Lisa Kaltenegger

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lisa Kaltenegger
Occupation	Astronomer
Date Of Birth	Mar 4, 1977(1977-03-04)
Age	47
Birthplace	Kuchl
Country	Austria
Birth City	Salzburg
Horoscope	Pisces

Lisa Kaltenegger Biography

Lisa Kaltenegger is one of the most popular and richest Astronomer who was born on March 4, 1977 in Kuchl, Salzburg, Austria. Lisa Kaltenegger, born 4 March 1977 in Kuchl near Salzburg, is an Austrian Astronomer who specialises in modeling exoplanets and their search for life. She was promoted to Associate Professor of Astronomy by Cornell University on July 1, 2014. She was previously a joint professor at Cornell University’s Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, where she was also the Emmy Noether Research group leader for the “Super-Earths and Life” group. In 2008, she was elected Lecturer at Harvard University. She was also appointed Lecturer at University of Heidelberg in 2011.

Kaltenegger investigated whether geological activity could be observed on exoplanets. She found that Pinatubo eruptions were detected about 10 times around the nearest exoplanets. This allowed us to determine if other planets might have similar Earths. She led a team that modelled the spectral fingerprint for Gliese 581d in 2011, one of the first small Radial Velocity Planets to be found in the habitable zone.

Kaltenegger is well-known for her research on the atmospheres extrasolar planets and Earth-like exoplanets. She is also a pioneer in studying the Earth as an astronomical object that is changing in time. Kaltenegger used the Earth’s spectral fingerprint to compare it with Earth-like exoplanets in order to create an “Alien ID Chart”. She pointed out that as biology, geology and the Earth change over time, so would its appearance to distant stars. She also examined the potential of future telescopes such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect signs of life using spectral Biomarkers (biosignatures). In 2009, she generated the first spectra showing Earth being seen as a transiting exoplanet.

Lisa Kaltenegger Net Worth

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

Kaltenegger received a degree from Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria in 1999 in Astrophysics. She also earned a master’s degree in Physics and Engineering from Graz University Technology in 2001. In 2005, she was awarded a doctorate of astrophysics from Karl Franzens University. Her doctorate was awarded Sub auspiciis Praesidentis from the Austrian president.

Kaltenegger, in 2009, discussed how to determine the habitability of moons around large planets. This coincided with the suggestion for such a moon in Avatar (2009 movie). (See: Super-volcanoes and exoplanets.

In 2013, Kaltenegger was part of the team announcing the discovery of the first two potentially habitable Kepler planets, with radii smaller than 2 Earth radii in the habitable zone of their stars, Kepler 62e and Kepler 62f and investigated whether or not these planets could still be habitable and how their spectra would look like if they were water worlds.

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Lisa Ranked on the list of most popular Astronomer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Austria. Lisa Kaltenegger celebrates birthday on March 4 of every year.