Seth Shostak
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Seth Shostak participating in "Death From the Skies" panel at CSICon 2011 in New Orleans
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| Born |
July 20, 1943 Arlington County, Virginia |
| Residence | Mountain View, California |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Physics, astronomy, science communication |
| Alma mater |
B.A. Princeton, |
| Known for | SETI research |
| Notable awards | Klumpke-Roberts Award (2004) |
B.A. Princeton,
Seth Shostak (born July 20, 1943) is an American astronomer, currently Senior Astronomer for the SETI Institute and former Director of Center for SETI Research when it was a separate department.
Shostak grew up in Arlington County, Virginia, and earned his B.S. in physics from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology. Since 2001, he has been Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to “explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe”. SETI Institute, located in Mountain View, California, employs over 50 researchers that study all aspects of the search for life, its origins, the environment in which life develops, and its ultimate fate. Shostak is an active participant in the Institute’s observation programs and has been hosting SETI's weekly radio show Big Picture Science since 2002. Each week, Shostak interviews guests about the latest scientific research on a variety of topics: cosmology, physics, genetics, paleontology, evolutionary biology and astrobiology. Big Picture Science is distributed on the Public Radio Satellite System and the Public Radio Exchange and is available for download at the SETI Institute's website and through podcasts.
Shostak also hosts the monthly "Skeptic Check" show focused on debunking pseudoscience, UFOs and practices such as astrology and dowsing.
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