Shelley Wright to Receive SETI Institute’s 2022 Drake Award PRESS RELEASE DATE March 28, 2022 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications SETI Institute rmcdonald@SETI.org Shelley Wright. Photo credit: Laurie Hatch Photography. The SETI Institute...
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Shelley Wright to Receive SETI Institute’s 2022 Drake Award PRESS RELEASE DATE March 28, 2022 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications SETI Institute rmcdonald@SETI.org Shelley Wright. Photo credit: Laurie Hatch Photography. The SETI Institute recognizes Shelley Wright’s extraordinary contributions for her innova- tive development and use of new instruments for optical SETI. March 28, 2022, Mountain View, CA – On May 12, 2022, Dr. Shelley Wright will receive the SETI Institute’s 2022 Drake Award. Wright has been a pioneer optical and near- infrared SETI instrument development and research throughout her career. Some of Wright’s contributions include leading and collaborating on the design, construction, and implementation of pulsed laser SETI instruments. Wright was a critical team member that developed one of the most advanced optical SETI experiments and was the Principal Investigator of the first near-infrared SETI instrument (NIROSETI) and survey. Wright is currently the
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