Current Member
Kailash Sahu
Funding provided by The Ambrose Monell Foundation
Affiliation
Natural Sciences
Field of Study
Astrophysics
Home Institution
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
Website
Kailash Sahu's research efforts have focused on applying microlensing, transit, and relativistic deflection techniques to study exoplanets, nearby stars, and black holes. He recently reported the first unambiguous detection of a stellar-mass black hole, and measured its mass.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Natural Sciences
– current
Degrees
Physical Research Laboratory, India
Ph.D.
1985
Honors
2007
STScI Outstanding Achievement award
2006
Certificate of Excellence for Fast Recovery of HST