Ann E. Wehrle

Ann E. Wehrle is an astronomer currently studying black holes and quasars at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, CO. More specifically, she studies energy emission mechanisms from relativistic jets near black holes in quasars and active galactic nuclei. Ann lives in La Canada Flintridge, CA with her husband and their two children. Ann says that she is fascinated by black holes because they embody the most extreme conditions in the known universe.

Throughout her school career, math and physics were always Wehrle's favorite subjects. At 17, Ann met Alma Zook, a professor of astronomy at Pomona College. Because there were very few girls in math and science at the time, meeting Zook was very influential for Wehrle. As of 2016, Zook and Wehrle have collaborated on 13 different publications. Provided by Wikipedia