Word: sasselov
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...which has played a major role in the search for exoplanets, heralded the discovery as momentous. “This discovery can be compared to what happened 400 years ago with Galileo’s discovery of Jupiter’s moons,” said Dimitar Sasselov, a professor of astronomy. “It is amazing that it happened on the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s discovery.” At the Center, many scientists are heavily involved with exoplanet research. Harvard astrophysicists have developed one of the most “exciting” techniques...
...Brigitte C. Madrian, a professor of public policy and corporate management at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Chair of the Sociology Department Robert J. Sampson will assume leadership in the social sciences. Rosalind A. Segal, a professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, and Professor of Astronomy Dimitar D. Sasselov will head the science initiatives...
...Craig realized we were well ahead and on our way, and it was exciting for him to join us,” Sasselov said...
...Origins of Life Initiative, an interdisciplinary faculty effort that seeks to serve as a “bridge between the physical and the life sciences,” has been in operation for about a year and a half, according to Sasselov. Team members, whose fields of research range from astronomy to molecular and cellular biology, are exploring the possibility for multiple origins of life and what this means from a biochemical perspective...
...individual projects are linked together in trying to answer the big question of the uniqueness of life,” Sasselov said. “Or more simply put, how unique is life...