Visual artist and author Anna Von Mertens is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Public Understanding of Science and Technology book grant in support of "Attention Is Discovery: The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt." She received a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts to study dark matter as a structuring force in our universe. Her artwork acts as a lens to see science and history and has been widely exhibited at institutions around the world.
Awards: AAP 2025 Prose Award finalist in the category for History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
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