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John Asher Johnson
Born (1977-01-04) January 4, 1977 (age 47)
Florissant, Missouri
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Missouri–Rolla B.S. '99
University of California, Berkeley PhD '05
Known forExoplanet research
SpouseErin Pousson Johnson
AwardsAlfred P. Sloan fellowship
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Astrophysics
InstitutionsCaltech, University of Hawaii
Doctoral advisorGeoffrey Marcy
WebsiteExoplanet lab web site

'John Johnson' (born 1977) is an American astrophysicist and professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology. As of May 2013, he is the first author on papers announcing 42 exoplanet discoveries.

In recent years he has been 


Johnson's team discovered three exoplanets, including the smallest one found to date, orbiting a red dwarf using the Kepler orbital telescope.[1]  A subsequent study used the host star's similarity to Barnard's star and observations from the Keck Observatory to determine more information about the system and the size of its three planets.[2]


John Dabiri (born 1980) is an American biophysicist and professor of aeronautics and bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology. He is best known for his research of the hydrodynamics of jellyfish propulsion and the design of a vertical-axis wind farm adapted from schooling fish. He is the director of the Biological Propulsion Laboratory,[3] which examines fluid transport with applications in aquatic locomotion, fluid dynamic energy conversion, and cardiac flows, as well as applying theoretical methods in fluid dynamics and concepts of optimal vortex formation.

In 2010, Dabiri was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his theoretical engineering work.[4] He established the Caltech Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy (FLOWE) in 2011,[5] a wind farm which investigates the energy exchange in an array of vertical-axis wind turbines. His honors include a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE),[3] and being named as one of Popular Science magazine's "Brilliant 10" scientists in 2008.[6] Bloomberg Businessweek magazine listed him among its 2012 Technology Innovators.[7]

Early life and education[edit]

Dabiri's parents are Nigerian immigrants, who settled in Toledo, Ohio, in 1975. Dabiri's father was a mechanical engineer who taught math at a community college. His mother, a computer scientist, raised three children and started a software development company.[8] It was watching his father, who would occasionally do engineering work on the side, that encouraged Dabiri's love of engineering.[9]

Educated at a small Baptist high school, where he graduated first in his class in 1997, Dabiri was accepted by Princeton, the only university he had applied to. He was primarily interested in rockets and jets,[10] and spent two summers doing research that included work on helicopter design. The summer after his junior year, he accepted a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) in Aeronautics at Caltech,[6] rejecting an internship offer from Ford at the urging of a professor. The summer project on the vortices created by a swimming jellyfish enticed him to the growing field of biomechanics.[6]

Dabiri returned to Caltech for graduate school after graduating Princeton with a B.S.E. summa cum laude.[11] He was a finalist for both the Rhodes Scholarship and the Marshall Scholarship. He has been awarded NSF research grants eight times in five different fields.[12] He is currently a highly regarded professor at Caltech.[13]

Research[edit]

Teaching[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kepler Spots Tiniest Trio of Exoplanets : Discovery News
  2. ^ Discovery of the Smallest Exoplanets: The Barnard's Star Connection | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference
  3. ^ a b Biological Propulsion Laboratory. See the People page. Retrieved 23-07-12.
  4. ^ MacArthur Foundation. John Dabiri. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 23-07-12.
  5. ^ Caltech Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy. Includes list of relevant publications. Retrieved 23-07-12.
  6. ^ a b c Jellyfish Engineer. Popular Science. Posted 15 October 2008. Retrieved 23-07-12.
  7. ^ John Dabiri Unlocks the Mysteries of Jellyfish. Published 05 April 2012. Retrieved 23-07-12.
  8. ^ USA Africa Dialogue. Retrieved 23-07-12.
  9. ^ Caltech PR. Retrieved 23-07-12.
  10. ^ NPR. California Biophysicist Named MacArthur Fellow. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 23-07-12.
  11. ^ EQuad, Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science. See here for honors awarded by the department. Summer 2001. Retrieved 06-08-12.
  12. ^ curriculum vitae. Retrieved 23-07-12.
  13. ^ Prof of the Month. Filed 27 February 2012. Retrieved 23-07-12.

External links[edit]

  • Homepage, with links to publications, research interests, and personal details.


Category:1977 births Category:American astronomers Category:Missouri University of Science and Technology alumni Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni Category:California Institute of Technology faculty Category:Living people Category:Sloan Fellows Category:People from Florissant, Missouri Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni

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