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University of Bern
Professor
Professor
I lead a research group that focus on the search and characterisation of potentially habitable terrestrial planets. I am PI of two experiments: 1) SAINT-EX, a fully robotic telescope located in Mexico designed to find small exoplanets and 2) MERMOZ, which is an instrument built to remotely sense living organisms on other planets. This instrument is also being tested for the in-vivo diagnosis of brain tumours.
Why do you do what you do?
Why do you do what you do?
The quest for life beyond Earth has a profound impact on all people and civilisations, irrespective of their cultures or beliefs. For millennia, human beings have wondered "are we alone?". The onset of exoplanet discoveries, which started 20 years ago and the recent leap in instrumentation inspires hope that this question may be answered soon, perhaps within a decade from now. So let's be part of this exciting quest !
Passions
Passions
Flying, mountain hiking, student/postdoc mentoring.
Challenges
Challenges
Enabling translational research, teaching Bayesian statistics in the clearest possible way, brainstorming about the next flagship space missions
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