Jill Cornell Tarter (born 1944) is an American astronomer and the current director of the Center for SETI Research. She holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute. Tarter received her undergraduate education at Cornell University and her PhD from the University of California. Tarter has worked on a number of major scientific projects, most relating to the search for extraterrestrial life. Wikipedia
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Jill Tarter holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) and is Director of the Center for SETI Research at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. www.seti.org/site/pp.asp?c=ktJ2J9MMIsE&b=277939