Geoffrey Marcy | |
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![]() Marcy in 2007 | |
Born | Geoffrey William Marcy September 29, 1954 |
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles (B.A.) University of California, Santa Cruz (Ph.D.) |
Known for | Exoplanet discoveries |
Awards | Henry Draper Medal (2001) Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize (2002) Shaw Prize (2005) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy, astrophysics |
Institutions | Carnegie Institution for Science San Francisco State University University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral advisors | George H. Herbig[1] and Steven S. Vogt[2] |
Geoffrey William Marcy (born September 29, 1954) is an American astronomer. He was an early influence in the field of exoplanet detection, discovery, and characterization. Marcy was a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, and an adjunct professor of physics and astronomy at San Francisco State University. Marcy and his research teams discovered many extrasolar planets, including 70 out of the first 100 known exoplanets[4] and also the first planetary system around a Sun-like star, Upsilon Andromedae.[5][6] Marcy was a co-investigator on the NASA Kepler space telescope mission.[7] His collaborators have included R. Paul Butler, Debra Fischer and Steven S. Vogt, Jason Wright, Andrew Howard, Katie Peek, John Johnson, Erik Petigura, Lauren Weiss, Lea Hirsch and the Kepler Science Team.[3][8][7] Following an investigation for sexual harassment in 2015, Marcy resigned his position at the University of California, Berkeley.[9][10]
Autobiography of Geoffrey Marcy
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