Alan Boss

 ( 1951 Births ) 

Alan P. Boss (born in Lakewood, Ohio

) is a United States Astrophysics, astronomer, and planetary scientist at the Earth and Planets Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution for Science.

---

Life and career Educated in the Physics Departments at the University of South Florida and the University of California, Santa Barbara, Boss is a prominent scientist in stellar and planetary system formation and the study of extrasolar planets who has made highly cited contributions to the study of /ref>

Boss was selected to join the NASA Science Working Group for the Kepler Mission and the NASA External Independent Readiness Board for the Exoplanet Exploration Program, both charged with the detection and characterization of nearby habitable Earth analog. He currently chairs the Technology Assessment Committee for NASA's Exoplanet Exoploration Program.

---

Achievements Boss received a NASA Group Achievement Award in 2008 for his role in the Astrobiology Roadmap. Boss is a fellow of numerous scientific academies and societies, e.g., the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Astronomical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Geophysical Union. Minor Planet (29137) is named Alanboss (1987).

---

Bibliography

• Alan Boss (1998). 9780471184218, John Wiley & Sons. . ISBN 9780471184218
• Alan Boss (2025). 9780465009367, Basic Books. ISBN 9780465009367
• Alan Boss (2025). 9780190864057, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190864057

---

External links

• Talk of Alan Boss at the Origins 2011 congress

---

Sources

Post Comment