Lisa Kaltenegger

Lisa Kaltenegger
Lisa Kaltenegger standing in front of Cornell's Big Red Barn
Born4 March 1977 (1977-03-04) (age 47)
Austria
Known forExoplanet atmospheres
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
Exoplanets
InstitutionsCornell University
Carl Sagan Institute

Lisa Kaltenegger (born 4 March 1977 in Kuchl nearby Salzburg) is an Austrian astronomer specialising in the modeling and characterization of exoplanets and the search for life. On July 1, 2014, she was appointed Associate Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University.[1][2] Previously, she held a joint position at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg where she was the Emmy Noether Research Group Leader for the "Super-Earths and Life" group, and at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge, MA.[3] She was appointed Lecturer in 2008 at Harvard University and 2011 at University of Heidelberg.[4]

  1. ^ Hovis, Kathy (2014-06-25). "Lisa Kaltenegger searches for another 'pale blue dot' | Cornell Chronicle". news.cornell.edu.
  2. ^ "Lisa Kaltenegger | Carl Sagan Institute". carlsaganinstitute.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  3. ^ Gewin, Virginia (2012-04-25). "Turning point: Lisa Kaltenegger". Nature. 484 (7395): 555. doi:10.1038/nj7395-555a.
  4. ^ "Introducing Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger - Simulating Worlds Stranger than Fiction". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-03. Bridges, Vol. 20, December 2008