Didier Queloz

Also known as Didier P. Queloz, Didier P Queloz, D. P. Queloz, D P Queloz, D. Queloz, D Queloz, Queloz, Queloz D

Swiss astronomer

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Didier Queloz is a Swiss astronomer known for his work in discovering exoplanets—planets that orbit stars outside our solar system. His discoveries have been important in advancing our understanding of planetary systems beyond Earth and have helped establish exoplanet research as a major field in astronomy.

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: France
Active from: 1949-11-02

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Gold Nanoparticles: Assembly, Supramolecular Chemistry, Quantum-Size-Related Properties, and Applications toward Biology, Catalysis, and Nanotechnology
· 2003 · cited 10,370x
Electronic Confinement and Coherence in Patterned Epitaxial Graphene
· 2006 · cited 5,094x
Gut microbiome influences efficacy of PD-1–based immunotherapy against epithelial tumors
· 2018 · cited 4,881x
2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease
· 2017 · cited 4,808x
INFOGEST static in vitro simulation of gastrointestinal food digestion
· 2019 · cited 4,410x

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date of birth: 1966-02-23
Commons category: Didier Queloz
birth name: Didier Patrick Queloz
name in native language: Didier Queloz

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Didier Patrick Queloz FRS ( French pronunciation: [didje kəlo, kelo]; born 23 February 1966) is a Swiss astronomer. He is the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as a professor of physics at ETH Zurich. Together with Michel Mayor in 1995, he discovered 51 Pegasi b, the first extrasolar planet orbiting a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi. For this discovery, he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics with Mayor and Jim Peebles. In 2022, he is the founding director of the Center for the Origin and Prevalence of Life at ETH Zurich.

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