Pascale Ehrenfreund, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pascale Ehrenfreund

Austrian astronomer

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1960

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Profession: astronomer, university teacher

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Pascale Ehrenfreund (born 1960 in Vienna) is an Austrian astrophysicist.
Ehrenfreund holds degrees from the University of Vienna (Masters, molecular biology; PhD astrophysics, habilitation, astrochemistry) and Webster Leiden (Masters, management and leadership).
Prior to becoming a Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs at George Washington University, she was a Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen, Leiden University, and University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
She was the first woman president of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and in 2015, was elected as CEO of the German Aerospace Center.
She is the first woman to lead a major research facility in Germany.
The main-belt asteroid 9826 Ehrenfreund is named in her honor.