# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lisa-kaltenegger
# Generated: 2026-09-01T20:17:28.759Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lisa-kaltenegger"
name: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
slug: "lisa-kaltenegger"
description: "Lisa Kaltenegger is an Austrian astronomer specialising in the modeling and characterization of exoplanets and the search for life. On 1 July 2014, she was appointed Associate Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University. Previously, she held a joint position at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg where she was the Emmy Noether Research Group Leader for the \"Super-Earths and Life\" group, and at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge, MA. She was appointed Lecturer in 2008 at Harvard University and 2011 at University of Heidelberg."
tagline: "Austrian astronomer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lisa_Kaltenegger_in_2025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1977-03-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.826208
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4376721/"
    handle:    "nm4376721"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BA%97%E8%8E%8E%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E7%88%BE%E7%89%B9%E5%85%A7%E6%A0%BC"
    title: "麗莎·卡爾特內格"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ليسا كالتينيجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kaltenegger"
    title: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kaltenegger"
    title: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kaltenegger"
    title: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kaltenegger"
    title: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kaltenegger"
    title: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kaltenegger"
    title: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "لیزا کالتنگر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kaltenegger"
    title: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kaltenegger"
    title: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kaltenegger"
    title: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kaltenegger"
    title: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kaltenegger"
    title: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "இலிசா கால்டெனகர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D2%91%D2%91%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Ліза Калтенеґґер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4511414"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2014282"
    title: "Lisa Kaltenegger"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump