The 47-year-old Mississippi native and mother of two teen boys and a young daughter, became the first full-time female official when she entered the league in 2015.
Since the death of the Chinese doctor due to Covid-19, thousands of people posting their thoughts, questions and personal issues on his social media page.
Avi Loeb, who suggested the alien origin of Oumuamua, was the longest-serving chair of astronomy at Harvard and has published hundreds of pioneering papers.