HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA -- Internationally renowned astrophysicist Dr. Andrew Siemion will give a Pass the Torch talk at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. Siemion teaches and conducts research at the University of California-Berkeley and is the director of UC-Berkley Center for Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Research.
Dr. Siemion is the guest speaker for the fifth Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop, set for Oct. 3-6 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Huntsville, Alabama.
For his Pass the Torch talk, “The Search for Ourselves Among the Stars," Dr. Siemion will discuss the current state of interstellar research and exploration in his address, " Highlighting recent discoveries in astrobiology that guide and motivate the search for intelligent life beyond Earth, Siemion's presentation is part of the Rocket Center's "Pass the Torch" lecture series featuring high-profile scientists, engineers and space experts.
The lecture is free and open to members of the general public as well as TVIW participants. The National Geographic Theater is located in the Rocket Center’s Davidson Center for Space Exploration.
Contacts:
Les Johnson, TVIW Conference Chair, les.johnson@tviw.us.
U.S. Space & Rocket Center: Pat Ammons, Director of Communications, pat.ammons@spacecamp.com; 256-721-5429
More about Andrew Siemion
As director of the UC Berkeley Center for SETI Research, Dr. Siemion is jointly affiliated with The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy at Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands, and with the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. He is one of the leaders of the "Breakthrough Listen Initiative," a 10-year, $100-million effort sponsored by Yuri Milner’s Breakthrough Prize Foundation, which is conducting the most sensitive search ever made for advanced extraterrestrial life.
Dr. Siemion was a recipient of the Josephine De Kármán Fellowship for Undergraduate Studies at UC Berkeley; the Dorothea Klumpke Roberts Prize for outstanding scholarship as a UC Berkeley undergraduate major in astrophysics; and the UC Berkeley Mary Elizabeth Uhl Dissertation Prize for his work on searches for exotic radio phenomena. He is an elected member of the International Union of Radio Science and committee secretary for the International Academy of Astronautics' SETI Permanent Committee. He serves on the Science@Cal advisory board, co-chairs the Cradle of Life Science Working Group for the forthcoming Square Kilometer Array telescope, and sits on the board of directors of the Foundation for Investing in Research on SETI Science and Technology (FIRSST). He appears frequently on TV and radio, discussing the search for life beyond Earth and the prospects for detection.
More about the Space & Rocket Center
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is the world's largest spaceflight museum and the official visitor's center for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Its "Pass the Torch" lecture series features academic, industry and government professionals speaking about their work in space, science, engineering and related fields. Home to Space Camp®, Aviation Challenge® Camp and Robotics Camp, the Space & Rocker Center welcomes thousands of young people each year for hands-on spaceflight and space exploration activities. Its hardware collection includes more than 1,500 items from America’s first satellite, Explorer I, to next-generation space vehicles. Learn more here:
http://www.rocketcenter.com
https://www.rocketcenter.com/passthetorch
More about TVIW 2017
TVIW partners with the interstellar starship development symposium Starship Century (http://www.starshipcentury.com), and with Tau Zero Foundation (https://tauzero.aero), a coalition of scientists, engineers, artists, and writers seeking practical solutions for interstellar exploration. Symposium sponsors include science fiction publisher Baen (http://www.baen.com) -- "The Heart of Science Fiction," proudly supporting TVIW since 2013, and Digital Oilfield Solutions, Huntsville Alabama L5 Society (HAL5) Redstone Federal Credit Union, MonTech LLC, ORION, and Radiance Technologies.
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