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... The first UK winner of the new Caroline Herschel Medal is astronomer Professor Gillian Wright CDE FRSE, longstanding European Principal Investigator of the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on the JWST. Prof. Wright is director of the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh. “Gillian is a global scientific leader in astronomy. She worked tirelessly to bring MIRI to fruition, and it is now delivering unparalleled advances in our scientific understanding of the universe,” said RAS President Mike Edmunds. “On behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, I would like to offer her my warmest congratulations as the first UK winner of the Caroline Herschel Medal.” The medal was launched in 2021 by the UK Government in honour of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel. It commemorates astronomer Caroline Herschel (1750–1828), who with her brother William revised and greatly improved catalogues of stars, clusters and nebulae, and herself discovered eight comets. The medal recognises both her legacy and the deep and enduring scientific links between Germany and the UK.
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