Heather A. Knutson

First longitudinal temperature profile for an extrasolar planet. This image shows the day-night temperature profile on the hot Jupiter HD 189733b (Image credit: H. Knutson, NASA/JPL-Caltech).

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University of California, Berkeley

Department of Astronomy

601 Campbell Hall

Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

Office: Campbell 419

Phone: 510-642-0388

Email: hknutson (at) berkeley.edu

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I am currently a Miller Fellow in the Department of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. My research is focused on characterizing the properties of extrasolar planets, including their temperatures, compositions, and atmospheric circulation patterns using observations of eclipsing systems.