children birth_place citizenship awards nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for residence image article_title name alma_mater
two toronto , ontario , canada canada-united states macarthur -lrb- 2007 -rrb- harvard bok prize in astronomy -lrb- 2004 fellowship -rrb- nserc science and technology fellowship -lrb- 1990 -- 1994 -lrb- -rrb- 2013 -rrb- helen b. warner prize canadian-american astronomy , planetary science massachusetts institution of washington -lrb- 2002 -- 2006 -rrb- institute for institute advanced study -lrb- 1999 -- 2002 -rrb- of technology -lrb- 2007 -- -rrb- carnegie 21 july 1971 search for extrasolar planets concord , massachusetts , u.s. seager 2013 hi-res-download2 1.jpg sara seager
 sara seager harvard university ph.d. university of toronto b.sc
sara seager

sara seager -lrb- born july 21 , 1971 -rrb- is a canadian-american astronomer and planetary scientist .
she is a professor at the massachusetts institute of technology and known for her work on extrasolar planets and their atmospheres .
she is the author of two textbooks on these topics .
she has been recognized for this research by `` popular science '' , `` discover magazine '' , `` nature '' , and `` time magazine '' .
seager was awarded a macarthur fellowship in 2013 citing her theoretical work on detecting chemical signatures on exoplanet atmospheres and developing low-cost space observatories to observe planetary transits .
