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Gautam Vasisht

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Address:

4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S 183-901

Pasadena, CA 91109

Phone:

818.354.6979

Fax:

818.393.4357

Curriculum Vitae:

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Member of:

Exoplanet Discovery and Science

Education

  • PhD, Astronomy, Division of Physics, Mathematics & Astronomy, California Institute of Technology (1996)
  • BS, Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (1990)

Professional Experience

  • Current: Research Scientist, Origins of Stars and Planets

Member of Technical Sta , Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (1997)

  • Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology (1996 - 1997)
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Caltech (1994 - 1996)
  • Allen Moffett Graduate Fellow, Caltech (1991 - 1994)
  • Summer Student, Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) Pune, India (1989)
  • Summer Assistant, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (1988)

Selected Awards

  • Mariner Award, for Exoplanet Coronagraphy at Palomar (2013)
  • NASA, Group Achievement Award, Exoplanetary Spectroscopy (2009)
  • Ed Stone Prize Publication, 2009, for the discovery of Methane in HD 189733b (2009)
  • NASA, Group Achievement Award, Nulling with the KeckInterferometer, (2005, 2008)
  • JPL, Technical Excellence Award, Keck Interferometer First Fringes (2001)
  • Alan T. Moet Graduate Fellowship, Caltech (1991, 1994)

National Talent Fellowship, India (1985, 1990)

Selected Publications

Nearly 50 publications with more than 3000 citations