Geoffrey Marcy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Geoffrey Marcy

American astronomer

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1954

Place of Birth: St. Clair Shores, Michigan, United States

Profession: astronomer, astrophysicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Geoffrey William Marcy (born September 29, 1954) is an American astronomer.
He is one of the pioneers and leaders in the discovery and characterization of exoplanets.
Marcy was Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley and an Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy at San Francisco State University before stepping down in October 2015.
His colleagues in the Berkeley Astronomy Department forced him to resign after allegations of sexual harassment were substantiated by a Berkeley investigation.Marcy and his research teams are recognized for discovering many extrasolar planets, including 70 out of the first 100 known exoplanets and also the first planetary system around a Sun-like star, Upsilon Andromedae.
Marcy was a co-Investigator on the NASA Kepler mission that discovered over 4000 exoplanets.
Early collaborators include R.
Paul Butler, Debra Fischer and Steven S.
Vogt.
Later collaborators include Jason Wright, Andrew Howard, Katie Peek, John Johnson, Erik Petigura, Lauren Weiss, Lea Hirsch and the Kepler Science Team.