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Heather A. Knutson is an astrophysicist and professor of planetary science at California Institute of Technology in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences.http://www.gps.caltech.edu
Heather A. Knutson , www.gps.caltech.edu
accessdate: March 7, 2019 Her research is focused on the study of
How Heather Knutson Reads The Weather On Exoplanets , Popular Science
accessdate: June 15, 2016
As an undergraduate in the physics department of Johns Hopkins University, Knutson worked part-time as an intern with the Space Telescope Science Institute. In 2004, she graduated with a B.S. in physics with both departmental and university honors.
Following her undergraduate work, Knutson completed doctoral studies at Harvard University with doctoral advisor David Charbonneau. She completed her Ph.D. in astronomy there in 2009 upon successful defense of her thesis, entitled ''Portraits of distant worlds: Characterizing the atmospheres of extrasolar planets''.
Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy , American Astronomical Society
accessdate: June 15, 2016 She was awarded a CAREER award by the National Science Foundation in 2016 for a proposal studying smaller exoplanets and upon recommendation by the same agency was awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2017.
Official website
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Heather A. Knutson , www.gps.caltech.edu
accessdate: March 7, 2019 Her research is focused on the study of
exoplanet
An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. The first possible evidence of an exoplanet was noted in 1917 but was not recognized as such. The first confirmation of detection occurred in 1992. A different planet, init ...
s, their composition and formation.
In 2016, she was referred to in ''Popular Science
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'' as "the first exoplanet meteorologist, determining the local temperature, weather, and even composition of the atmosphere".Popular ScienceHow Heather Knutson Reads The Weather On Exoplanets , Popular Science
accessdate: June 15, 2016
Education
As an undergraduate in the physics department of Johns Hopkins University, Knutson worked part-time as an intern with the Space Telescope Science Institute. In 2004, she graduated with a B.S. in physics with both departmental and university honors.
Following her undergraduate work, Knutson completed doctoral studies at Harvard University with doctoral advisor David Charbonneau. She completed her Ph.D. in astronomy there in 2009 upon successful defense of her thesis, entitled ''Portraits of distant worlds: Characterizing the atmospheres of extrasolar planets''.
Academic career
Following completion of her doctorate, Knutson worked for two years as a Miller Institute postdoctoral fellow in the department of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. There, she studied the atmospheres of so-called "hot Jupiters," exoplanet gas giants orbiting close to their star, by studying the light from those stars as they were partially eclipsed by their planets. Since 2011, Knutson has been at the California Institute of Technology. Her work characterizing exoplanetary atmospheres has led to a number of awards and recognition, including theAmerican Astronomical Society
The American Astronomical Society (AAS, sometimes spoken as "double-A-S") is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC. The primary objective of the AAS is to promote the adv ...
's Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy in 2013 and Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy in 2015.American Astronomical SocietyNewton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy , American Astronomical Society
accessdate: June 15, 2016 She was awarded a CAREER award by the National Science Foundation in 2016 for a proposal studying smaller exoplanets and upon recommendation by the same agency was awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2017.
Awards and recognition
* Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2017 * National Science Foundation CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Award, 2016 * Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy,American Astronomical Society
The American Astronomical Society (AAS, sometimes spoken as "double-A-S") is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC. The primary objective of the AAS is to promote the adv ...
, 2015
* Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Physics, 2015
* Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy, American Astronomical Society
The American Astronomical Society (AAS, sometimes spoken as "double-A-S") is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC. The primary objective of the AAS is to promote the adv ...
, 2013
* National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2004
References
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Official website
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