Geoffrey Marcy
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| Born | Geoffrey William Marcy September 29, 1954 St. Clair Shores, Michigan, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Astronomy, Astrophysics |
| Institutions |
Carnegie Institution for Science San Francisco State University University of California, Berkeley |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Los Angeles (B.A.) University of California, Santa Cruz (Ph.D.) |
| Doctoral advisors | George H. Herbig and Steven S. Vogt |
| Known for | Extrasolar planet discoveries |
| Notable awards |
Henry Draper Medal (2001) Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize (2002) Shaw Prize (2005) |
Geoffrey William Marcy (born September 29, 1954) is an American astronomer. He is one of the pioneers and leaders in the discovery and characterization of planets around stars other than the Sun. Marcy was Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley and an Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy at San Francisco State University before stepping down in October 2015. His colleagues in the Berkeley Astronomy Department forced him to resign after allegations of sexual harassment were substantiated by a Berkeley investigation.
Marcy and his research teams are recognized for discovering many extrasolar planets, including 70 out of the first 100 known exoplanets and also the first planetary system around a Sun-like star, Upsilon Andromedae. Marcy was a co-Investigator on the NASA Kepler mission that discovered over 4000 exoplanets. Early collaborators include R. Paul Butler, Debra Fischer and Steven S. Vogt. Later collaborators include Jason Wright, Andrew Howard, Katie Peek, John Johnson, Erik Petigura, Lauren Weiss, Lea Hirsch and the Kepler Science Team.
Marcy graduated from Granada Hills High School in Granada Hills, California, in 1972. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude with a double major in physics and astronomy from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1976. He then completed a doctorate in astronomy in 1982 at the University of California, Santa Cruz, with much of his work done at Lick Observatory.
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