Barbara Ryden

Barbara Sue Ryden
EducationNorthwestern University
Princeton University
Scientific career
WorkplacesOhio State University
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
ThesisGalaxy Formation by Gravitational Collapse in a Universe Dominated by Cold Dark Matter (1987)
James Gunn

Barbara Sue Ryden is an American astrophysicist who is a Professor of Astronomy at Ohio State University. Her research considers the formation, shape and structure of galaxies. She was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2016.

Early life and education

Ryden studied physics and integrated sciences at Northwestern University. She then went to Princeton University as a doctoral student, where she worked alongside James Gunn as her advisor. She was then a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian and Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics.

Research and career

A member of the Ohio State University faculty since 1992, Prof. Ryden studies the formation, alignment, and shapes of galaxies, and the large-scale structure of the universe, and cosmology, including tests for dark energy, dark matter, and the properties of the primordial density fluctuations. She is internationally known for her textbook Introduction to Cosmology, which won the first Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award in 2006 from the American Astronomical Society, and is now in its second edition, and she co-authored Foundations of Astrophysics with Prof. Bradley Peterson, a beginning-level text in astrophysics for astronomy majors.  She currently editor in chief of the Ohio State Astrophysics Series, a series of graduate level textbooks now in contract with Cambridge University Press. The first two volumes are Interstellar & Intergalactic Medium by Prof. Ryden and Prof. Richard Pogge (2021) and Stellar Structure & Evolution by Prof. Marc Pinsonneault and Prof. Ryden (2022).

Awards and honors

Selected publications

Books

  • Introduction to Cosmology. Barbara Ryden, 2003, San Francisco: Addison Wesley. ISBN 978-0-8053-8912-8
  • Uchuron Nyumon. Barbara Ryden, 2003, translated by Nobuyoshi Makino. Tokyo: Pearson Education Japan. ISBN 978-4-89471-443-4
  • Foundations of Astrophysics. Barbara Ryden & Bradley M. Peterson, 2010, San Francisco: Addison Wesley. ISBN 978-0-321-59558-4
  • Foundations of Astrophysics, International Edition. Barbara Ryden & Bradley M. Peterson, 2011, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. ISBN 978-0-321-74805-8
  • Introduction to Cosmology, International Edition. Barbara Ryden, 2014, Harlow, Essex, England: Pearson Education Limited. ISBN 978-1-292-03971-8
  • Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium [eBook]. Barbara Ryden & Richard Pogge, 2015, The Ohio State University. ISBN 978-1-941602-02-7
  • Dynamics [eBook]. Barbara Ryden, 2016, The Ohio State University. ISBN 978-1-941602-04-1
  • Introduction to Cosmology, Second Edition. Barbara Ryden, 2017, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-15483-4
  • Introduction to Cosmology, Chinese Edition. Barbara Ryden, 2019, Beijing: Peking University Press. ISBN 978-7-301-30788-5
  • Foundations of Astrophysics [reprint]. Barbara Ryden & Bradley M. Peterson, 2021, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-83195-6
  • Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium. Barbara Ryden & Richard Pogge, 2021, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-74877-3
  • Uchuron Nyumon, Second Edition. Barbara Ryden, 2022, translated by Nobuyoshi Makino. Tokyo: Morikita Publishing. ISBN 978-4-627-15762-0
  • Stellar Structure and Evolution. Marc Pinsonneault & Barbara Ryden, 2023, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-79882-2
  • Celestial and Stellar Dynamics. Barbara Ryden, 2025, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-1-108-81901-5
  • Astrophysical Gas Dynamics. Barbara Ryden, 2026, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, in preparation. ISBN 978-1-108-81915-2

References

  1. ↑ "Inspire". inspirehep.net. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  2. ↑ Ryden, Barbara Sue (1987). Galaxy formation by gravitational collapse in a universe dominated by cold dark matter (Thesis). Princeton University. Bibcode:1987PhDT.........2R. OCLC 946084398. Wikidata Q105201377.
  3. ↑ "Past & Present Center for Astrophysics Fellows". Harvard & Smithsonian. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  4. ↑ "Public Lecture: The Dark Side of the Universe". The Ohio State University Department of Astronomy. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  5. 1 2 Ryden, Barbara (2003). Introduction to Cosmology. San Francisco: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-8053-8912-8.
  6. 1 2 "Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award | American Astronomical Society". aas.org. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  7. 1 2 Ryden, Barbara; Peterson, Bradley M. (2010). Foundations of Astrophysics. San Francisco: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-321-59558-4.
  8. 1 2 Ryden, Barbara; Pogge, Richard William (2021). Interstellar and intergalactic medium. The Ohio state astrophysics series. Cambridge: Cambridge university press. ISBN 978-1-108-74877-3.
  9. 1 2 Pinsonneault, Marc H.; Ryden, Barbara (2023). Stellar structure and evolution. The Ohio state astrophysics series. Cambridge: Cambridge university press. ISBN 978-1-108-79882-2.
  10. ↑ "Barbara Ryden". astronomy.osu.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  11. ↑ "2016 Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  12. ↑ "Barbara Ryden". astronomy.osu.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  13. ↑ "3 Young Researchers Receive National Award". 3 Young Researchers Receive National Award. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  14. ↑ Unterborn, Cayman T.; Ryden, Barbara S. (2008-11-10). "Inclination‐Dependent Extinction Effects in Disk Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 687 (2): 976–985. arXiv:0801.2400. doi:10.1086/591898. ISSN 0004-637X.
  15. ↑ Ryden, Barbara (2003). Uchuron Nyumon [Introduction to Cosmology] (in Japanese). Translated by Makino, Nobuyoshi. Tokyo: Pearson Education Japan. ISBN 978-4894714434.
  16. ↑ Ryden, Barbara Sue; Peterson, Bradley M. (2011). Foundations of astrophysics (International ed.). San Francisco Munich: Addison-Wesley Pearson. ISBN 978-0-321-74805-8.
  17. ↑ Ryden, Barbara (2014). Introduction to Cosmology, International Edition (International ed.). Essex, England: Pearson Education Limited. ISBN 978-1292039718.
  18. ↑ Ryden, Barbara; Pogge, Richard (2015). Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium [eBook]. The Ohio State University. ISBN 978-1941602027.
  19. ↑ Ryden, Barbara (2016). Dynamics [eBook]. The Ohio State University. ISBN 978-1941602041.
  20. ↑ Ryden, Barbara (2017). Introduction to cosmology (Second ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-15483-4.
  21. ↑ Ryden, Barbara (2019). Introduction to Cosmology, Chinese Edition (in Chinese) (Chinese ed.). Beijing: Pecking University Press. ISBN 978-7301307885.
  22. ↑ Ryden, Barbara; Peterson, Bradley M. (2021). Foundations of astrophysics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-83195-6.
  23. ↑ Ryden, Barbara (2022). Uchuron Nyumon, Second Edition [Introduction to Cosmology, Second Edition] (in Japanese). Translated by Makino, Nobuyoshi (2nd ed.). Tokyo: Morikita Publishing. ISBN 978-4627157620.
  24. ↑ Ryden, Barbara (2025). Celestial and stellar dynamics. Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-87101-3.
  25. ↑ Ryden, Barbara (2026). Astrophysical Gas Dynamics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1108819152.