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Guillem Anglada-Escude
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Guillem Anglada
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| Born | 1979 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | University of Barcelona PhD |
| Known for | Search for extrasolar planets |
| Awards | Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world (2017) |
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| Fields | Astronomy, Planetary science, Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (2019-) Queen Mary University of London (2013–2019) University of Hertfordshire (2014-2015) University of Göttingen (2012-2013) Carnegie Institution of Washington (2008-2011) |
| Thesis | Experiments and relativistic models for optical astrometry from space. Application to the Gaia mission (2007) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jordi Torra, Sergei A. Klioner |
Guillem Anglada-Escudé (born in Ullastrell, Barcelona in 1979), is a Catalan astronomer. In 2016, he led a team of astronomers under the Pale Red Dot campaign, which resulted in the confirmation of the existence of Proxima Centauri b, the closest potentially habitable extrasolar planet to Earth, followed by the publication of a peer-reviewed article in Nature. In 2017, Anglada-Escudé was named amongst the 100 most influential people according to Time, and one of Nature's top 10 scientists of the year 2016. He is currently a research fellow at Institut de Ciències de l'Espai.
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