Olivier Guyon

Olivier Guyon
Residence Arizona, United States
Citizenship United States
Nationality French
Fields Astronomy
Alma mater Université Pierre et Marie Curie Ph. D.
Notable awards MacArthur Fellowship (2012)

Olivier Guyon (born 1975) is a French-American astronomer. He is an associate professor at The University of Arizona's College of Optical Sciences[1] and SCExAO Project Scientist at the Subaru Telescope. Guyon was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2012.[2]

Guyon designs telescopes and other astronomical instrumentation that aid in the search for exoplanets planets outside our solar system.[3] Specifically, coronagraphs and extreme adaptive optics.

References

  1. "Olivier Guyon". University of Arizona. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. http://www.macfound.org/fellows/866/
  3. "Oliver Guyon". October 11, 2012.


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