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About
Franck Marchis is an astronomer working in planetary astronomy, with activities spanning adaptive optics instrumentation for ground-based telescopes, image and spectral data analysis, and studies of asteroid multiplicity and exoplanets. He serves as Director of Citizen Science at the SETI Institute and is co-founder of Unistellar SAS, DopeSpace LLC, and SkyMapper Inc., where he is also CEO. Over roughly two decades he has worked with institutions including the European Southern Observatory, UC Berkeley, and the SETI Institute.
Co-Founder & CEO at Skymapper
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Experience
- Skymapper IncCo-founder and CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- SETI InstituteDirector of Unistellar Citizen Sciencecurrent2024 — presentMountain View, California, United States
- SETI InstituteSenior Planetary Astronomercurrent2012 — presentMountain View
- SETI InstituteScience Outreach Manager2015 — 2024Mountain View, CA
- SETI InstituteExoplanets Research Group Chair2015 — 2022Mountain View, CA
- SETI InstituteMedia & Science Liaison2012 — 2013Mountain View, CA
- SETI InstitutePrincipal Investigator2007 — 2012Mountain View, CA
- VR2PlanetsSenior Research Scientist & Science Council Chaircurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- University of Southern QueenslandAdjunct Research Fellowcurrent2025 — presentToowoomba, Queensland, Australia
- UnistellarChief Scientific Officer and co-founder2017 — 2026Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Tour de MoonDirector2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Observatoire de ParisAffiliated Astronomer2012 — 2020Paris, France
- Observatoire de ParisAssociate Astronomer2007 — 2012Paris, France
- Iris AOSenior AO Application Scientist2014 — 2016Berkeley, CA
- University of California, BerkeleyPlanetary Astronomer2000 — 2011
- Small Spacecraft Summer Study Project (S4P)co-PI2008Mountain View, California, United States
- European Southern ObservatoryGraduate Student1997 — 2000
- European Southern ObservatoryGraduate Student1997 — 2000
- UCLLab Assistant1997Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoResearch Assistant1996 — 1997Mexico City, Mexico
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LaTeX21Linux5XML5Unix5Python4MySQL3Mac OS X3PHP2Mathematica2Strategic Thinking1Leadership1Negotiation
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- Who is Franck Marchis?
- Franck Marchis is an astronomer working in planetary astronomy, with activities spanning adaptive optics instrumentation for ground-based telescopes, image and spectral data analysis, and studies of asteroid multiplicity and exoplanets. He serves as Director of Citizen Science at the SETI Institute and is co-founder of Unistellar SAS, DopeSpace LLC, and SkyMapper Inc., where he is also CEO. Over roughly two decades he has worked with institutions including the European Southern Observatory, UC Berkeley, and the SETI Institute.
- Where does Franck Marchis work?
- Franck Marchis is Co-Founder & CEO of Skymapper.
- What companies did Franck Marchis found?
- Franck Marchis founded Skymapper.
- Where did Franck Marchis go to school?
- Franck Marchis studied at Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III (Ph.D., Planetary Science & Astronomy); Universite P. Sabatier - Ecole Doctorale "Science de l'Univers, de l'Environnement et de (equ. to PhD; equ. to Master's Degree, Astrophysics; Astrophysics).
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