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GEOFFREY W. MARCY

Email: gmarcy(at)berkeley(dot)edu
Address: Astronomy Department, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411
FAX: 510-642-3411

PRESENT POSITIONS

Professor of Astronomy, 1999-present.
Watson & Marilyn Alberts Chair in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, 2012-present
University of California at Berkeley

Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University 1999-present.

PAST POSITIONS

Distinguished University Professor, San Francisco State University, 1997-1999.
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University, 1984-1996.
Carnegie Fellow, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1982-1984.

EDUCATION

Ph. D., Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California Santa Cruz, 1982
B. A. Double Major: Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1976

AWARDS

The Cozzarelli Prize from the National Academy of Sciences: (2013) Prevalence of Earth-Size Planets Orbiting Sun-Like Stars
Elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010)
Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization "Wonderfest'' (2009)
The Shaw Prize (shared with M. Mayor) (2005)
Discover Magazine: Space Scientist of the Year (2003)
NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement (2003)
Carl Sagan Award, from American Astronautical Society and Planetary Society 2002)
Elected member of the National Academy of Sciences (April 2002)
Beatrice Tinsley Prize, from American Astronomical Society (2002)
California Scientist of the Year (2000)
UCLA Alumni Professional Achievement Award, (1999)
Certificate of Recognition by the Extrasolar Planetary Foundation (First Ever Issued) (1999)
IAU Commission 51 Bioastronomy Medal of Honor (First Ever Issued), (1997);
Alumnus of the Year, U.C. Santa Cruz (1997)
Manne Siegbahn Award from Physics Committee of the Swedish Academy, (1996)
California Academy of Sciences Fellow, (1996)
ABC News Hour: "Person of the Week"' (Jan. 26, 1996)

MAJOR LECTURES

The Distinguished Pappalardo Lecture in Physics: MIT, 6 Dec 2012
The Next 40 Years of Exoplanets - 27 May 2011: Lecture at MIT
Neil Armstrong's Invited Lectures by D.Des Marais and G.Marcy (Dec 2010)
Celsius-Linné Lecture, Uppsala, Sweden (24 February 2011)
NEWVISION400: Beijing, Great Hall of the People: "The Search for Earths and Life in the Universe" (12 Oct 2008)
John Bahcall Lecturer (Hubble Space Telescope Inst. & Goddard S.F.C.), National Air and Space Museum: "New Worlds, Yellowstone, and Life in the Universe" (11 Dec 2007)
"NASA Astrobiology Institute" Getting to the Core of Exoplanets: From Gas Giants to Ice Giants (3 Dec 2007)
George Gamow Lecture (at Univ. Colorado) (6 April 2006)
Niels Bohr Lecture (at the N. B. Institute) (8 Dec 2005)
Sackler Lecturer, Universiteit Leiden (Dec 2001)
National Science Foundation Distinguished Lecturer (23 Oct 2000)
G.Darwin Lecture, Royal Astronomical Society (14 Jan 2000)
Invited Lecture and Exhibit, Centennial Meeting of American Physical Society (1999)
Bunyan Lecturer, Physics Department, Stanford University (1997)

PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

University of California Observatories Board, serving U.C. Office of the President
JPL Advisory Board to the Director
Office of Science Technology of the U.S., Astronomy & Astrophysics Advisory Committee, 2012-2015
Chair, University of California Astrophysics Task Force, 2011-2012
Member, Keck Observatory Science Steering Committee, 2010-2013
Director of Center for Integrative Planetary Science 2000-2012
Editor, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008-2012
Member, University of California Observatories Advisory Committee, 2005-2012
Board of Councilors, American Astronomical Society, 1998-2000
Board of Directors, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1997-99
NASA Working Group: Origins of Solar Systems 1998-2000
NASA Working Group: Terrestrial Planet Finder 1998-2001
Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (AAS) 1994-1997
Publications Board, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1997-2002

RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS

Made First Zeeman Measurements of Magnetic Fields for Solar-Type Stars
Found Paucity of Brown Dwarfs Orbiting Stars (The ``Brown Dwarf Desert'')
Developed Method of Precise Doppler Measurements (3 meter/sec)
Discovered 70 of first 100 Extrasolar Planets Known
Found Evidence that Solar System May be Peculiar (Circular vs Eccentric Orbits)
Discovered First System of Planets Around a Sun-Like Star (Upsilon And)
Co-Discovered First Transiting Planet Around another Star (HD209458)
Discovered First Saturn-Mass Planets (HD46375, HD16141)
Discovered First Extrasolar Planet Orbiting Beyond 5 AU (55 Cancri d)
Co-Discovered First Neptune-Sized Planets: Gliese 436b and 55 Cancri e
Co-Discovered First Definitive Rocky Planet, Measuring its Density (Kepler-10b)
Occurance Rate of Earth-Size Planets around Sun-Like Stars (Petigura et al. 2014)

SELECTION OF COURSES TAUGHT

Observational Techniques, Optical Lab: Astro 120 (UC Berkeley)
Introduction to Astrophysics: Astro 7A & 7B (UC Berkeley)
The Planets: Astro 12 (UC Berkeley)
Stellar Astrophysics: Astro 160 (UC Berkeley)
Electricity and Magnetism: Physics 241 (SFSU)
Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics (SFSU)
Laboratory Astrophysics (SFSU)
Laboratory for Electricity and Magnetism (SFSU)
Established Computerized Telescope and CCD Detector System, Instructional

EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH

ABC Nightline with Ted Koppel, Oct. 20, 1995
Spiegel TV (Germany) Oct. 29 1995
The McNeil-Lehrer News Hour, Jan. 18, 1996
CBS Nightly News, Jan. 18, 1996
The NBC Today Show (Bryant Gumbel) Jan. 19, 1996
TIME Magazine, Cover Story, Feb. 5, 1996
BBC "Horizons" (one-hour episode) March 11, 1996
California State Senate Certificate of Recognition, 1996, May 1
Washington Post Front Page: "Hunting New Worlds Far Afield", Dec 25, 1996
BBC Television: "The Science of Star Trek"
NY Times Front Page: "In a Golden Age of Discovery, Faraway Worlds Beckon", Feb.9, 1997
PBS NOVA: "Alien Worlds" (one-hour episode) aired Feb 18, 1997
The Learning Channel: "Alien Encounter" (one-hour episode) March, 1997
NEWSWEEK: 100 Americans for the Next Century, April 21, 1997
PBS: Mysteries of Deep Space: The Search for Other World"' (one-hour episode) April, 1997
Carl K. Seyfert Lecture in Astronomy address presented at A.J.Dyer Observatory, Vanderbilt University, Sept. 25, 1997
Commonwealth Club. "First Reconnaissance of Planetary System" address presented at the Sept. 11, 1997
The Explorers Club, "Confocal Cusp of Explorer"' address presented to Northern California Chapter, 18 Oct 1997
"Karlis Kaufmanis Lecture" University of Minnesota, Oct. 23, 1997
Encyclopedia Encarta: "The Discovery of Extrasolar Planets" 1998
"The Diversity of Planetary Systems", Sky & Telescope, March 1998, vol. 95, #3, cover story (with R.Paul Butler)
Scientific American,"Giant Planets Orbiting Faraway Stars", March, 1998.
NY Times Front Page: "A New Planet Discovered.."' June 26, 1998.
NY Times: "In New Discoveries, A Planetary Mystery", January 10, 1999
CNN News, Newstand CNN-TIME, Jan 10, 1999
Sky and Telescope Article, pg 22, Feb 1999
NY Times: Front Page Science Times: "Search for New Planets Yields Confusion", March 2, 1999
NY Times: Front Page :"At Long Last: Another Sun with a Family of Planets", April 16, 1999
Ruth Northcott Lecturer for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, July 3, 1999, Toronto
National Geographic "The Universe at the End of the 20th Century" Oct. 1999
"Extrasolar Planets", Astronomy Magazine, March 2000, vol. 28, #3, cover story (with R.Paul Butler)
Guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman'' 12 April 2001
2001-2014 Dozens of Documentaries, BBC, NOVA, Science Channel, National Geographic, Discovery Channel.
NOVA 2014: Alien Planets Revealed

NOVA 2012: Finding Life Beyond Earth

PUBLICATIONS
325 publications in refereed journals, 1980-2015.
27,746 citations
A list of all publications online (enter "Marcy" in upper left rectangular box):
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html