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David Kipping is a 35 year-old professor and astronomer originally from England. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University in New York, USA, where he researches extrasolar planets and moons. He focuses on the study of exomoons, but has recently also contributed to developing the idea of the Terrascope.

Education


 * B.A. Natural Sciences - Cambridge University
 * M.Sc Natural Sciences - Cambridge University
 * Ph.D Astronomy - University College London

Employment

David Kipping worked as a Predoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Institute in Massachusetts from 2009-2011. He later was a Sagan prize fellow and Menzel prize fellow at the Harvard College Observatory in Massachusetts. His current position is an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University.

Notable Awards


 * Sloan Research Fellowship, 2018

Publications


 * "Transit timing effects due to an exomoon" (2008)
 * "Efficient, uninformative sampling of limb darkening coefficients for two-parameter laws" (2013)