Clare Higgs
After completing her undergraduate studies in Physics at Queen’s University in Ontario, Dr. Clare Higgs pursued a Masters and PhD in Astronomy at the University of Victoria, located in British Columbia, Canada. She studied the resolved stars in nearby, isolated dwarf galaxies to better understand how environment affects the structure of galaxies. She is now an astronomer on the Education & Public Outreach team at NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The EPO team works to bring Rubin Observatory and its data to the public, as it embarks on a decade of exciting science and discovery.
Clare has a passion for astronomy, particular observational astronomy in the optical wavelengths and is looking forward to continuing to study dwarf galaxies in the era of Rubin.
