Researcher

Michel Mayor

Profile

Institution

University of Geneva

Field

Astrophysics

Michel Mayor co-discovered the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi b, launching the field of exoplanet science. He shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics and developed the precision spectrographs that drive ongoing planet-hunting surveys.

Industry Ties

Industry Ties

European Southern ObservatoryGeneva Observatory

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Fields

• Astrophysics