# David Charbonneau Fred Kavli Professor of Astrophysics Chair of the Department ![David Charbonneau Headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum6286/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/astronomy/files/david-charbonneau-headshot_profile.jpg?itok=0nJz0tEo) smartphone [(617) 496-6515]() email laptop\_windows [Professional Website](https://sites.harvard.edu/charbonneau/) laptop\_windows [Students](https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/filter_by/charbonneau) Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 60 Garden Street, MS-16 Cambridge, MA 02138 Office P-332 *Research Interests:* Detection and characterization of extrasolar planets, with the goal of studying inhabited worlds. In pursuit of this goal I also pursue novel ground-based and space-based instrumentation, and studies of stellar astrophysics. *Publications:* [ADS](http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?db_key=AST&db_key=PRE&qform=AST&arxiv_sel=astro-ph&arxiv_sel=cond-mat&arxiv_sel=cs&arxiv_sel=gr-qc&arxiv_sel=hep-ex&arxiv_sel=hep-lat&arxiv_sel=hep-ph&arxiv_sel=hep-th&arxiv_sel=math&arxiv_sel=math-ph&arxiv_sel=nlin&arxiv_sel=nucl-ex&arxiv_sel=nucl-th&arxiv_sel=physics&arxiv_sel=quant-ph&arxiv_sel=q-bio&sim_query=YES&ned_query=YES&adsobj_query=YES&aut_logic=OR&obj_logic=OR&author=Charbonneau,%20David&object=&start_mon=&start_year=&end_mon=&end_year=&ttl_logic=OR&title=&txt_logic=OR&text=&nr_to_return=200&start_nr=1&jou_pick=ALL&ref_stems=&data_and=ALL&group_and=ALL&start_entry_day=&start_entry_mon=&start_entry_year=&end_entry_day=&end_entry_mon=&end_entry_year=&min_score=&sort=SCORE&data_type=SHORT&aut_syn=YES&ttl_syn=YES&txt_syn=YES&aut_wt=1.0&obj_wt=1.0&ttl_wt=0.3&txt_wt=3.0&aut_wgt=YES&obj_wgt=YES&ttl_wgt=YES&txt_wgt=YES&ttl_sco=YES&txt_sco=YES&version=1) , [astro-ph](http://arxiv.org/find/all/1/all:%20AND%20charbonneau%20david/0/1/0/all/0/1)