Daniel Apai

Daniel is serving as Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences at The University of Arizona. His research focuses on extrasolar planet discovery and characterization, including studies of planetary atmospheres, planet formation, and planetary habitability. Daniel is Principal Investigator of the Alien Earths team, a large interdisciplinary NASA-funded research group exploring how habitable exoplanet form. He also leads Project EDEN, a search for habitable worlds around the closest stars; and the Nautilus Space Observatory concept, a project to develop a powerful new type of space telescopes to enable surverys of extrasolar planets for signatures of life. Apai's research website and blog is on http://apai.space and he tweets about exoplanets and astrobiology at @danielapai.

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