Emily Levesque

Emily Levesque (born 1984[1]) is an American astronomer, author, and associate professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington.

[5] She received her undergraduate degree in physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006, followed by a PhD in astronomy at the University of Hawaii in 2010.

[2] In 2015, Levesque, Rachel Bezanson, and Grant R. Tremblay published an influential[10] paper,[11] which critiqued the use of the Physics GRE as an admissions cutoff criterion for astronomy postgraduate programs by showing there was no statistical correlation between applicant's score and later success in their academic careers.

The cross-discipline interaction, which was said to constitute part of a suppositional field of 'arachno-astronomy', was lauded as a landmark moment on Science Twitter.

[17][18] In 2014, Levesque received the Annie Jump Cannon Award for her innovative work on gamma ray bursts.