Eugene Chiang | Research UC Berkeley

Research Expertise and Interest

planetary science, theoretical astrophysics, dynamics, planet formation, circumstellar disks

Research Description

Eugene Chiang is a professor in the Department of Astronomy. His research includes theoretical astrophysics, with emphasis on understanding the origin and evolution of planetary systems, both extra-solar and solar.

Topics of interest include protoplanetary disks, debris disks including the Kuiper belt, extrasolar planets, planet formation, gravitational dynamics, hydrodynamics.

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Jupiter-like exoplanets found in sweet spot in most planetary systems

As planets form in the swirling gas and dust around young stars, there seems to be a sweet spot where most of the large, Jupiter-like gas giants congregate, centered around the orbit where Jupiter sits today in our own solar system.

Images of extrasolar planets win award for most outstanding papers in Science

The first image of an extrasolar planet has won UC Berkeley astronomers and their team of planetary paparazzi the 2009 Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for the most outstanding paper published in the journal Science.

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