David
Kipping
David Kipping is an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University where he leads the Cool Worlds Lab. His research focuses on extrasolar planets, the search for life in the Universe, and astrostatistics.
David Kipping
David Kipping grew up in England and obtained his undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences at Cambridge University in 2007. He then went on to complete a PhD in astrophysics at University College London in 2011, where his thesis developed new approaches for the discovery of extrasolar moons. Kipping then moved to Harvard University as NASA Carl Sagan fellow where he launched the first observational program for exomoons. In 2015, he moved to New York to join the faculty at Columbia University where he now leads the Cool Worlds Lab. His research spans exoplanets to interstellar propulsion, astrostatistics to astroengineering, and he recently authored a paper challenging the simulation argument.
