Rachel Webster

|field=astrophysics|doctoral_students=Emma Ryan-Weber}} Rachel Lindsey Webster (born 3 July 1951), is an Australian astrophysicist who became the second female professor of physics in Australia. Her main focus areas are extragalactic astronomy and cosmology; she researches black holes and the first stars of the universe. Webster has a doctoral degree from Cambridge University and has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Toronto and University of Melbourne. Provided by Wikipedia