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This month’s WiPA Woman of the Month is Dr Claire Max, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz. Max is currently the director of UC observatories, and is known for her work in adaptive optics which revolutionized observational astronomy by removing atmospheric blurring from data. You can read about her, here.