Marc Kuchner

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Marc Kuchner
Planetary astronomy
Websiteeud.gsfc.nasa.gov/Marc.Kuchner/home.html

Marc Kuchner (born August 7, 1972) is an American astrophysicist, a staff member at

Astronomy Magazine. He currently serves as the principal investigator of the citizen science websites Disk Detective and Backyard Worlds
.

Background

Kuchner was born in

Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian as a Michelson Fellow, and then at Princeton University as a Hubble Fellow.[5] Kuchner was awarded the 2009 SPIE early career achievement award for his work on coronagraphy.[6]

Kuchner's parents are neurosurgeon Eugene Kuchner and psychologist Joan Kuchner. His wife is epidemiologist Jennifer Nuzzo.

Marketing for Scientists

Kuchner is the author of a book, Marketing for Scientists: How to Shine in Tough Times (2011, Island Press).[7] The book provides career and communication advice for scientists using the language of marketing, with chapters on "business", "how to sell something," "branding" and so on. This approach struck some reviewers as cynical about human nature.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
called it, "the first of its kind".

References

  1. ^ Kuchner, M. & Traub, W.A. (2002). "A Coronagraph with a Band-limited Mask for Finding Terrestrial Planets". "The Astrophysical Journal" 570, 900-908. (Abstract)
  2. ^ Smith, Catharine (28 September 2010). "NASA Dust Model Presents Alien's View Of Our Solar System". Huffington Post.
  3. ^ Kuchner, M. (2003). "Volatile-rich Earth-Mass Planets in the Habitable Zone". "The Astrophysical Journal" 596, L105-L108. (Abstract)
  4. ^ Seager, S.; M. Kuchner, C. Hier-Majumder, B. Militzer (2007). "Mass-Radius Relationships for Solid Exoplanets". ApJ 669: 1279
  5. ^ "Goddard Space Flight Center Directory".
  6. ^ "Marc J. Kuchner honored with SPIE Early Career Achievement Award".
  7. ^ Kuchner, Marc (November 15, 2011). Marketing for Scientists: How to Shine In Tough Times. Island Press. p. 248.
  8. doi:10.1063/PT.3.1755
    .

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