Franck Marchis

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Full Name	Franck Marchis
Occupation	Astronomer
Date Of Birth	Apr 6, 1973(1973-04-06)
Age	51
Country	United States
Horoscope	Aries

Franck Marchis Biography

Franck Marchis is one of the most popular and richest Astronomer who was born on April 6, 1973 in United States.

Marchis was born in France. He is currently a Principal Investigator at the SETI Institute. He received his Ph.D. in 2000 from university of Toulouse, France in planetary science. Although his thesis was performed while living in several places: Mexico, France, Great-Britain; the main part of his studies were made while working at La Silla observatory in Chile for the European Southern Observatory, an intergovernmental organization aiming to develop astronomy in the southern hemisphere. He participated in the development of observations with the first adaptive optics system available to a large community (called ADONIS on the 3.6m telescope). He moved to California shortly after receiving his Ph.D. in November 2000 through a postdoctoral position at UC Berkeley. Since then, he has dedicated most of his activity monitoring Io’s volcanism with the Keck-10m telescope and the support of CfAO, an NSF science and technology center. In 2003, he was hired as an assistant researcher at UC Berkeley to conduct his research more independently and expanded it to a broader field, but still based on high angular resolution capabilities. In 2007, he was appointed as a Planetary Scientist at the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute where he expanded his research on multiple asteroids using space-telescope facilities (HST, Spitzer telescope) and participating to development of space mission concepts to explore these new worlds. In June 2011, he took a full-time position at the Carl Sagan Center to lead the development of space mission concepts and new high-resolution & high contrast instruments for ground-based telescopes. He currently leads the Education and public outreach program of the Gemini Planet Imager, an instrument dedicated to the search of exoplanets, using direct imaging, spectroscopy and polarimetry which initiated its search campaign in March

2015. He has also taught on several occasions “The Planets” class at UC- Berkeley (Astro 12) and several classes in Spanish in Chile. He is an associate astronomer at Observatoire de Paris since June 2003, IMCCE. (ref [1]). He has appeared and has been a science advisor of several TV shows and documentaries linked to his work on the search for life in our universe and the study of Io’s volcanism and asteroids.

Using high imaging capability available on ground-based telescopes equipped with adaptive optics systems, F. Marchis and his team monitor and study the exotic volcanism of Io, Galilean satellite of Jupiter. In February 2001, they witnessed the most energetic eruption ever seen on the solar system. Surt volcano, located on the north hemisphere of Io, was then starting an extremely active eruption. The observed energy indicates the presence of a vigorous, high-temperature volcanic eruption. The kind of eruption to produce this thermal signature has incandescent fire fountains of molten lava which are kilometers high, propelled at great speed out of the ground by expanding gases, accompanied by extensive lava flows on the surface. The Surt eruption appears to cover an area of 1,900 square kilometers, which is larger than the city of Los Angeles and even larger than the entire city of London [5].

Franck Marchis Net Worth

Franck Marchis is one of the richest Astronomer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Franck Marchis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Franck Marchis (born April 6, 1973 in Caen, France), astronomer and planetary scientist, is best known for his discovery and characterization of multiple asteroids, his study of Io volcanism and imaging of exoplanets, planets around other stars.

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In 2017, he joined Unistellar as Chief Scientific Officer where he is in charge of the development of Citizen Science.

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Frank Ranked on the list of most popular Astronomer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Franck Marchis celebrates birthday on April 6 of every year.

Top Facts about Franck Marchis

1. Franck Marchis is a French-American astronomer.
2. He is a senior planetary astronomer at the SETI Institute.
3. Marchis has discovered multiple moons and asteroids.
4. He received his PhD in astrophysics from the University of Toulouse.
5. Marchis has authored over 200 scientific publications.
6. He was awarded the Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science.
7. Marchis is also an avid photographer and musician.
8. He co-founded Unistellar, a company that develops telescopes for citizen astronomers.
9. Marchis serves on several international committees for astronomy research and education.
10. He frequently appears as a science expert on television and radio programs.