NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON earned his BA in physics from Harvard and his
PhD in astrophysics from Columbia. His professional research
interests are broad and include star formation, exploding stars,
dwarf galaxies, and the structures of our Milky Way. Tyson was
appointed by President Bush in 2001 and 2004 to serve on committees
studying the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry (published in
2002) and the Implementation of the United States Space Exploration
Policy. He has also served on the Advisory Council for NASA. He is
a monthly essayist for Natural History magazine and has published
nine books, including the best-selling Death By Black Hole- And
Other Cosmic Quandaries. He also is the first occupant of the
Fredrick P. Rose Directorship of the Hayden Planetarium. Tyson
lives in New York City with his wife and two children.
CHARLES LIU is an astrophysics professor at the City University of
New York's College of Staten Island, and an associate with the
Hayden Planetarium and Department of Astrophysics at the American
Museum of Natural History in New York. His research focuses on
colliding galaxies, quasars, and the star formation history of the
Universe. He earned degrees from Harvard University and the
University of Arizona, and held postdoctoral positions at Kitt Peak
National Observatory and at Columbia University. Together with
co-authors Robert Irion and Neil Tyson, he received the 2001
American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award for his book
"One Universe- At Home In The Cosmos." More recently, he is the
author of "The Handy Astronomy Answer Book," now in its third
edition. He and his wife, who is way smarter than he is, have three
children who are also way smarter than he is.
JEFFREY LEE SIMONS is the social media director of StarTalk Radio.
When he's not busy engaging with the greatest fans in the universe,
he's also a writer. He is the author of Spirit In Realtime, the
first installment of his near-future, virtual reality/cyberpunk
young adult science fiction series. Jeffrey is also the co-author
of the cause-related marketing handbook, Making Money While Making
A Difference, with Dr. Richard Steckel, and the author of two works
with noted artist Viktor Koen- Lexicon- words and images of strange
and Toyphabet. He has a BA in Literature from Georgetown
University. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, daughter, and
four cats.
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