Alan Boss
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Alan P. Boss is a United States
astrophysicist
and NASA scientist.
and the University of California, Santa Barbara
, Boss is a prominent scientist in stellar and planetary system formation and the study of extrasolar planet
s who has made highly cited contributions to the study of Gas Giant
Planet and binary star system formation. He has published hundreds of articles in these areas and related fields. He is currently a Staff Member at the Carnegie Institution for Science
in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.
He is married to the former Catherine Starkie and has two children.
Boss was selected to join the NASA
Science Working Group for the Kepler Mission
and the NASA External Independent Readiness Board for the Exoplanet Exploration Program, both charged with the detection and characterization of nearby habitable Earth-like planet
s. Boss is a fellow of numerous scientific academies and societies and regularly chairs working groups in his field.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
astrophysicist
Astrophysics
Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties of celestial objects, as well as their interactions and behavior...
and NASA scientist.
Life and career
Educated at the University of South FloridaUniversity of South Florida
The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...
and the University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
, Boss is a prominent scientist in stellar and planetary system formation and the study of extrasolar planet
Extrasolar planet
An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars...
s who has made highly cited contributions to the study of Gas Giant
Gas giant
A gas giant is a large planet that is not primarily composed of rock or other solid matter. There are four gas giants in the Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune...
Planet and binary star system formation. He has published hundreds of articles in these areas and related fields. He is currently a Staff Member at the Carnegie Institution for Science
Carnegie Institution for Science
The Carnegie Institution for Science is an organization in the United States established to support scientific research....
in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.
He is married to the former Catherine Starkie and has two children.
Boss was selected to join the NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Science Working Group for the Kepler Mission
Kepler Mission
The Kepler spacecraft is an American space observatory, the space-based portion of NASA's Kepler Mission to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. The spacecraft is named in honor of the 17th-century German astronomer Johannes Kepler...
and the NASA External Independent Readiness Board for the Exoplanet Exploration Program, both charged with the detection and characterization of nearby habitable Earth-like planet
Earth-like planet
Earth-like planet is used as a synonym for either of the following:* Earth analog, denoting planets of a higher degree of similarity to Earth than terrestrial planets...
s. Boss is a fellow of numerous scientific academies and societies and regularly chairs working groups in his field.