Geoffrey W. Marcy

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gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:academicAdvisor Astrophysics
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkbp:birthDate 1954-07-29
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:Debra_Fischer
gptkb:R._Paul_Butler
gptkbp:contribution developing techniques for detecting exoplanets
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz
gptkbp:fellowship gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:California_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkbp:field astrophysics
gptkbp:gender male
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Geoffrey W. Marcy
gptkbp:influence public understanding of exoplanets
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Carl_Sagan
gptkb:David_Charbonneau
gptkbp:involved gptkb:NASA's_Kepler_mission
gptkb:TESS_mission
gptkb:SETI_Institute
scientific conferences
collaborative research projects
peer-reviewed publications
advocacy for science funding
science outreach programs
collaborative international research
public lectures on astronomy
astronomy education reform
educational initiatives in astronomy
mentoring young astronomers
public policy on space exploration
Hubble_Space_Telescope_observations
James_Webb_Space_Telescope_planning
gptkbp:knownFor exoplanet discovery
gptkbp:notableEvent co-discovered the first exoplanet around a sun-like star
contributed to the discovery of the first Earth-sized exoplanets
discovered over 100 exoplanets
gptkbp:notableWork Kepler mission
gptkbp:researchFocus planetary systems
gptkbp:researchInterest transit method
radial velocity method
gptkbp:spouse Ellen_Marcy
gptkbp:website http://www.astro.berkeley.edu/~gmarcy/