Lisa Kaltenegger

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Lisa Kaltenegger (2014)

Lisa Kaltenegger (born March 4, 1977 in Kuchl near Salzburg ) is an Austrian astronomer and astrophysicist who is engaged in the discovery and research of exoplanets , exomondes and super-earths . Since July 1, 2014, she has been Associate Professor at Cornell University and heads the Carl Sagan Institute . Before that she worked at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg ( Germany ) and at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Boston ( USA ).

Life and accomplishments

Lisa Kaltenegger attended the Bundesrealgymnasium in Hallein . After graduating from high school in 1995, she studied film and media studies, technical physics, astronomy , business administration with Japanese and worked as a translator . In 1999 she completed the study of astronomy with the thesis about Extrasolar planet search: formation of planets and detection methods ( Extrasolar Planet Search : formation of planets and detection methods ) at the Karl-Franzens University Graz (MSci) and in 2002 the Study of technical physics with specialization in biophysics and biomedicine with the thesis on Optical tweezers - application of optical traps in medicine and biology: a survey and feasability study ( Optical tweezers - application of optical traps in medicine and biology: a survey and feasibility study ) at the Technical University of Graz (M. Eng.). In 2004 she completed her doctorate at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz in the field of astronomy with a dissertation on the topic of Search for extra-terrestrial planets: the darwin mission: target stars and array architectures ( search for extra-terrestrial planets: the Darwin mission: Target stars and array architectures ) with sub auspiciis .

She then worked for the European Space Agency (ESA) in the Netherlands in search of extrasolar Earth-like planets . At the age of 27, she moved to Harvard University , where she researched and taught until, in 2010, she took over the leadership of a seven-member international Emmy Noether group at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg . She is also a Research Associate ( Research Associate ) of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and lecturer ( lecturer ) at Harvard Astrophysics Department . Since 2009 she has also for the NASA Astrobiology Institute and the Extrasolar Planet Analysis Group of NASA operates.

Kaltenegger is particularly concerned with the modeling and characterization of atmospheres around earth-like planets and their interactions with the planetary surface. By analyzing atmospheric spectral fingerprints, i. H. of the light reflected from exoplanets, indicators that suggest possible life (such as hydrogen and oxygen) are searched for. Her research group at MPIA was involved in the discovery of Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f , two planets that are in the habitable zone .

In 2014, the physicist, who is married to the Portuguese space technician Felipe Pereira, became the mother of a daughter. Since July 1, 2014, it is associate professor ( associate professor ) at the Cornell University . Since 2015 she has been the director of the Carl Sagan Institute there . She is on the scientific team of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission .

Awards

The asteroid (7734) Kaltenegger was named after Lisa Kaltenegger. In 2007 she was named one of 37 America's Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences by Smithsonian Magazine . In 2012 she received the Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize of the German Research Foundation, endowed with EUR 16,000 . In June 2014 she was awarded the Christian Doppler Prize 2013 by the State of Salzburg .

Publications

  • 2015: are we alone in the universe? My search for traces in space (with illustrations by Mandy Fischer). Ecowin, Salzburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-7110-0080-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dieStandard.at - astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger: "Top research not just a man's thing" . Article dated December 17, 2014, accessed December 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ About . carlsaganinstitute.org, accessed March 1, 2017
  3. ↑ orf.at: astrophysicist enthusiastic about children's university . Article dated July 9, 2018, accessed July 11, 2018.
  4. ^ Union catalog - Diploma thesis: Extrasolar planet search: formation of planets and detection methods, Graz 1999 . Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ Union Catalog - Thesis: Optical tweezers - application of optical traps in medicine and biology: a survey and feasability study, Graz 2002 . Retrieved December 21, 2014
  6. ↑ Turning point: Lisa Kaltenegger nature.com, accessed on June 6, 2014
  7. ↑ Union catalog - Dissertation: Search for extra-terrestrial planets: the darwin mission: target stars and array architectures, Graz 2004 . Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  8. ↑ Kurier - Austrian is looking for life in space . Article dated May 17, 2012, accessed July 13, 2013
  9. ↑ Courier - Liquid water? Maybe. Researchers find Earth II candidates . Article dated April 19, 2013, accessed July 13, 2013
  10. ^ Zeit Online - Astrophysicist Kaltenegger - Detective in Space . Article dated June 15, 2012, accessed July 13, 2013
  11. ↑ MPIA press release - So far most promising candidates for life-friendly exoplanets found . Article dated April 18, 2013, accessed July 14, 2013.
  12. ↑ Kuchler astrophysicist in the Weltspitze article on ORF of July 6, 2014, accessed on July 6, 2014.
  13. ↑ Cornell Chronicle - Lisa Kaltenegger searches for another pale blue dot . Article dated June 25, 2014, accessed July 6, 2014.
  14. ↑ futurezone.at: Lisa Kaltenegger now heads the Carl Sagan Institute . Article dated May 12, 2015, accessed August 12, 2015.
  15. ^ Wiener Zeitung: Launch of NASA's "Tess" space telescope postponed . Article dated April 17, 2018, accessed April 18, 2018.
  16. ↑ derStandard.at: Planet search in the neighborhood: Tess start postponed . Article dated April 17, 2018, accessed April 18, 2018.
  17. ↑ taz.de - Mars would be an option . Article dated April 27, 2013, accessed March 17, 2014.
  18. ↑ Smithsonian Magazine: 37 under 36 - America's Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences ( Memento from February 15, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  19. ↑ German Research Foundation - Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger - Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize Winner 2012 . Retrieved July 13, 2013
  20. ↑ Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize for Lisa Kaltenegger - researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy honored for her work on exoplanets . Article dated May 23, 2012, accessed July 13, 2013.
  21. ↑ Three women and one man awarded the Christian Doppler Prize 2013 on June 13, 2013, accessed on July 6, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Kaltenegger, Lisa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian astronomer and astrophysicist
DATE OF BIRTH March 4th 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuchl