors alumna, from the class of 2002, is helping to guide work on NASA’s biggest and most powerful telescope yet, the James Webb Space Telescope.
news.uark.edu/articles/38510/nasa-astrophysicist-amber-straughn-to-lecture-on-search-for-origins-of-lifeNASA Astrophysicist Amber Straughn to Lecture on Search for ...
Straughn attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, which provided her with a merit scholarship. There, she worked with a student team to write a successful proposal for research on NASA's microgravity KC-135 plane known as the "vomit comet" in 2001.
As a girl, astrophysicist Amber Straughn fell in love with the night sky that twinkled above her family’s watermelon farm in tiny Bee Branch, Arkansas, sparking an interest in studying astronomy.
Dr. Amber Straughn is an Astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD and serves as the Deputy Project Scientist for James Webb Space Telescope Science Communications. She is also the Associate Director of the Astrophysics Science Division.
The bright stars visible above her father’s farm in tiny Bee Branch, Arkansas, sparked honors alumna Amber Straughn’s interest in astronomy. Now Straughn (B.S. physics, magna cum laude , ’02; M.S. and Ph.D, physics, Arizona State, ’08) is helping to guide work on NASA’s biggest and most powerful telescope yet, the James Webb Space ...
Sep 11, 2023 · I graduated from South Side High School in Bee Branch in 1998 and attended the University of Arkansas (go Hogs!), where I got my B.S. in physics in 2002. I earned my Master & Ph.D. in physics with an emphasis in astrophysics from Arizona State University in 2008.
Jul 14, 2023 · Today, Straughn is deputy project scientist for James Webb Space Telescope Science Communications and associate director for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Astrophysics Science Division.
Dec 1, 2017 · FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Amber Straughn came to the University of Arkansas determined to study astronomy, inspired by years of watching the brilliant stars visible in the dark night sky above her father’s watermelon farm in Bee Branch, Arkansas.
