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Sara Seager is an astrophysicist and planetary scientist at MIT. Professor Sara Seager’s main research goal is to find and identify another Earth.
https://www.saraseager.com
Sara Seager
Biography of Sara Seager and her search for exoplanets.
http://seagerexoplanets.mit.edu/biography.htm
Sara Seager
http://seagerexoplanets.mit.edu/exoplanet.htm
The Woman Who Might Find Us Another Earth - The New York Times
The star-crossed life of Sara Seager, an astrophysicist obsessed with discovering distant worlds.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/magazine/the-world-sees-me-as-the-one-who-will-find-another-earth.html
Sara Seager’s Tenacious Drive to Discover Another Earth | Science | Smithsonian
Planetary scientist Sara Seager has turned tragedy into tenacity in her search for new Earths among the stars...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/driven-make-most-her-time-planet-mit-astronomer-has-set-audacious-goal-180951174/
NASA - Quest for the Holy Grail: Sara Seager Seeks to Complete a Revolution
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/seager_planet_hunter.html
Sara Seager: The search for planets beyond our solar system | TED Talk
Every star we see in the sky has at least one planet orbiting it, says astronomer Sara Seager. So what do we know about these exoplanets, and how can we find out more? Seager introduces her favorite set of exoplanets and shows new technology that can help collect information about them -- and even help us look for exoplanets with life.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sara_seager_the_search_for_planets_beyond_our_solar_system
Sara Seager
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Seager

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Sara Seager OC
Seager at a 2016 conference
Born	(1971-07-21) 21 July 1971 (age 53)^[3] Toronto, Ontario, Canada ^[4]
Nationality	Canadian–American
Citizenship	Canada–United States^[3]
Education	University of Toronto (BSc) Harvard University (PhD)
Known for	Search for extrasolar planets
Spouse	Charles Darrow
Children	2
Awards	Order of Canada (2020, Officer) MacArthur Fellowship (2013) Helen B. Warner Prize (2007) Harvard Book Prize in Astronomy (2004) NSERC Science and Technology Fellowship (1990–1994)
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy Planetary science
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2007–) Carnegie Institution of Washington (2002–2006) Institute for Advanced Study (1999–2002)
Thesis	Extrasolar giant planets under strong stellar irradiation (1999)
Doctoral advisor	Dimitar Sasselov^[1]^[2]

Website	seagerexoplanets.mit.edu

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Sara Seager OC
Seager at a 2016 conference
Born	(1971-07-21) 21 July 1971 (age 53)^[3] Toronto, Ontario, Canada ^[4]
Nationality	Canadian–American
Citizenship	Canada–United States^[3]
Education	University of Toronto (BSc) Harvard University (PhD)
Known for	Search for extrasolar planets
Spouse	Charles Darrow
Children	2
Awards	Order of Canada (2020, Officer) MacArthur Fellowship (2013) Helen B. Warner Prize (2007) Harvard Book Prize in Astronomy (2004) NSERC Science and Technology Fellowship (1990–1994)
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy Planetary science
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2007–) Carnegie Institution of Washington (2002–2006) Institute for Advanced Study (1999–2002)
Thesis	Extrasolar giant planets under strong stellar irradiation (1999)
Doctoral advisor	Dimitar Sasselov^[1]^[2]

Website	seagerexoplanets.mit.edu

Sara Seager

Seager at a 2016 conference

Born

21 July 1971 (age 53)^[3]

Toronto, Ontario, Canada ^[4]

Nationality

Canadian–American

Citizenship

Canada–United States^[3]

Education

University of Toronto (BSc)
Harvard University (PhD)

Known for

Search for extrasolar planets

Spouse

Charles Darrow

Children

Awards

Order of Canada (2020, Officer)
MacArthur Fellowship (2013)
Helen B. Warner Prize (2007)
Harvard Book Prize in Astronomy (2004)
NSERC Science and Technology Fellowship (1990–1994)

Scientific career

Fields

Astronomy
Planetary science

Institutions

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2007–)
Carnegie Institution of Washington (2002–2006)
Institute for Advanced Study (1999–2002)

Thesis

Extrasolar giant planets under strong stellar irradiation (1999)

Doctoral advisor

Dimitar Sasselov^[1]^[2]

Website

seagerexoplanets.mit.edu