Rafael Rebolo
Rafael Rebolo, born on September 12, 1961, in Cartagena, Spain, is a distinguished astrophysicist and the former director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). He earned his degree in Physics from the University of Granada in 1984 and completed his Ph.D. in Astrophysics at the University of La Laguna in 1987. Rebolo has […]
Natalie Batalha
Natalie Batalha is a research astronomer in the Space Sciences Division of NASA Ames Research Center. She holds the position of Co-Investigator and Kepler Mission Scientist on the Kepler Mission, the first mission capable of finding Earth-size planets around other stars. Batalha began her career as a stellar spectroscopist, studying sun-like stars. She holds a […]
Edvard Moser
Edvard Moser is a Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. He is interested in how spatial location and spatial memory are computed in the brain. His work, conducted with May-Britt Moser as a long-term collaborator, includes the discovery of […]
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. His mother, Marion Moon, was the daughter of an Army Chaplain and his father Edwin Eugene Aldrin was an aviation pioneer. Buzz graduated one year early from Montclair High School and he attended the US Military Academy at West Point, graduating third in his class with a […]
Yuri Baturin
Yuri Baturin graduated at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 1980 he also graduated at the Law Institute of Moscow State University, where he also obtained a doctorate in laws. A former politician, he has been Head of National Security and has served on the National Defence Council. In 1997 he was selected […]
Long Xiao
Long Xiao is a Professor of Planetary Geology and Director of Planetary Science Institute at China University of Geosciences (CUG), Wuhan, and Distinguished Professor of Macau University of Science and Technology, China. He obtained his PhD degree from CUG-Wuhan, majoring in geology. He used be a petrologist focused on studying large igneous provinces, mantle plume […]
Charlie Duke
Participated as Orion lunar module pilot on the Apollo 16 mission in 1972 and explored Descartes. The Apollo 16 mission is considered one of the most successful, due to the number of experiments performed on lunar terrain, and the amount of rocky material brought to Earth. Apollo 16 (April 16–27, 1972) was launched from John F. Kennedy […]
Elizabeth Blackburn
Dr. Blackburn is a leader in the area of telomere and telomerase research. She discovered the molecular nature of telomeres-the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that serve as protective caps essential for preserving the genetic information – and discovered the enzyme telomerase, which replenishes telomeres. Blackburn is currently a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and […]
Brian Schmidt
Brian Schmidt is the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU). He was previously a Distinguished Professor, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and astrophysicist at the University’s Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. He currently holds an Australia Research […]
James Hansen
James R. Hansen is a professor of history at Auburn University in Alabama. His book From the Ground Up won the History Book Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1988. For his work, The Wind and Beyond (NASA) – (six-volume series), he was awarded the Eugene Ferguson Prize for Outstanding Reference Work by […]