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Lea Hirsch is an Assistant Professor in the Teaching Stream at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Her research focuses on finding and characterizing nearby extrasolar planets using radial velocity and direct imaging methods. She investigates planets' masses and orbits, utilizing large ensembles of planets to study their demographics and occurrence rates. A significant aspect of her research is focused on the effects of binary star companions on the formation and evolution of exoplanets, given that half of Sun-like stars are part of binary systems. She seeks to understand the statistical effects these companions have on the occurrence rates and demographics of planets found in single versus binary systems.
Department of Sociology