Carnegie Science, also known as the Carnegie Institution for Science and formerly the Carnegie Institution of Washington, is an independent nonprofit organization established in 1902 to fund and perform scientific research. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Its three interdisciplinary scientific divisions focus on life and environmental science, Earth and planetary science, and astronomy and astrophysics. Researchers such as the cytogeneticist Nettie Stevens held positions with the institution, and its current president is the American astronomer and astrophysicist John Mulchaey, whose term began in November 2024.
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January 29, 1902
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is an independent, nonprofit organization established in 1902 to fund and perform scientific research
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Bryn Mawr College, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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He subsequently worked at the University of Chicago (1948-1961) and at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution for Science (1952-1955) at the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (1960-1961) and for the rest of his career at the University of Uppsala (1961-1982), where he established the Hans Ramberg Laboratory.
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He served as the fourth Director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory, from 1971 to 1986.
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In 1988, she became president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, a position she held until 2002
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