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DeeDee Gardner

Center for Astrophysics

Engineering Technician (Mechanical Designer)

DeeDee Gardner

deedee.gardner@cfa.harvard.edu

About

As a mechanical designer, DeeDee (she, her, hers) works in many different fields including Medical, Electronics, Defense, Life Sciences, Commercial Products.

Born in Cambridge, DeeDee then grew up in Burlington, Mass. She went to vocational high school, studied commercial photography. She is also an avid skier, hiker, classic car mechanic and collector, and a model railroader.

DeeDee is the Director of Communications of the Trans Community of New England (TCNE.org).

Northeastern University, Boston, Mass

Telescopes and Instruments

Giant Magellan Telescope

Is Earth unique, or are there other planets with life in the Milky Way? To answer this question and many others, astronomers need larger and more sensitive observatories than anything we currently have. For that reason, the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian is collaborating with a number of other institutions around the world to create the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), currently under construction in Chile. The GMT will consist of seven large mirrors acting in concert as one giant telescope 80 feet across. That large size provides an unprecedented view of the sky and the ability to detect the chemical composition of exoplanet atmospheres. Like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, the GMT will be a powerful tool across the field of astronomy, providing insights into the formation of planets, the structure of galaxies, and the evolution of the universe itself.

Visit the GMT Website