Rosemary Coogan
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Born | 1991 (age 32–33) |
Alma mater | University of Sussex Durham University |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics CNES |
Thesis | The impact of environment on galaxy evolution : starburst and AGN activity (2019) |
Space career | |
ESA astronaut | |
Selection | 2022 ESA Group |
Rosemary Theresa Coogan (born 1991) is an astrophysicist and UK astronaut from Northern Ireland. Her research considers galaxy evolution and space-based telescopes. She is part of ESA's European Astronaut Corps.
Early life and education
[edit]Coogan attended Brighton & Hove High School, now Brighton Girls.[citation needed] She was involved with military training from a young age.[1] She was trained as a petty officer with the Sea Cadets. In 2009 she joined HMS Calliope and HMS Example, where she was made an Officer cadet.[1] She was later promoted to Midshipman of the Royal Naval Reserve.[2]
Coogan studied for her undergraduate degree in Physics at Durham University (University College), graduating in 2013.[2] She remained in Durham for her master's research, where she studied gamma-ray astronomy with Paula Chadwick.[3][4] Her research involved observations using the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to study the 0.1 < Eγ < 300 GeV gamma-ray emission of radio quasars. Coogan also worked on data science during a work placement at Senseye.[5] She worked as a simulation support engineer to develop machine learning models to detect anomalies from robotic sensors.
Coogan moved to the University of Sussex as a doctoral researcher, studying galaxy evolution and the activity of active galactic nuclei.[6] She found that dense cluster environment increases the star formation efficiency, which she attributed to the high number of mergers, interactions and the active galactic nuclei.[6] Toward the end of her doctorate, she attempted to inform future observations by constructing mock images of survey fields for the Square Kilometre Array.[6]
Career
[edit]Coogan moved to the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.[1][7] In Germany, Coogan studied galaxy evolution with space-based telescopes. In 2022, Coogan was appointed to the CNES, where she works on Euclid and James Webb Space Telescope.[1]
In 2022, Coogan was selected by the European Astronaut Corps to join the European Space Agency Astronaut Group.[1][8] She said that she applied to the space programme because she wanted to get "hands-on" with contributing the most that we can from space.[1] Coogan completed ESA's Basic Training curriculum at the European Astronaut Centre, and graduated on the 22nd of April 2024 alongside her classmates from "The Hoppers"[9] group.[10]
Selected publications
[edit]- R T Coogan; E Daddi; M T Sargent; et al. (2 June 2018). "Merger driven star-formation activity in Cl J1449+0856 at z=1.99 as seen by ALMA and JVLA". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. arXiv:1805.09789. Bibcode:2018MNRAS.479..703C. doi:10.1093/MNRAS/STY1446. ISSN 0035-8711. Wikidata Q58911747.
- A Zanella; E Daddi; G Magdis; et al. (3 September 2018). "The [C ii] emission as a molecular gas mass tracer in galaxies at low and high redshifts". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 481 (2): 1976–1999. arXiv:1808.10331. Bibcode:2018MNRAS.481.1976Z. doi:10.1093/MNRAS/STY2394. ISSN 0035-8711. Wikidata Q58911729.
- J. M. Simpson; Ian Smail; A. M. Swinbank; et al. (23 July 2019). "The East Asian Observatory SCUBA-2 Survey of the COSMOS Field: Unveiling 1147 Bright Sub-millimeter Sources across 2.6 Square Degrees". The Astrophysical Journal. 880 (1): 43. arXiv:1912.02229. Bibcode:2019ApJ...880...43S. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/AB23FF. ISSN 0004-637X. Wikidata Q108805316.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Rosemary Coogan". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ a b Shannon, Lisa; Mayne, Debbie, eds. (4 August 2023). "Rosemary Coogan". Dunelm Magazine (9): 13. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ COOGAN, ROSEMARY (2015). Localising the gamma-ray emission region of flaring Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (Masters thesis). Durham University.
- ^ University, Durham. "Prof Paula Chadwick - Durham University". www.durham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "SEPnet Value of Work Experience" (PDF).
- ^ a b c "The impact of environment on galaxy evolution : starburst and AGN activity | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "NI astronomer Rosemary Coogan to join European Space Agency as a career astronaut". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "The Hoppers". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "ESA's astronaut class of 2022 graduate". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
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