Carolina Ödman-Govender (German pronunciation: [karoˈliːnaː ˈœtman ˈgo:vəndɐ]) (1973 or 1974 – 15 November 2022[2]) was a Swiss physicist and academic who was Professor of Astrophysics at South Africa’s University of the Western Cape. She was awarded the 2018 International Astronomical Union Special Executive Committee Award for Astronomy Outreach, Development and Education. Early life and education Ödman grew up in Switzerland; her parents were Swedish.[3] Inspired by her high school physics teacher, she pursued a career in the sciences. She studied physics at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and graduated in 2000.[4][5][6] She earned her PhD at the University of…