Barbara Whitney
Senior Research Scientist
Madison, WI
Education
Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1989
Barbara Whitney is an offsite emeritus researcher living in Madison, WI. She obtained her Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin in 1989, then went to Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics for 5.5 years, then returned to Madison and joined Space Science Institute and University of Wisconsin. Barbara developed computer codes that model spectra and images of a variety of objects, from star formation regions to Mars. She contributed to several Spitzer Space Telescope projects (GLIMPSE and SAGE). She now consults on topics of radiation transfer.