Back To SpeakersDr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History.
Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City.
Recently Tyson served as Executive Editor and on camera Host & Narrator for Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey. For five seasons, beginning in the fall of 2006, Tyson appeared as the on-camera host of PBS-NOVA's spinoff program NOVA ScienceNOW, which is an accessible look at the frontier of all the science that shapes the understanding of our place in the universe.
During the summer of 2009 Tyson identified a stable of professional standup comedians to assist his effort in bringing science to commercial radio with the NSF-funded pilot program StarTalk.
Tyson's professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way.
Tyson is the fifth head of the world-renowned Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He is also a research associate of the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History.
Tyson earned his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. He is the recipient of nineteen honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal.
Recently Tyson served as Executive Editor and on camera Host & Narrator for Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey. For five seasons, beginning in the fall of 2006, Tyson appeared as the on-camera host of PBS-NOVA's spinoff program NOVA ScienceNOW, which is an accessible look at the frontier of all the science that shapes the understanding of our place in the universe.
During the summer of 2009 Tyson identified a stable of professional standup comedians to assist his effort in bringing science to commercial radio with the NSF-funded pilot program StarTalk.
Tyson's professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way.
Tyson is the fifth head of the world-renowned Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He is also a research associate of the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History.
Tyson earned his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. He is the recipient of nineteen honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal.
Sessions
08/02/2016
10.00 - 11.00
Arena Hall