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Geoffrey William Marcy (born September 29, 1954) is an American astronomer. He was an early influence in the field of exoplanet detection, discovery, and characterization. Marcy was a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, and an adjunct professor of physics and astronomy at San Francisco State University.
Geoffrey Marcy is a renowned astronomer who led the discovery of 70 of the first 100 planets around other stars. He also invented the iodine Doppler technique, launched the Keck Planet Finder, and searched for extraterrestrial intelligence.
May 16, 2023 · Within 2 weeks after a preprint was posted to arXiv on 31 March, outrage erupted on Twitter and multiple co-authors requested their names be removed. The issue wasn’t the science, which focused on the detection of exoplanets, but its authorship. To the dismay of many astronomers, Geoff Marcy was listed as the third of 16 authors.
Geoffrey Marcy (born September 29, 1954, St. Clair Shores, Michigan, U.S.) is an American astronomer whose use of Doppler shifts to detect extrasolar planets led to the discovery of several hundred planetary bodies in multiple star systems.
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Oct 14, 2015 · Geoffrey Marcy, a prominent astronomer at the University of California, Berkeley, has resigned following a university investigation that concluded he had repeatedly sexually harassed women.
Oct 13, 2015 · Women in astronomy worked quietly for a decade to persuade Geoffrey W. Marcy, the acclaimed Berkeley astronomer whose alleged sexual harassment of students has roiled the discipline, to change his behavior before four former students finally filed complaints against him last year....
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Oct 14, 2015 · Geoffrey Marcy, the renowned astronomer who was found guilty in a campus investigation of sexually harassing students, is resigning from the faculty of the University of California,...
