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Jan Eldridge

Head of Physics, University of Auckland

Jan Eldridge

Dr. Eldridge obtained her MA and MSci degrees from the University of Cambridge in 2001 and her PhD in astrophysics at the Institute of Astronomy in 2005. After this, she undertook postdoctoral research at the Institut d’Astrophysics de Paris, Queen’s University Belfast and the Institute of Astronomy. In 2011, Dr. Eldridge was appointed as a Lecturer of Astrophysics at The University of Auckland. Jan is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in the UK. She is also a member of the Astronomical Society of Australia and won their Anne Green Prize for a mid-career astronomer in 2020. In 2021, she was named a New Zealand 'Woman of Worth' by MiNDFOOD and L’Oréal.  She was promoted to full Professor at the University of Auckland in 2022.

Jan Eldridge