Hello,
I will be in my Institute at SETI on Saturday with other scientists to be part of the Celebrating Science event. If you live nearby and you want to meet scientists, learn about our institute and our projects, feel free to come.You can find the details (direction, map, time, activities) on the following link. I will most likely talk about the telescope and instrument projects and my research in the field of planetary science.
See you there
Franck M.
PS: back to ESO proposals – 20 more to go.
About Franck Marchis
Dr. Franck Marchis is a Researcher at the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute since July 2007. Over the past 15 years, he has dedicated his research to the study of our solar system using mainly ground-based telescopes equipped with adaptive optics.
More recently he has been also involved in the definition of new generation of AOs for 8 -10 m class telescopes and future Extremely Large Telescopes. He has developed algorithms to process and enhance the quality of images, both astronomical and biological, using fluorescence microscopy. His currently involved in the development of the Gemini Planet Imager, an extreme AO system for the Gemini South telescope which will be capable of imaging and record spectra of exoplanets orbiting around nearby stars.
