Astronomer at the Space Telescope Institute

Webpage: http://www-int.stsci.edu/~heyer/

Bio: http://www-int.stsci.edu/~heyer/inge_bio.html

Inge Heyer was born and raised in Berlin, Germany. She completed her
secondary education there, after which she accepted a scholarship
to attend Tenri University in Tenri, Japan. Following a life-long dream
she studied martial arts and the Japanese language, as well as
travelled extensively in this fascinating country. After this two-year
academic "detour" she decided to follow her interest in astronomy
(fuelled by watching way too much Star Trek in high school), and
came to the US to pursue an undergraduate degree at Smith College in
Massachusetts.

With an BA in physics and astronomy Inge then attended the University
of Hawaii at Manoa, where she obtained a master's degree in astronomy,
and pursued many years of research, which often took her to the
observatories atop beautiful Mauna Kea. Since 1992 Inge is a data
analyst at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, working
on images obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide-Field and
Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) as well as the Advanced Camera for Surveys
(ACS). Space Telescope has a very active educational and public outreach
program, in which Inge participates as a volunteer.

Still watching way too much Star Trek (and now also Babylon 5), Inge
is very involved in local Baltimore Science Fiction activities. She
gives presentations about Hubble's achievements at conventions
throughout the nation and Europe. She is a member of the Enterprise Team
and has participated in the program at the US Space Academy three times.
She greatly enjoys talking about astronomy and space science to
interested folk, so track her down and ask your questions.

And in case you were wondering how the Hubble images got into episodes
of Babylon-5 and Star Trek, you're looking at the trouble-maker who
instigated this...