Rosemary F. G. Wyse (born 26 January 1957 in Dundee, Scotland[2]) is a Scottish astrophysicist,[3] Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS), and Alumni Centennial Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University.
[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Wyse graduated from Queen Mary University of London in 1977 with a first-class Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Astrophysics and obtained her PhD in astrophysics in the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge in 1983.
[13][1][14][11] Bernard Jones was her academic advisor.
Her work has primarily been in the fields of galactic formation, composition and evolution.
[15][16] In addition to her research career, Wyse served as the first female President of the Aspen Center for Physics from 2010 to 2013,[17][11] and served as a Trustee from 2006 to 2010.