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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.
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.
May 2, 2024 · 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. Marcy was raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles.
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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....
May 12, 2014 · Geoff Marcy is an exoplanet hunter who looks at the billions of planets we now understand to be circling other stars and sees a near cosmic guarantee of intelligent life.
May 27, 2021 · The US National Academy of Sciences terminated Geoff Marcy's membership, the first time it has done so for a proven case of sexual harassment. The move follows complaints by two scientists who cited public reports of Marcy's inappropriate behaviour and his continued affiliation with Berkeley.
