John Asher Johnson
American astronomer · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1977 · age 49
John Asher Johnson is an American astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at Harvard. He is the first tenured African-American physical science professor in the history of the university.
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Johnson is well known for discovering three of the first known planets smaller than the Earth outside of the Solar System, including the first Mars-sized exoplanet.
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United States
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Scientists
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Born 1977 · age 49
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Sallie BaliunasBoth received Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy
Alicia M. SoderbergBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringDavid KargerBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringEmily LevesqueBoth received Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in AstronomyKarin ÖbergBoth received Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in AstronomyAssaf NaorBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
Alicia M. SoderbergBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringDavid KargerBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringEmily LevesqueBoth received Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in AstronomyKarin ÖbergBoth received Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in AstronomyAssaf NaorBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering