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Vicky Kalogera

1975 - Today

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Vassiliki Kalogera is a Greek astrophysicist. She is a professor at Northwestern University and the director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA). She is a leading member of the LIGO Collaboration that observed gravitational waves in 2015. Kalogera is a leading theorist in the study of gravitational waves, the emission of X-rays from compact binary objects and the coalescence of neutron-star binaries. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Vicky Kalogera is the 612th most popular astronomer (up from 631st in 2024), the 893rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 972nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Vicky Kalogera ranks 612 out of 644. Before her are Jan Kleyna, Françoise Combes, Geoffrey Marcy, Miloš Tichý, Andrea Boattini, and Frank B. Zoltowski. After her are Petr Pravec, Brett J. Gladman, Masayuki Yanai, Jeff T. Alu, Hiroshi Mori, and Sara Seager.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Vicky Kalogera ranks 477. Before her are Kamijo, Martin Hairer, Damián Szifron, Isolde Kostner, Michele Merkin, and Sergio Martínez. After her are Makoto Tanaka, Rafik Saïfi, Halina Reijn, Masahiro Miyashita, Anne Kremer, and Ganira Pashayeva.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Vicky Kalogera ranks 894 out of 1,024. Before her are Michalis Kapsis (1973), Sotirios Kyrgiakos (1979), Yannis Stournaras (1956), Pavlos Fyssas (1979), Orestis Karnezis (1985), and Anna Diamantopoulou (1959). After her are Giannis Goumas (1975), Kostas Sloukas (1990), Ioannis Ikonomou (null), Carter Glass (1858), Takis Fyssas (1973), and Marina Satti (1986).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Greece

Among astronomers born in Greece, Vicky Kalogera ranks 4. Before her are Aristarchus of Samos (-311), Oenopides (-490), and Andronicus of Cyrrhus (-200).

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