Direct Detection of Extrasolar Planets, Planet Formation, Planet-Disk Interactions, Coronagraphy, Interferometry, Debris Disks and
Protoplanetary Disks, the Solar System
Projects
TPF
SPECS
SPIRIT
FKSI
Keck Interferometer
Spitzer
Education
Hubble Fellow, Russell Fellow, and Council of Science and Technology Fellow, Princeton University, 2003--2005
Michelson Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2000--2003
Ph.D. Astronomy with a Minor in Physics, Caltech, 2000
Thesis: Exozodiacal Dust, Advisor: Michael E. Brown
A.B. Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics with Honors, Harvard University, 1994
Publications
Kuchner, M. J. and Seager, S. 2005, "Extrasolar Carbon Planets" submitted to the Astrophysical Journal
Kuchner, M. J., Crepp, J., and Ge, J. 2005, ApJ, 628, 466, "Finding Terrestrial Planets Using Eighth-Order Image Masks"
Kuchner, M. J. and Holman, M. J. 2003, ApJ, 588, 1110, "The Geometry of Resonant Signatures in Debris Disks with Planets"
