2026 Paul Kalas: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	74	3483	3309	1645	1530	324	16898

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Physics

3483

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1530

324

16898

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Paul Kalas is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Computational Mechanics.

Their main research topics cover:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Astro and Planetary Science
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure

Paul Kalas's publications are frequently found in several prominent venues, including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astronomical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The Astrophysical Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Their recent peer-reviewed papers include:

"The JWST Early-release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems II: A 1 to 20 μm Spectrum of the Planetary-mass Companion VHS 1256-1257 b," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
"Debris Disk Results from the Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey's Polarimetric Imaging Campaign," 2020, The Astronomical Journal
"The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems I: High-contrast Imaging of the Exoplanet HIP 65426 b from 2 to 16 μm," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
"Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XIX. Spiral Arms, a Tail, and Diffuse Structures Traced by CO around the GM Aur Disk," 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
"Direct imaging discovery of a super-Jovian around the young Sun-like star AF Leporis," 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their collaborations include frequent coauthorship with several scientists, most notably Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer, Brenda C. Matthews, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Marshall D. Perrin, and Stanimir Metchev.

Paul Kalas was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

Optical Images of an Exosolar Planet 25 Light-Years from Earth

Paul Kalas;James R. Graham;Eugene Chiang;Michael P. Fitzgerald

1171
Citations
First light of the Gemini Planet Imager

Bruce Macintosh;Bruce Macintosh;James R. Graham;Patrick Ingraham;Quinn Konopacky

705
Citations
Discovery and spectroscopy of the young Jovian planet 51 Eri b with the Gemini Planet Imager

B. Macintosh;B. Macintosh;J. R. Graham;T. Barman;R. J. De Rosa

538
Citations
The Gemini Deep Planet Survey

David Lafreniere;Rene Doyon;Christian Marois;Daniel Nadeau

521
Citations
A planetary system as the origin of structure in Fomalhaut's dust belt

Paul Kalas;James R. Graham;Mark Clampin

517
Citations
The Gemini Deep Planet Survey -- GDPS

David Lafreniere;Rene Doyon;Christian Marois;Daniel Nadeau

467
Citations
The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey: Giant Planet and Brown Dwarf Demographics from 10 to 100 au

Eric L. Nielsen;Robert J. De Rosa;Bruce Macintosh;Jason J. Wang;Jason J. Wang

398
Citations
Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems

Terry D. Oswalt;Linda M. French;Paul Kalas

365
Citations
Asymmetries in the Beta Pictoris Dust Disk

Paul Kalas;David Jewitt

317
Citations
The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey: Giant Planet and Brown Dwarf Demographics From 10-100 AU

Eric L. Nielsen;Robert J. De Rosa;Bruce Macintosh;Jason J. Wang

300
Citations
Discovery of a large dust disk around the nearby star AU Microscopii.

Paul Kalas;Michael C. Liu;Brenda C. Matthews

273
Citations
FOMALHAUT'S DEBRIS DISK AND PLANET: CONSTRAINING THE MASS OF FOMALHAUT B FROM DISK MORPHOLOGY

E. Chiang;E. Kite;P. Kalas;J. R. Graham

263
Citations
Hubble Space Telescope Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Coronagraphic Imaging of the Herbig Ae Star AB Aurigae

C. A. Grady;B. Woodgate;F. C. Bruhweiler;A. Boggess

227
Citations
The Signature of Primordial Grain Growth in the Polarized Light of the AU Mic Debris Disk

James R. Graham;P. Kalas;B. Matthews

208
Citations
STIS Coronagraphic Imaging of the Herbig Ae Star: HD 163296

C. A. Grady;David Devine;B. E. Woodgate;R. A. Kimble

191
Citations
Polarimetry with the gemini planet imager: Methods, performance at first light, and the circumstellar ring around HR 4796A

Marshall D. Perrin;Gaspard Duchene;Gaspard Duchene;Gaspard Duchene;Max Millar-Blanchaer;Michael P. Fitzgerald

186
Citations
STIS Coronagraphic Imaging of Fomalhaut: Main Belt Structure and the Orbit of Fomalhaut b

Paul Kalas;Paul Kalas;James R. Graham;James R. Graham;Michael P. Fitzgerald;Mark Clampin

177
Citations
The Signature of Primordial Grain Growth in the Polarized Light of the AU Microscopii Debris Disk

James R. Graham;James R. Graham;Paul G. Kalas;Paul G. Kalas;Brenda C. Matthews;Brenda C. Matthews

173
Citations
Discovery of Extreme Asymmetry in the Debris Disk Surrounding HD 15115

Paul Kalas;Paul Kalas;Michael P. Fitzgerald;Michael P. Fitzgerald;James R. Graham;James R. Graham

168
Citations
The Gemini Planet Imager

James R. Graham;Bruce Macintosh;Marshall D. Perrin;Patrick Ingraham

1
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