Matthews Elisabeth, Dr.
Alumni
Alumni
| Please give us a personal quote or a quote of a famous person (e.g. of Albert Einstein) that describes you and your life/work. | |
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“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.” by Carl Sagan.
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| Please describe your job in only one sentence and tell us what the most important goal of this work is. | |
| I take high contrast, high resolution images of nearby stars to search for exoplanets and debris disks. | |
| How did you get into this research/work field? | |
| I’ve always been interested in physics, and in understanding how things work. For my undergrad I studied physics, and spent two summers doing astronomy internships. I really enjoyed both learning more astronomy and also the process of research, and I’ve been doing it ever since! | |
| What would be the greatest discovery you would like to see in your life time? | |
| I’m very excited for the first direct image of an Earth-like planet, which will allow a detailed characterization of “Earth-twin” planets and possibly even hint towards the presence of alien life. | |
| You work for the NCCR PlanetS. What do you think will the NCCR enable you to do you couldn’t do without it? | |
| The community and the possibilities for collaboration are really important to me. | |
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