Charles Beichman is the current executive director of NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (2003–present),[1] senior faculty associate at California Institute of Technology and an astronomer.
In 1975 Beichman received a Master of Science in astronomy from University of Hawaiʻi, In 1976 he received an M.S.
in physics from University of Hawaiʻi, and in 1979 he received a PhD in astronomy.
[1] He has published numerous papers within his field, including research on exoplanets and Debris disks and is most notably credited with the discovery of a planetary system using IRAS.
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