Prof. Nicolas Cowan
College Member
Current Employer
McGill University
Election Year
2022
Academy
Collège de nouveaux chercheurs et créateurs en art et en science
Cowan, Nicolas, Departments of Physics and Earth and Planetary Science, McGill University.
Nicolas Cowan is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Planetary Climate at McGill University. He uses telescopes on the ground and in space—and develops novel remote sensing techniques—to study the climates on extrasolar planets. In parallel, he combines geochemistry, geophysics, and atmospheric science to understand planetary habitability. These lines of research are converging on the search for habitable, and possibly inhabited, worlds orbiting nearby stars.
Nicolas Cowan is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Planetary Climate at McGill University. He uses telescopes on the ground and in space—and develops novel remote sensing techniques—to study the climates on extrasolar planets. In parallel, he combines geochemistry, geophysics, and atmospheric science to understand planetary habitability. These lines of research are converging on the search for habitable, and possibly inhabited, worlds orbiting nearby stars.
Nicolas Cowan est professeur agrégé et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en climat planétaire à l’Université McGill. Il utilise des télescopes au sol et dans l’espace – et met au point de nouvelles techniques de télédétection – pour étudier le climat des planètes extrasolaires. Parallèlement, il conjugue la géochimie, la géophysique et la science de l’atmosphère pour étudier l’habitabilité des planètes. Ces axes de recherche convergent vers la recherche de mondes habitables, et peut-être habités, qui orbiteraient des étoiles proches.
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