John Johnson (astronomer)
John Asher Johnson (4 January 1977) is an American astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at Harvard. He is the first tenured African-American physical science professor in the history of the university. Johnson is well known for discovering three of the first known planets smaller than the Earth outside of the solar system, including the first Mars-sized exoplanet.
John Johnson | |
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Johnson at the 2012 Cool Stars Meeting in Barcelona | |
| Born | John Asher Johnson January 4, 1977 |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Missouri University of Science and Technology University of California at Berkeley |
| Known for | Exoplanet research |
| Awards | Sloan Fellowship (2012) Newton Lacy Pierce Prize (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Geoffrey Marcy |
| Website | Harvard Astronomy page The Johnson ExoLab |
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