Sara Seager
Sara Seager OC (born 21 July 1971) is a Canadian–American astronomer and planetary scientist. She is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is known for her work on extrasolar planets and their atmospheres. She is the author of two textbooks on these topics, and has been recognized for her research by Popular Science, Discover Magazine, Nature, and TIME Magazine. Seager was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2013 citing her theoretical work on detecting chemical signatures on exoplanet atmospheres and developing low-cost space observatories to observe planetary transits.
Sara Seager | |
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Seager at a 2016 conference | |
| Born | 21 July 1971 |
| Nationality | Canadian–American |
| Citizenship | Canada–United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University PhD University of Toronto BSc |
| Known for | Search for extrasolar planets |
| Spouse | Charles Darrow |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Order of Canada (2020, Officer) MacArthur Fellowship (2013) Helen B. Warner Prize (2007) Harvard Book Prize in Astronomy (2004) NSERC Science and Technology Fellowship (1990–1994) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy, Planetary science |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2007–) Carnegie Institution of Washington (2002–2006) Institute for Advanced Study (1999–2002) |
| Thesis | Extrasolar giant planets under strong stellar irradiation (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | Dimitar Sasselov |
| Website | seagerexoplanets |
| External videos | |
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| Sara Seager, “The search for planets beyond our solar system”, TED2015 | |
| “Space Experts Discuss the Search for Life in the Universe at NASA”, NASA 2014 | |
| “Sara Seager ”, Origins 2011 |
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