Sara Seager
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| Born | Unknown Toronto, Canada |
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| Residence | U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Astronomy and planetary science |
| Institutions | Carnegie Institution of Washington |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Ph.D. University of Toronto B.Sc |
| Known for | Search for Extrasolar planets |
| Notable awards | Helen B. Warner Prize (2007) Bok Prize (2004) NSERC Science and Technology Fellowship (1990 - 1994) |
Sara Seager is a Canadian-American astronomer who is currently a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and known for her work on extrasolar planets. She was born in Toronto, Canada. In 1994, she earned a Bachelors in Science in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Toronto. In 1999, Sara was granted a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University. Her doctoral thesis explored atmospheres on extrasolar planets.[1]
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[edit] Education and Teaching
Education
- Ph.D. in Astronomy, Harvard University, September 1999
- B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics, University of Toronto, June 1994
Academic positions
- Ellen Swallow Richards Associate Professor of Planetary Science, MIT, January 2007–
- Senior Research Staff Member, Carnegie Institution of Washington, August 2002–December 2006
- Long-term Member, Institute For Advanced Study, March 2001–August 2002
- Member, Institute For Advanced Study, September 1999–March 2001
[edit] Accomplishments
- Helen B. Warner Prize from the American Astronomical Society (2007)[2] for developing "fundamental techniques for understanding, analyzing, and finding the atmospheres of extrasolar planets
- The Fifth Annual Brilliant 10 by Popular Science (2006)[3] for her work in developing simulations has given scientists new tools for helping visualize what foreign planets may look like.
- Harvard Bok Prize in Astronomy (2004)[4]
[edit] Books and Media
- Deming, D., & Seager, S. eds. 2003, “Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets”, ASP Conf. Ser. 294 (San Francisco: ASP)
[edit] References
- ^ Thesis Thesis (PhD). Harvard University
- ^ Helen B. Warner Prize Helen B. Warner Prize from the American Astronomical Society
- ^ Fifth Annual Brilliant 10 Popular Science
- ^ Harvard Bok Prize in Astronomy Harvard Bok Prize in Astronomy
[edit] External links
- Home page Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington
- Thirteen.org Big Ideas. Big Thinkers page
