Peter Plavchan
- Associate Professor
- Director, Mason Observatories
Contact Info
- Name
- Dr. Peter P. Plavchan
- Job Title
- Associate ProfessorDirector, Mason Observatories
- Website
- Phone Number
- Cell Number
- Office Number
- Planetary Hall, Room 243, MSN 3F3
Affiliations
Departments
- Physics & Astronomy Department (Instructional Faculty)
- Physics & Astronomy Department (Faculty)
Research Areas
- Astronomy
- Astrophysics
Education
PhD, Physics, University of California (2006)
MS, Physics, University of California (2006)
BS, Physics, California Institute of Technology (2001)
About
Peter Plavchan is an Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at George Mason University and the Executive Director of George Mason Observatories. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at Missouri State University and a Research Scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute. His research focuses on exoplanets around low-mass stars, specializing in precise radial velocity techniques at near-infrared wavelengths. He discovered the AU Mic planetary system, published in Nature in 2020. Currently, Plavchan is PI of the NASA Landolt mission and the HaZE mission concept. He has built instrumentation for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility and uses ground-based telescopes worldwide and in space with the Spitzer, Kepler, TESS, and James Webb Space Telescope missions.
Current Research
Peter Plavchan is an observational exoplanet astronomer, with a focus on the formation and demographics of planets around cool dwarfs, utilizing the radial velocity and transit detection methods. He is the PI of a NASA Probe Mission concept called EarthFinder, is a Co-PI of the MINERVA-Australis telescope array, regularly uses the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility iSHELL spectrometer for precise radial velocities, has served as an Executive Committee member of the NASA Exoplanet Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG), and has received multiple NASA Group Honor Achievement Awards. His research is currently supported by NASA, NSF, and the Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation, and his work has appeared in numerous local and national publications.
Teaching Focus
Freshman (ASTR 124), senior capstone (ASTR 402), and graduate courses in observational astronomy (ASTR 602), and major elective and graduate courses in exoplanets (ASTR 420/620)
Transfer student retention
Selected Publications
El Mufti, Mohammed; Plavchan, Peter P.; Isaacson, Howard; Cale, Bryson L.; Feliz, Dax L.; Reefe, Michael A.; Hellier, Coel; Stassun, Keivan; Eastman, Jason; Polanski, Alex; Crossfield, Ian J. M.; Gaidos, Eric; Kostov, Veselin; Wittrock, Justin M.; Villaseñor, Joel; Schlieder, Joshua E.; Bouma, Luke G.; Collins, Kevin I.; Zohrabi, Farzaneh; Lee, Rena A.; Sohani, Ahmad; Berberian, John; Vermilion, David; Newman, Patrick; Geneser, Claire; Tanner, Angelle; Batalha, Natalie M.; Dressing, Courtney; Fulton, Benjamin; Howard, Andrew W.; Huber, Daniel; Kane, Stephen R.; Petigura, Erik A.; Robertson, Paul; Roy, Arpita; Weiss, Lauren M.; Behmard, Aida; Beard, Corey; Chontos, Ashley; Dai, Fei; Dalba, Paul A.; Fetherolf, Tara ; Giacalone, Steven; Hill, Michelle L.; Hirsch, Lea A.; Holcomb, Rae; Lubin, Jack; Mayo, Andrew; Močnik, Teo; Akana Murphy, Joseph M.; Rosenthal, Lee J.; Rubenzahl, Ryan A.; Scarsdale, Nicholas; Stockdale, Christopher; Collins, Karen; Cloutier, Ryan; Relles, Howard; Tan, Thiam-Guan; Scott, Nicholas J.; Hartman, Zach; Matthews, Elisabeth; Ciardi, David R.; Gonzales, Erica; Matson, Rachel A.; Beichman, Charles; Bieryla, Allyson; Furlan, E.; Gnilka, Crystal L.; Howell, Steve B.; Ziegler, Carl; Briceño, César; Law, Nicholas; Mann, Andrew W.; Rabus, Markus; Johnson, Marshall C.; Christiansen, Jessie; Kreidberg, Laura; Berardo, David Anthony; Deming, Drake; Gorjian, Varoujan; Morales, Farisa Y.; Benneke, Björn; Dragomir, Diana; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Ballard, Sarah; Bowler, Brendan P.; Horner, Jonathan; Kielkopf, John; Liu, Huigen; Shporer, Avi; Tinney, C. G.; Zhang, Hui; Wright, Duncan J.; Addison, Brett C.; Mengel, Matthew W.; Okumura, Jack; “TOI 560: Two Transiting Planets Orbiting a K Dwarf Validated with iSHELL, PFS, and HIRES RVs,” 2023, Astronomical Journal, 165, 10
Newman, Patrick D. ; Plavchan, Peter ; Burt, Jennifer A. ; Teske, Johanna ; Mamajek, Eric E. ; Leifer, Stephanie ; Gaudi, B. Scott ; Blackwood, Gary ; Morgan, Rhonda; “Simulations for Planning Next-Generation Exoplanet Radial Velocity Surveys,” 2023, Astronomical Journal, 165, 151
Wittrock, Justin M. ; Plavchan, Peter ; Cale, Bryson L. ; Barclay, Thomas ; Ludwig, Mathis R. ; Schwarz, Richard P. ; Mékarnia, Djamel ; Triaud, Amaury H. M. J. ; Abe, Lyu ; Suarez, Olga ; Guillot, Tristan ; Conti, Dennis M. ; Collins, Karen A. ; Waite, Ian A. ; Kielkopf, John F. ; Collins, Kevin I. ; Dreizler, Stefan ; El Mufti, Mohammed ; Feliz, Dax L. ; Gaidos, Eric ; Geneser, Claire S. ; Horne, Keith D. ; Kane, Stephen R. ; Lowrance, Patrick J. ; Martioli, Eder ; Radford, Don J. ; Reefe, Michael A. ; Roccatagliata, Veronica ; Shporer, Avi ; Stassun, Keivan G. ; Stockdale, Christopher ; Tan, Thiam-Guan ; Tanner, Angelle M. ; Vega, Laura D. ; “Validating AU Microscopii d with Transit Timing Variations,” 2023, The Astronomical Journal, 166, 232
Reefe, Michael ; Alfaro, Owen ; Foster, Shawn ; Plavchan, Peter ; Pepin, Nick ; Banaji, Vedhas ; Vidaurri, Monica ; Webster, Scott ; Banaji, Shreyas ; Berberian, John ; Bowen, Michael ; Chimaladinne, Sudhish ; Collins, Kevin ; Combs, Deven ; Eastridge, Kevin ; Ellingsen, Taylor ; El Mufti, Mohammed ; Helm, Ian ; Jimenez, Mary ; Kim, Kingsley ; Latouf, Natasha ; Newman, Patrick ; Stibbards, Caitlin ; Vermilion, David ; Wittrock, Justin ; “Asynchronous object-oriented approach to the automation of the 0.8-meter George Mason University campus telescope in Python,” 2022, Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 8, 027002
Reefe, Michael A. ; Luque, Rafael ; Gaidos, Eric ; Beard, Corey ; Plavchan, Peter P. ; Cointepas, Marion ; Cale, Bryson L. ; Palle, Enric ; Parviainen, Hannu ; Feliz, Dax L. ; Eastman, Jason ; Stassun, Keivan ; Gagné, Jonathan ; Jenkins, Jon M. ; Boyd, Patricia T. ; Kidwell, Richard C. ; McDermott, Scott ; Collins, Karen A. ; Fong, William ; Guerrero, Natalia ; Almenara-Villa, Jose-Manuel ; Bean, Jacob ; Beichman, Charles A. ; Berberian, John ; Bieryla, Allyson ; Bonfils, Xavier ; Bouchy, François ; Brady, Madison ; Bryant, Edward M. ; Cacciapuoti, Luca ; Cañas, Caleb I. ; Ciardi, David R. ; Collins, Kevin I. ; Crossfield, Ian J. M. ; Dressing, Courtney D. ; Eigmüller, Philipp ; El Mufti, Mohammed ; Esparza-Borges, Emma ; Fukui, Akihiko ; Gao, Peter ; Geneser, Claire ; Gnilka, Crystal L. ; Gonzales, Erica ; Gupta, Arvind F. ; Halverson, Sam ; Hearty, Fred ; Howell, Steve B. ; Irwin, Jonathan ; Kanodia, Shubham ; Kasper, David ; Kodama, Takanori ; Kostov, Veselin ; Latham, David W. ; Lendl, Monika ; Lin, Andrea ; Livingston, John H. ; Lubin, Jack ; Mahadevan, Suvrath ; Matson, Rachel ; Matthews, Elisabeth ; Murgas, Felipe ; Narita, Norio ; Newman, Patrick ; Ninan, Joe ; Osborn, Ares ; Quinn, Samuel N. ; Robertson, Paul ; Roy, Arpita ; Schlieder, Joshua ; Schwab, Christian ; Seifahrt, Andreas ; Smith, Gareth D. ; Sohani, Ahmad ; Stefánsson, Guðmundur ; Stevens, Daniel ; Stürmer, Julian ; Tanner, Angelle ; Terrien, Ryan ; Teske, Johanna ; Vermilion, David ; Wang, Sharon X. ; Wittrock, Justin ; Wright, Jason T. ; Zechmeister, Mathias ; Zohrabi, Farzaneh ; “A Close-in Puffy Neptune with Hidden Friends: The Enigma of TOI 620,” 2022, Astronomical Journal, 163, 269
Wise, Alexander ; Plavchan, Peter ; Dumusque, Xavier ; Cegla, Heather ; Wright, Duncan; “Spectral Line Depth Variability in Radial Velocity Spectra,” 2022, Astrophysical Journal, 930, 121
Wittrock, Justin M. ; Dreizler, Stefan ; Reefe, Michael A. ; Morris, Brett M. ; Plavchan, Peter P. ; Lowrance, Patrick J. ; Demory, Brice-Olivier ; Ingalls, James G. ; Gilbert, Emily A. ; Barclay, Thomas ; Cale, Bryson L. ; Collins, Karen A. ; Collins, Kevin I. ; Crossfield, Ian J. M. ; Dragomir, Diana ; Eastman, Jason D. ; Mufti, Mohammed El ; Feliz, Dax ; Gagné, Jonathan ; Gaidos, Eric ; Gao, Peter ; Geneser, Claire S. ; Hebb, Leslie ; Henze, Christopher E. ; Horne, Keith D. ; Jenkins, Jon M. ; Jensen, Eric L. N. ; Kane, Stephen R. ; Kaye, Laurel ; Martioli, Eder ; Monsue, Teresa A. ; Pallé, Enric ; Quintana, Elisa V. ; Radford, Don J. ; Roccatagliata, Veronica ; Schlieder, Joshua E. ; Schwarz, Richard P. ; Shporer, Avi ; Stassun, Keivan G. ; Stockdale, Christopher ; Tan, Thiam-Guan ; Tanner, Angelle M. ; Vanderburg, Andrew ; Vega, Laura D. ; Wang, Songhu ; “Transit Timing Variations for AU Microscopii b and c,” 2022, Astronomical Journal, 164, 27
Cale, Bryson L. ; Reefe, Michael ; Plavchan, Peter ; Tanner, Angelle ; Gaidos, Eric ; Gagné, Jonathan ; Gao, Peter ; Kane, Stephen R. ; Béjar, Víctor J. S. ; Lodieu, Nicolas ; Anglada-Escudé, Guillem ; Ribas, Ignasi ; Pallé, Enric ; Quirrenbach, Andreas ; Amado, Pedro J. ; Reiners, Ansgar ; Caballero, José A. ; Rosa Zapatero Osorio, María ; Dreizler, Stefan ; Howard, Andrew W. ; Fulton, Benjamin J. ; Xuesong Wang, Sharon ; Collins, Kevin I. ; El Mufti, Mohammed ; Wittrock, Justin ; Gilbert, Emily A. ; Barclay, Thomas ; Klein, Baptiste ; Martioli, Eder ; Wittenmyer, Robert ; Wright, Duncan ; Addison, Brett ; Hirano, Teruyuki ; Tamura, Motohide ; Kotani, Takayuki ; Narita, Norio ; Vermilion, David ; Lee, Rena A. ; Geneser, Claire ; Teske, Johanna ; Quinn, Samuel N. ; Latham, David W. ; Esquerdo, Gilbert A. ; Calkins, Michael L. ; Berlind, Perry ; Zohrabi, Farzaneh ; Stibbards, Caitlin ; Kotnana, Srihan ; Jenkins, Jon ; Twicken, Joseph D. ; Henze, Christopher ; Kidwell, Richard ; Burke, Christopher ; Villaseñor, Joel ; Boyd, Patricia ; “Diving Beneath the Sea of Stellar Activity: Chromatic Radial Velocities of the Young AU Mic Planetary System,” 2021, Astronomical Journal, 162, 295
Carolan, S.; Vidotto, A. A.; Plavchan, P.; Villarreal D'Angelo, C.; Hazra, G.; "The dichotomy of atmospheric escape in AU Mic b," 2020, MNRAS letters, 498, 53
Dreizler, S. ; Crossfield, I. J. M. ; Kossakowski, D. ; Plavchan, P. ; Jeffers, S. V. ; Kemmer, J. ; Luque, R. ; Espinoza, N. ; Pallé, E. ; Stassun, K. ; Matthews, E. ; Cale, B. ; Caballero, J. A. ; Schlecker, M. ; Lillo-Box, J. ; Zechmeister, M. ; Lalitha, S. ; Reiners, A. ; Soubkiou, A. ; Bitsch, B. ; Zapatero Osorio, M. R. ; Chaturvedi, P. ; Hatzes, A. P. ; Ricker, G. ; Vanderspek, R. ; Latham, D. W. ; Seager, S. ; Winn, J. ; Jenkins, J. M. ; Aceituno, J. ; Amado, P. J. ; Barkaoui, K. ; Barbieri, M. ; Batalha, N. M. ; Bauer, F. F. ; Benneke, B. ; Benkhaldoun, Z. ; Beichman, C. ; Berberian, J. ; Burt, J. ; Butler, R. P. ; Caldwell, D. A. ; Chintada, A. ; Chontos, A. ; Christiansen, J. L. ; Ciardi, D. R. ; Cifuentes, C. ; Collins, K. A. ; Collins, K. I. ; Combs, D. ; Cortés-Contreras, M. ; Crane, J. D. ; Daylan, T. ; Dragomir, D. ; Esparza-Borges, E. ; Evans, P. ; Feng, F. ; Flowers, E. E. ; Fukui, A. ; Fulton, B. ; Furlan, E. ; Gaidos, E. ; Geneser, C. ; Giacalone, S. ; Gillon, M. ; Gonzales, E. ; Gorjian, V. ; Hellier, C. ; Hidalgo, D. ; Howard, A. W. ; Howell, S. ; Huber, D. ; Isaacson, H. ; Jehin, E. ; Jensen, E. L. N. ; Kaminski, A. ; Kane, S. R. ; Kawauchi, K. ; Kielkopf, J. F. ; Klahr, H. ; Kosiarek, M. R. ; Kreidberg, L. ; Kürster, M. ; Lafarga, M. ; Livingston, J. ; Louie, D. ; Mann, A. ; Madrigal-Aguado, A. ; Matson, R. A. ; Mocnik, T. ; Morales, J. C. ; Muirhead, P. S. ; Murgas, F. ; Nandakumar, S. ; Narita, N. ; Nowak, G. ; Oshagh, M. ; Parviainen, H. ; Passegger, V. M. ; Pollacco, D. ; Pozuelos, F. J. ; Quirrenbach, A. ; Reefe, M. ; Ribas, I. ; Robertson, P. ; Rodríguez-López, C. ; Rose, M. E. ; Roy, A. ; Schweitzer, A. ; Schlieder, J. ; Shectman, S. ; Tanner, A. ; Şenavcı, H. V. ; Teske, J. ; Twicken, J. D. ; Villasenor, J. ; Wang, S. X. ; Weiss, L. M. ; Wittrock, J. ; Yılmaz, M. ; Zohrabi, F.; “The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. LP 714-47 b (TOI 442.01): populating the Neptune desert,” 2020, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 644 127
Dulz, Shannon D.; Plavchan, Peter; Crepp, Justin R.; Stark, Christopher; Morgan, Rhonda; Kane, Stephen R.; Newman, Patrick; Matzko, William; Mulders, Gijs D.; “Joint Radial Velocity and Direct Imaging Planet Yield Calculations. I. Self-consistent Planet Populations,” 2020, The Astrophysical Journal, 893, 122
Plavchan, Peter; Barclay, Thomas; Gagné, Jonathan; Gao, Peter; Cale, Bryson; Matzko, William; Dragomir, Diana; Quinn, Sam; Feliz, Dax; Stassun, Keivan; Crossfield, Ian J. M.; Berardo, David A.; Latham, David W.; Tieu, Ben; Anglada-Escudé, Guillem; Ricker, George; Vanderspek, Roland; Seager, Sara; Winn, Joshua N.; Jenkins, Jon M. Rinehart, Stephen; Krishnamurthy, Akshata; Dynes, Scott; Doty, John; Adams, Fred; Afanasev, Dennis A.; Beichman, Chas; Bottom, Mike; Bowler, Brendan P.; Brinkworth, Carolyn; Brown, Carolyn J.; Cancino, Andrew; Ciardi, David R.; Clampin, Mark; Clark, Jake T.; Collins, Karen; Davison, Cassy; Foreman-Mackey, Daniel; Furlan, Elise; Gaidos, Eric J.; Geneser, Claire; Giddens, Frank; Gilbert, Emily; Hall, Ryan; Hellier, Coel; Henry, Todd; Horner, Jonathan; Howard, Andrew W.; Huang, Chelsea; Huber, Joseph; Kane, Stephen R.; Kenworthy, Matthew; Kielkopf, John; Kipping, David; Klenke, Chris; Kruse, Ethan; Latouf, Natasha; Lowrance, Patrick; Mennesson, Bertrand; Mengel, Matthew; Mills, Sean M.; Morton, Tim; Narita, Norio; Newton, Elisabeth; Nishimoto, America; Okumura, Jack; Palle, Enric; Pepper, Joshua; Quintana, Elisa V.; Roberge, Aki; Roccatagliata, Veronica; Schlieder, Joshua E.; Tanner, Angelle; Teske, Johanna; Tinney, C. G.; Vanderburg, Andrew; von Braun, Kaspar; Walp, Bernie; Wang, Jason; Wang, Sharon Xuesong; Weigand, Denise; White, Russel; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Wright, Duncan J.; Youngblood, Allison; Zhang, Hui; Zilberman, Perri; “A planet within the debris disk around the pre-main-sequence star AU Microscopii,” 2020, Nature, 582, 497
Plavchan, Peter ; Vasisht, Gautam ; Beichman, Chas ; Cegla, Heather ; Dumusque, Xavier ; Wang, Sharon ; Gao, Peter ; Dressing, Courtney ; Bastien, Fabienne ; Basu, Sarbani ; Beatty, Thomas ; Bechter, Andrew ; Bechter, Eric ; Blake, Cullen ; Bourrier, Vincent ; Cale, Bryson ; Ciardi, David ; Crass, Jonathan ; Crepp, Justin ; de Kleer, Katherine ; Diddams, Scott ; Eastman, Jason ; Fischer, Debra ; Gagné, Jonathan ; Gaudi, Scott ; Grier, Catherine ; Hall, Richard ; Halverson, Sam ; Hamze, Bahaa ; Herrero Casas, Enrique ; Howard, Andrew ; Kempton, Eliza ; Latouf, Natasha ; Leifer, Stephanie ; Lightsey, Paul ; Lisse, Casey ; Martin, Emily ; Matzko, William ; Mawet, Dimitri ; Mayo, Andrew ; Newman, Patrick ; Papp, Scott ; Pope, Benjamin ; Purcell, Bill ; Quinn, Sam ; Ribas, Ignasi ; Rosich, Albert ; Sanchez-Maes, Sophia ; Tanner, Angelle ; Thompson, Samantha ; Vahala, Kerry ; Wang, Ji ; Williams, Peter ; Wise, Alex ; Wright, Jason ; “EarthFinder Probe Mission Concept Study: Characterizing nearby stellar exoplanet systems with Earth-mass analogs for future direct imaging,” 2020, arXiv:2006:13428
Plavchan, P., “Community Endorsement of the National Academies Exoplanet Science Strategy and Astrobiology Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe Reports,” 2019, Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, science white papers, no. 192, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 51, 192
Cale, Bryson; Plavchan, Peter; LeBrun, Danny; Gagné, Jonathan; Gao, Peter; Tanner, Angelle; Beichman, Charles; Xeusong-Wang, Sharon; Gaidos, Eric; Teske, Johanna; Ciardi, David; Vasisht, Gautam; Kane, Stephen R.; von Braun, Kaspar; “Precise Radial Velocities of Cool Low Mass Stars with iSHELL,” 2019, Astronomical Journal, 158, 170
Gagné, Jonathan; Plavchan, Peter; Gao, Peter; Anglada-Escude, Guillem; Furlan, Elise; Davison, Cassy; Tanner, Angelle; Henry, Todd J.; Riedel, Adric R.; Brinkworth, Carolyn; Latham, David; Bottom, Michael; White, Russel; Mills, Sean; Beichman, Chas; Johnson, John A.; Ciardi, David R.; Wallace, Kent; Mennesson, Bertrand; von Braun, Kaspar Vasisht, Gautam; Prato, Lisa; Kane, Stephen R.; Mamajek, Eric E.; Walp, Bernie; Crawford, Timothy J.; Rougeot, Raphaël; Geneser, Claire S.; Catanzarite, Joseph; “A High-Precision Near-Infrared Survey for Radial Velocity Variable Low-Mass Stars Using CSHEL and a Methane Gas Cell,” 2016, Astrophysical Journal, 822, 40
Gao, Peter; Plavchan, P.; Gagné, J.; Furlan, E.; Bottom, M.; Anglada-Escudé, G.; White, R.; Davison, C. L.; Beichman, C.; Brinkworth, C.; Johnson, J.; Ciardi, D.; Wallace, K.; Mennesson, B.; von Braun, K.; Vasisht, G.; Prato, L.; Kane, S. R.; Tanner, A.; Crawford, T. J. Latham, D.; Rougeot, R.; Geneser, C. S.; Catanzarite, J.; “Retrieval of Precise Radial Velocities from Near-Infrared High Resolution Spectra of Low Mass Stars,” 2016, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 128, 4501
Gopalan, Giri; Plavchan, Peter; van Eyken, Julian; Ciardi, David; von Braun, Kaspar; Kane, Stephen R.; “Application of the Trend Filtering Algorithm for Photometric Time Series Data,” 2016, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 128, 4504
Meng, Huan Y. A.; Plavchan, Peter; Rieke, George H.; Cody, Ann Marie; Güth, Tina; Stauffer, John; Covey, Kevin; Carey, Sean; Ciardi, David; Duran-Rojas, Maria C.; Gutermuth, Robert A.; Morales-Calderón, María; Rebull, Luisa M.; Watson, Alan M.; “Photo-reverberation Mapping of a Protoplanetary Accretion Disk around a T Tauri Star ,” 2016, Astrophysical Journal, 823, 58
Vanderburg, A., Plavchan, P., Johnson, John Asher, Ciardi, David, Swift, Jonathan, & Kane, Stephen, “The Golidlocks Trap: Stellar Activity Masquerading as Habitable Exoplanets,” 2016, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459, 3565
Plavchan, Peter; Latham, Dave; Gaudi, Scott; Crepp, Justin; Dumusque, Xavier; Furesz, Gabor; Vanderburg, Andrew; Blake, Cullen; Fischer, Debra; Prato, Lisa; White, Russel; Makarov, Valeri; Marcy, Geoff; Stapelfeldt, Karl; Haywood, Raphaëlle; Collier-Cameron, Andrew; Quirrenbach, Andreas; Mahadevan, Suvrath; Anglada, Guillem; Muirhead, Philip; “Radial Velocity Prospects Current and Future,” 2015, Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group white paper, arXiv 1503.01770
Awards
- College of Science Dean's Award for Early Career Excellence (2019)
- College of Science Excellence in Mentoring award nomination (2019)
- College of Natural and Applied Sciences Research Award, MSU (2017)
- NASA Group Achievement Award (2017)
Citation: For the development and tests at Mauna Kea observatories of a near-infrared. Laser Frequency Comb as a wavelength standard for the detection and characterization of exoplanets. - NASA Honor Achievement Award, NASA Exoplanet Archive Team 2014
Citation: For outstanding achievement in the rapid and on-budget launch of the NASA Exoplanet Archive. - NASA Honor Achievement Award, Spitzer Science In-Reach Team 2010
Citation: For outstanding support of Spitzer IRAC Warm Instrument Characterization and significant contributions to NASA and JPL commitments to education of the global community.
Contact Info
- Name
- Dr. Peter P. Plavchan
- Job Title
- Associate ProfessorDirector, Mason Observatories
- Website
- Phone Number
- Cell Number
- Office Number
- Planetary Hall, Room 243, MSN 3F3