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Gáspár Bakos is a professor in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University, focusing on research related to extrasolar planets and instrumentation, particularly with small telescopes. He is the Principal Investigator of the HATNet extrasolar planet search, which has been running since 2003 and has led to the discovery of over 70 transiting exoplanets, including HAT-P-1b and HAT-P-70b. His work with the HATSouth project involves running telescopes across the Southern Hemisphere in countries such as Chile, Namibia, and Australia, where they gather data continuously. Bakos is also developing a new project called HATPI, aimed at monitoring the entire visible sky from Chile with high cadence and photometric precision. His background includes serving as an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and being a National Science Foundation Fellow and a Hubble Fellow. He earned his PhD from Eötvös University in Budapest in 2004, after majoring in physics and astronomy as an undergraduate. Bakos is an advocate for reducing light pollution from low-earth orbit satellites and has initiated petitions addressing this concern.
Princeton University • Princeton, NJ, USA
Teaching and conducting research in astrophysical sciences.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics • Cambridge, MA, USA
Conducted research in astrophysics.
National Science Foundation • USA
Fellowship in astrophysics.
• USA
Held a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship.
• USA
Conducted research prior to PhD completion.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.