Nikole Lewis: Difference between revisions

'''Nikole Lewis''' is an [[astrophysicist]] and an assistant professor of [[Astronomy]] at [[Cornell University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://as.cornell.edu/nikole-lewis|title=Nikole Lewis {{!}} Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences Cornell Arts & Sciences|website=as.cornell.edu|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> Her major research interests include observational and theoretical techniques for probing [[exoplanet atmospheres]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://astro.cornell.edu/nikole-lewis|title=Nikole Lewis {{!}} Department of Astronomy Cornell Arts & Sciences|website=astro.cornell.edu|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> She co-lead a [[spectroscopic]] survey of the [[TRAPPIST-1]] system in 2018 using the [[Hubble Space Telescope]], which was the first such survey for Earth-sized [[exoplanets]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hubblesite.org/news_release/news/2018-07|title=HubbleSite: News - Hubble Probes Atmospheres of Exoplanets in TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Zone|website=hubblesite.org|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eapsweb.mit.edu/news/2018/hubble-probes-atmospheres-exoplanets-trappist-1-habitable-zone|title=Hubble Probes Atmospheres of Exoplanets in TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Zone {{!}} MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences|website=eapsweb.mit.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> She also took part in the original announcement of the [[TRAPPIST-1]] system in 2017 by helping describe the system and the importance of detecting atmospheres to search for [[biosignatures]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?nikolelewis|title=Nikole K. Lewis {{!}} C-SPAN.org|website=www.c-span.org|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>