Michaël Gillon
Belgian astronomer and astrophysicist · Belgium · On the map · Scientists · Born 1974 · age 52
Michaël Gillon is a Belgian astronomer and astrophysicist. His research focuses on exoplanets and he conducts his research at the University of Liège. He holds a master's degree in biochemistry and astrophysics and also a PhD in astrophysics, and completed his post-doctorate at Geneva Observatory.
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Co-discoverer of hundreds of exoplanets, he is FNRS Research Director at the Institute of Astrophysics and Geophysics of the Department of Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography, and co-director of the Astrobiology Research Unit of the University of Liège (Belgium). Michaël Gillon is at the origin of the discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system.
