Stephen Kane | |
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 Stephen Kane speaking at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute in Mountain View, July 22, 2014. | |
| Born | October 25, 1973 (age 51) |
| Nationality | Australian / American / British |
| Occupation | Astrophysicist |
Stephen Kane is a full professor of astronomy and planetary astrophysics at the University of California, Riverside who specializes in exoplanetary science. His work covers a broad range of exoplanet detection methods, including the microlensing, transit, radial velocity, and imaging techniques. He is a leading expert on the topic of planetary habitability and the habitable zone of planetary systems.[1] He has published hundreds of peer reviewed scientific papers and has discovered/co-discovered several hundred planets orbiting other stars. He is a prolific advocate of interdisciplinarity science and studying Venus as an exoplanet analog.[2]
- ^ Kane, Stephen (2021). Planetary Habitability. IOP Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7503-2120-4.
- ^ Kane, Stephen (2018). "Venus: The Making of an Uninhabitable World". arXiv:1801.03146 [astro-ph.EP].