Past Member
Gáspár Bakos
Affiliation
Natural Sciences
Field of Study
Astrophysics
Website
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Gáspár Bakos is interested in the variable sky: cosmic explosions, variable stars, and moving objects. His main research interest is in transiting extrasolar planets, and he has been working on the development and operation of automated telescope networks to discover and characterize over 140 such planets.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Natural Sciences
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Degrees
Eötvös University, Budapest
Ph.D.
2004
Honors
2016
Dennis Gabor Award
2014
Beatrice M.~Tinsley Research Scholar Award
2012
Packard Fellow
2011
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
2011
Muhlmann Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
2010
Newton Lacy Pierce Prize of the American Astronomical Society
2008
Paul Hertelendy Lecturer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
2003
Dan David Prize Scholars of the Tel-Aviv University