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Sara Seager is the North Star Distinguished Professor at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) at the University of Toronto, with cross-appointments in the Departments of Physics, Chemistry, and the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics. She joins the University of Toronto effective September 1, 2026. Seager earned a BSc in the Math and Physics Specialist Program from the University of Toronto in 1994 and a PhD in Astronomy from Harvard University in 1999. Prior to her appointment at the University of Toronto, she served as Professor of Physics, Professor of Planetary Science, and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she held the Class of 1941 Professorship. She previously held positions at the Carnegie Institution for Science and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.