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John Gizis

Professor, Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Gizis focuses his research on improving the understanding of stars and brown dwarfs (failed stars).

Brown Dwarfs and BinariesCool StarsStarsSolar SystemCosmology
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David Weintraub

Professor of Astronomy; Director of Undergraduate Studies; Director of Program in Communication of Science & TechnologyVanderbilt University

Expert in astrophysics who also writes about extraterrestrial life, human space travel and space colonization.

Space colonizationExtraterrestrial lifeMars colonizationMarsSpace travel
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Peter B. James, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Specialties are planetary geophysics and finite element modeling

Space TechnologyPlanetary ScienceGeophysics
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Duane Hamacher

Associate Professor of Astrophysics and Director of The Burunh ProgramUniversity of Melbourne

Academic, Astronomer, Science Communicator

Indigenous AstronomyDark Sky StudiesAstrosociologyGeomythologyHistory of Meteoritics
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Stephen Elardo

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Stephen Elardo's research focuses on early planetary formation and evolution, specifically in the geological evolution of the moon.

ArtemisMagmaApolloPlanetary ExplorationThe Moon
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Keivan Stassun

Stevenson Professor of Physics and AstronomyVanderbilt University

Expert in the search for Earth-like planets across the galaxy and an advocate for diversity, including neurodiversity, in the academy.

Star FormationPlanet FormationAstronomyPlanetary SystemsAstronomical Phenomena
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Andrew Palmer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor | Ocean Engineering and Marine SciencesFlorida Tech

Dr. Palmer's research interests include eavesdropping on bacterial 'conversations', Martian farming, and cell wall fragment-based signaling.

AstrobiologyOcean EngineeringBiomedicalMolecular BiologyBiochemistry
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David Chuss, PhD

Professor and Chair of Department of Physics; Co-Director of The Villanova One Sky Center for AstrophysicsVillanova University

David Chuss, PhD, has worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and studies astronomical polarimetry and magnetic fields.

Astrophysical Magnetic FieldsCosmologyAstronomical PolarimetryGalactic CenterStar Formation
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Bryan E. Penprase, PhD

DeanSoka University

Professor Penprase is Dean of Faculty and Professor of Science.

Quasar Absorption Line SpectroscopyArchaeoastronomyObservational AstrophysicsAstrophysicsAstronomy
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Harry Reis

Professor of Psychology and Dean's Professor in Arts and SciencesUniversity of Rochester

Professor Harry Reis' research interests involve social interaction and close relationships.

Marriage and Close RelationshipsHealth and Psychological Well BeingSocial interactionIntimacyEmotion Regulation