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Shelley Wright

Scientist

UC San Diego physicist developing advanced optical instruments for astronomy and SETI research

Disclosure Rating — 7/10

  Instrumentation

Shelley Wright leads UC San Diego's Optical-Infrared Laboratory, developing advanced instruments for astronomical observation.12

  SETI Research

Her work on high-frame-rate optical SETI cameras provides expertise relevant to UAP optical tracking networks.345

  Technical Innovation

She leads instrument development for major observatories while contributing to Breakthrough Listen's optical SETI program.678910

  References

  1. UCSD faculty profile ↩

  2. Keck Observatory press release on KCWI-IR 2022 ↩

  3. Breakthrough Listen instrumentation paper SPIE Proc. 2023 ↩

  4. NSF MRI award abstract 2019 ↩

  5. Canadian Dunlap Institute appointment announcement 2013 ↩

  6. AAS HEAD dissertation prize press note 2010 ↩

  7. UCSD Optical SETI system GitHub repository README ↩

  8. NASA TDEM grant selection list 2024 ↩

  9. Kavli Institute for Cosmology seminar video Jan 2025 ↩

  10. SPIE Optics & Photonics keynote schedule Aug 2025 ↩

Born on July 1, 1980

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