Susanne Aalto
{{Short description|Swedish astronomer (born 1964)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}{{Infobox scientist
| name = Susanne E. Aalto
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|28 November 1964}}
| birth_place = Eskilstuna, Sweden
| alma_mater = Chalmers University of Technology
| workplaces = Chalmers University of Technology
| known_for = Extragalactic astrophysics
}}
Susanne E. Aalto (born 28 November 1964) is a Swedish professor of radio astronomy geodesy at the Onsala Space Observatory in the department of Space, Earth and Environment at Chalmers University of Technology. She has been a professor of radio astronomy since 2013. Her research focuses on star formation, supermassive black holes and cold jets in galaxies. Aalto was awarded the Albert Wallin Prize by the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2023 Aalto was elected as a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Early life
Aalto was born on 28 November 1964 in Eskilstuna, Sweden. In 1994, aged 29, she became Sweden's first female doctor of radio astronomy{{Cite web |title=Sikta mot stjanorna tjejer |url=https://www.alba.nu/gamla/nr_3_april97/rao.html |access-date=17 April 2025 |website=www.alba.nu}} with a dissertation on radiation from molecules as a way to study galaxies that form many stars simultaneously (starburst galaxies).Aalto, S., (1994) [http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/publication/1375 Molecular Clouds in Starburst Galaxies]
Susanne E. Aalto (born 28 November 1964) is a Swedish professor of radio astronomy geodesy at the Onsala Space Observatory in the department of Space, Earth and Environment at Chalmers University of Technology.{{Cite web |title=Susanne Aalto | Chalmers |url=https://www.chalmers.se/en/persons/saalto/ |access-date=17 April 2025 |website=www.chalmers.se}} She has been a professor of radio astronomy since 2013.{{Cite web |title=Space, Earth and Environment | Chalmers |url=https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/see/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623202102/https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/see/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=2021-06-23 |access-date=2021-06-06 |website=www.chalmers.se}} Her research focuses on star formation, supermassive black holes and cold jets in galaxies. Between 1994 and 1999, she completed her post doctoral studies at the Steward Observatory, University of Arizona and at Caltech in the United States.
In 1999, Aalto was awarded the Albert Wallin Prize by the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, Sweden.{{Cite web |date= |title=Prisade chalmersforskare |url=http://www.chalmers.se/HyperText/AlumniNytt/Alumni-Nytt001/prisade.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928150052/http://www.chalmers.se/HyperText/AlumniNytt/Alumni-Nytt001/prisade.html |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |access-date=2021-06-06 |website=www.chalmers.se}} She researches the evolution and motion of galaxies using radio telescopes and radiation from molecules.{{Cite web |date=Jan 1, 2005 |title=Där stjärnor föds |url=https://fof.se/tidning/2005/1/dar-stjarnor-fods |website=Forskning & Framsteg}}{{Cite web |last=Cain |first=Fraser |date=Jun 7, 2004 |title=Gas Clouds in the Whirlpool Galaxy |url=https://www.universetoday.com/9635/gas-clouds-in-the-whirlpool-galaxy/}}
In 2023 Aalto was elected as a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.{{Cite web |title=IVA gets a boost with 40 new Fellows – here is the list |url=https://www.iva.se/en/published/iva-gets-a-boost-with-40-new-fellows--here-is-the-list/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=www.iva.se |language=en}}
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Category:Chalmers University of Technology alumni
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Category:21st-century Swedish astronomers
Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences