geoff marcy

Geoff Marcy

Marcy is a professor emeritus and a leading pioneer in the discovery and characterization of planets around other stars. He has detected the first multiple-planet system, the first Saturn-mass planet, and the first Neptune-mass planet. He is a co-investigator of NASA’s Kepler Mission, which has discerned more than 2,000 Earth-like planets since its launch in 2009. Marcy is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and has received many awards, including the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization, the Shaw Prize, and the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. Discover Magazine selected Marcy as the 2000 California Scientist of the Year and the 2003 Space Scientist of the Year.