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Didier Patrick Queloz FRS ( French pronunciation: [didje kəlo, kelo]; born 23 February 1966) is a Swiss astronomer. He is the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, [1] where he is also a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as a professor at the University of Geneva. [2]
Didier Queloz is a professor of physics at Cambridge and Geneva universities, and a Nobel laureate for his discovery of the first exoplanet. He studies the formation, structure and habitability of planets outside the solar system, and shares his research with the public.
Professor Didier Queloz, FRS, is at the origin of the ‘exoplanet revolution’ in astrophysics when in 1995 during his PhD with his supervisor they announced the first discovery of a giant planet orbiting another star, outside the solar system.
Didier Queloz. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019. Born: 23 February 1966, Geneva, Switzerland. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star” Prize share: 1/4.
Didier Queloz is a professor of physics at the University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory and professor of astronomy at the University of Geneva (part time). He is one of the originators of the “exoplanet revolution” in astrophysics.
Didier Queloz is a leading expert on exoplanets and a professor at Cambridge University. He discovered the first planet outside the Solar System with Michel Mayor and won the Nobel Prize in 2019 for his contributions to astronomy.
In this interview from the Nobel Banquet on 10 December 2019, Physics Laureate Didier Queloz talks about the panic of discovering the first exoplanet, why it was good that he was young when he made his discovery, and his working relationship with fellow Laureate Michel Mayor.
