I’m an astrophysicist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kavli Prize in Astrophysics, 2024.

My research focuses on exoplanets, planets which orbit stars other than our sun. My quest is to find another Earth, a true ‘Earth twin’, and to search for signs of life on any kind of exoplanet by studying their atmospheres. I’ve played a leadership role on space missions, and I’m also working for new, more sophisticated ways to find planets.

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The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir

Exoplanets