His work covers a broad range of exoplanet detection methods, including the microlensing, transit, radial velocity, and imaging techniques.

In 1995 Kane received First Class with Honors at the same institution for his work studying a galactic extended source, which he identified as a previously unknown supernova remnant.

[3] In 2000 Kane received his Ph.D. from the University of Tasmania with a thesis focusing on gravitational microlensing,[4] the bending of space by gravity which has a variety of astrophysics applications, including the discovery of exoplanets.

After graduating, Kane joined the University of St. Andrews in 2001 as a postdoctoral research fellow,[5] he collaborated with a team of scientists that discovered the coldest, smallest known exoplanet (OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb), confirming the hopes that observation of habitable planets was within the reach of technology[7].

While at Caltech he and collaborator Dawn Gelino created the Habitable Zone Gallery,[10] a website dedicated to providing information on exoplanets for both scientists and the general public.