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Jonathan GAGNÉ Profile Summary
Jonathan GAGNÉ is an Associate Professor at Université de Montréal's Département de physique (Faculty of Arts and Sciences) and serves as Scientific Advisor to the Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan. His research focuses on astrophysics with an emphasis on brown dwarfs, exoplanets, and young stellar associations. He has conducted groundbreaking work using Gaia mission data to identify new stellar groups and isolated planetary-mass objects.
- Affiliations:
- Université de Montréal (Associate Professor)
- Scientific Advisor, Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium
- Membre, Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ)
- Membre, Institut de recherche sur les exoplanètes (iREx)
Research Highlights: His work includes analyzing kinematic data to calibrate the ages of stars and exoplanets, studying cold planetary-mass objects, and leveraging citizen science projects like Backyard Worlds: Planet 9. He has pioneered methods to identify co-moving stellar groups and contributed to the discovery of over 100 ultracool dwarfs using Gaia and machine learning techniques.
Grants & Projects:
- Lead researcher on Disentangling the Kinematics of the Solar Neighborhood, funded by NSERC (2021-2027)
- Co-researcher on the CRAQ strategic initiative (2024-2026), FQRNT-funded
Recognition: - NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015) - Featured in international media discussing exoplanets and the Gaia mission - Author of The Physics of Filter Coffee (popular science book applying astrophysical methods to coffee brewing).
Labs/Teams: He collaborates with the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) and leads the Uncharted Worlds survey using JWST for direct exoplanet imaging.
