Sarah T. Stewart-Mukhopadhyay
Dr. Sarah Toby Stewart-Mukhopadhyay | |
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| Born | 1973 (age 51–52) Taiwan |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Planetary Scientist |
| Known for | Synestia |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Planetary science |
| Sub-discipline | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Caltech, Harvard University, UC Davis |
Sarah T. Stewart-Mukhopadhyay is an American planetary scientist known for studying planet formation, planetary geology, and materials science. She is a professor at the University of California, Davis in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department. She was a professor at Harvard University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences from 2003 to 2014.
Stewart-Mukhopadhyay was named as one of the "Brilliant 10" by Popular Science in 2010, one of "Astronomy's Rising Stars" by Astronomy in 2013, and one of the "Top 100 Science Stories of 2015" in Discover. She received an award from the American Astronomical Society for outstanding achievements by a young scientist. She won a MacArthur "Genius" fellowship in 2018.