Pauline Barmby is an observational astrophysicist, studying stars and star formation in nearby galaxies. With her team she develops new tools and techniques to combine data from ground-and space based telescopes to understand how stars, gas, dust, dark matter, and black holes in galaxies fit together. Before joining Western in 2007, she was a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, on the team responsible for the Spitzer Space Telescope’s IRAC camera. Barmby was the co-chair of the panel that developed the Canadian Astronomical Society’s 2020 Long Range Plan.