Harvard-Smithsonian Research Physicist Dr. Kate Kirby Named New APS Executive Officer
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 12:42
in Astronomy & Space
The American Physical Society (APS) is pleased to announce, following a national search, that Dr. Kate Kirby, research physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and lecturer in the Harvard University Department of Astronomy, has accepted the position of Executive Officer of the Society, the premier professional organization of more than 47,000 physicists from academia, national laboratories and industry, and a leading publisher of scientific journals.