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Science & Medicine

Sara Seager

Who

Sara Seager · Science & Medicine

What

Astrophysicist; exoplanet atmospheres and biosignatures

When

1971, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Where

Canada · United States

Biography

Sara Seager is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Astrophysicist; exoplanet atmospheres and biosignatures

How & why

Sara Seager is a Canadian-American astrophysicist and MIT professor who is a pioneer of exoplanet science, developing theories of exoplanet atmospheres and biosignature gases that could reveal life on distant worlds. A MacArthur Fellow, she has shaped the search for habitable planets. She is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

Contributions & Sources

Astrophysicist; exoplanet atmospheres and biosignatures

1971

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics