Award-winning teacher and researcher at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee. Author of four books (Is Pluto a Planet?/2006; How Old is the Universe?/2010; Religions and Extraterrestrial Life: How Will We Deal With It?/2014; Life on Mars: What to Know Before We Go/2018) and many dozens of professional papers.
Experience
2005–present
Professor of Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
2006–present
Director, Communication of Science & Technology Program, Vanderbilt University
Publications
2018
Life on Mars: What to Know Before We Go, Princeton University Press
2014
Religions and Extraterrestrial Life: How Will We Deal With It?, Springer-Praxis Books
2010
How Old is the Universe?, Princeton University Press
2006
Is Pluto a Planet?, Princeton University Press
Honours
Klopsteg Award, American Association of Physics Teachers