{{short description|American astrophysicist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Barbara Sue Ryden | workplaces = [[Ohio State University]] <br> [[Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics]] <br> [[Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics|Center for Astrophysics {{!}} Harvard & Smithsonian]] | alma_mater = [[Northwestern University]] <br> [[Princeton University]] | thesis_title = Galaxy Formation by Gravitational Collapse in a Universe Dominated by Cold Dark Matter | thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/946084398 | thesis_year = 1987 | doctoral_advisor = James Gunn }}
'''Barbara Sue Ryden''' is an American astrophysicist who is a Professor of Astronomy at [[Ohio State University]]. Her research considers the formation, shape and structure of galaxies. She was elected a fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] in 2016.
== Early life and education == Ryden studied physics and integrated sciences at [[Northwestern University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inspire|url=https://inspirehep.net/authors/990858|access-date=2021-01-22|website=inspirehep.net}}</ref> She then went to [[Princeton University]] as a doctoral student, where she worked alongside [[James Gunn (astronomer)|James Gunn]] as her advisor.<ref>{{Cite Q| Q105201377}}</ref> She was then a postdoctoral research fellow at the [[Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics|Center for Astrophysics {{!}} Harvard & Smithsonian]]<ref name="l207">{{cite web | title=Past & Present Center for Astrophysics Fellows | website=Harvard & Smithsonian | url=https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/opportunities/fellowships-visiting-scientist-positions/cfa-fellowship/past-present-cfa-fellows | access-date=2024-07-21}}</ref> and [[Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics]].<ref name="e492">{{cite web | title=Public Lecture: The Dark Side of the Universe | website=The Ohio State University Department of Astronomy | date=2017-04-20 | url=https://astronomy.osu.edu/events/public-lecture-dark-side-universe | access-date=2024-07-21}}</ref>
== Research and career == A member of the [[Ohio State University]] faculty since 1992, Prof. Ryden studies the formation, alignment, and shapes of galaxies, and the large-scale structure of the universe, and cosmology, including tests for dark energy, dark matter, and the properties of the primordial density fluctuations. She is internationally known for her textbook ''Introduction to Cosmology'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Ryden |first=Barbara |title=Introduction to Cosmology |date=2003 |publisher=Addison-Wesley |isbn=978-0-8053-8912-8 |location=San Francisco}}</ref> which won the first [[Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award]]<ref name=":1" /> in 2006 from the [[American Astronomical Society]], and is now in its second edition, and she co-authored ''Foundations of Astrophysics''<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Ryden |first1=Barbara |title=Foundations of Astrophysics |last2=Peterson |first2=Bradley M. |date=2010 |publisher=Addison-Wesley |isbn=978-0-321-59558-4 |location=San Francisco}}</ref> with Prof. Bradley Peterson, a beginning-level text in astrophysics for astronomy majors. She currently editor in chief of the ''Ohio State Astrophysics Series'', a series of graduate level textbooks now in contract with [[Cambridge University Press]]. The first two volumes are ''Interstellar & Intergalactic Medium''<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last1=Ryden |first1=Barbara |title=Interstellar and intergalactic medium |last2=Pogge |first2=Richard William |date=2021 |publisher=Cambridge university press |isbn=978-1-108-74877-3 |series=The Ohio state astrophysics series |location=Cambridge}}</ref> by Prof. Ryden and Prof. Richard Pogge (2021) and ''Stellar Structure & Evolution''<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last1=Pinsonneault |first1=Marc H. |title=Stellar structure and evolution |last2=Ryden |first2=Barbara |date=2023 |publisher=Cambridge university press |isbn=978-1-108-79882-2 |series=The Ohio state astrophysics series |location=Cambridge}}</ref> by Prof. Marc Pinsonneault and Prof. Ryden (2022).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Barbara Ryden|url=https://astronomy.osu.edu/people/ryden.1|access-date=2021-01-22|website=astronomy.osu.edu|language=en}}</ref>
== Awards and honors == * 2016 Elected Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 Fellows {{!}} American Association for the Advancement of Science |url=https://www.aaas.org/fellows/2016 |access-date=2021-01-22 |website=www.aaas.org |language=en}}</ref> * 2006 [[American Astronomical Society]] [[Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award]] for her book ''Introduction to Cosmology''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award {{!}} American Astronomical Society|url=https://aas.org/grants-and-prizes/chambliss-astronomical-writing-award|access-date=2021-01-22|website=aas.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Barbara Ryden|url=https://astronomy.osu.edu/people/ryden.1|access-date=2022-10-01|website=astronomy.osu.edu}}</ref> * 1993-1998 [[National Science Foundation]] National Young Investigators Award<ref>{{Cite web|title=3 Young Researchers Receive National Award|url=https://news.osu.edu/3-young-researchers-receive-national-award/|access-date=2021-01-22|website=3 Young Researchers Receive National Award|language=en-us}}</ref> * 1990-1991 Summer Program for Young Investigators in Cosmology * 1986-1987 Jacobus Honorary Fellow, [[Princeton University]] * 1983-1986 [[National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship|National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow]] * 1982 [[Phi Beta Kappa]]
== Selected publications == {{Scholia|author}} * {{Cite Q|Q105030634}} * {{Cite Q|Q105030622}} * {{Cite Q|Q74499882}} * Unterborn, C. T., & Ryden, B. S. (2008). "Inclination‐dependent extinction effects in disk galaxies in the sloan digital sky survey". ''The Astrophysical Journal'', ''687''(2), 976–985. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1086/591898</nowiki><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Unterborn |first=Cayman T. |last2=Ryden |first2=Barbara S. |date=2008-11-10 |title=Inclination‐Dependent Extinction Effects in Disk Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/591898 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |language=en |volume=687 |issue=2 |pages=976–985 |doi=10.1086/591898 |issn=0004-637X|arxiv=0801.2400 }}</ref>
=== Books === * ''Introduction to Cosmology''. Barbara Ryden, 2003, San Francisco: Addison Wesley. {{ISBN|978-0-8053-8912-8}}<ref name=":0" /> * ''Uchuron Nyumon''. Barbara Ryden, 2003, translated by Nobuyoshi Makino. Tokyo: Pearson Education Japan. {{ISBN|978-4-89471-443-4}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ryden |first=Barbara |title=Uchuron Nyumon |publisher=Pearson Education Japan |year=2003 |isbn=978-4894714434 |location=Tokyo |language=Japanese |translator-last=Makino |translator-first=Nobuyoshi |trans-title=Introduction to Cosmology}}</ref> * ''Foundations of Astrophysics''. Barbara Ryden & Bradley M. Peterson, 2010, San Francisco: Addison Wesley. {{ISBN|978-0-321-59558-4}}<ref name=":2" /> * ''Foundations of Astrophysics, International Edition''. Barbara Ryden & Bradley M. Peterson, 2011, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. {{ISBN|978-0-321-74805-8}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ryden |first1=Barbara Sue |title=Foundations of astrophysics |last2=Peterson |first2=Bradley M. |date=2011 |publisher=Addison-Wesley Pearson |isbn=978-0-321-74805-8 |edition=International |location=San Francisco Munich}}</ref> * ''Introduction to Cosmology, International Edition''. Barbara Ryden, 2014, Harlow, Essex, England: Pearson Education Limited. {{ISBN|978-1-292-03971-8}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ryden |first=Barbara |title=Introduction to Cosmology, International Edition |publisher=Pearson Education Limited |year=2014 |isbn=978-1292039718 |edition=International |location=Essex, England}}</ref> * ''Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium [eBook]''. Barbara Ryden & Richard Pogge, 2015, The Ohio State University. {{ISBN|978-1-941602-02-7}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ryden |first1=Barbara |title=Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium [eBook] |last2=Pogge |first2=Richard |publisher=The Ohio State University |year=2015 |isbn=978-1941602027}}</ref> * ''Dynamics [eBook]''. Barbara Ryden, 2016, The Ohio State University. {{ISBN|978-1-941602-04-1}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ryden |first=Barbara |title=Dynamics [eBook] |publisher=The Ohio State University |year=2016 |isbn=978-1941602041}}</ref> * ''Introduction to Cosmology, Second Edition''. Barbara Ryden, 2017, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-1-107-15483-4}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ryden |first=Barbara |title=Introduction to cosmology |date=2017 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-15483-4 |edition=Second |location=New York, NY}}</ref> * ''Introduction to Cosmology'', Chinese Edition. Barbara Ryden, 2019, Beijing: Peking University Press. {{ISBN|978-7-301-30788-5}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ryden |first=Barbara |title=Introduction to Cosmology, Chinese Edition |publisher=Pecking University Press |year=2019 |isbn=978-7301307885 |edition=Chinese |location=Beijing |language=Chinese}}</ref> * ''Foundations of Astrophysics [reprint]''. Barbara Ryden & Bradley M. Peterson, 2021, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-1-108-83195-6}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ryden |first1=Barbara |title=Foundations of astrophysics |last2=Peterson |first2=Bradley M. |date=2021 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-83195-6 |location=Cambridge}}</ref> * ''Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium''. Barbara Ryden & Richard Pogge, 2021, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-1-108-74877-3}}<ref name=":3" /> * ''Uchuron Nyumon, Second Edition''. Barbara Ryden, 2022, translated by Nobuyoshi Makino. Tokyo: Morikita Publishing. {{ISBN|978-4-627-15762-0}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ryden |first=Barbara |title=Uchuron Nyumon, Second Edition |publisher=Morikita Publishing |year=2022 |isbn=978-4627157620 |edition=2nd |location=Tokyo |language=Japanese |translator-last=Makino |translator-first=Nobuyoshi |trans-title=Introduction to Cosmology, Second Edition}}</ref> * ''Stellar Structure and Evolution''. Marc Pinsonneault & Barbara Ryden, 2023, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-1-108-79882-2}}<ref name=":4" /> * ''Celestial and Stellar Dynamics''. Barbara Ryden, 2025, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press {{ISBN|978-1-108-81901-5}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ryden |first=Barbara |title=Celestial and stellar dynamics |date=2025 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-87101-3 |location=Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY}}</ref> * ''Astrophysical Gas Dynamics''. Barbara Ryden, 2026, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, in preparation. {{ISBN|978-1-108-81915-2}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ryden |first=Barbara |title=Astrophysical Gas Dynamics |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2026 |isbn=978-1108819152 |location=Cambridge, England}}</ref>
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