Andrew Siemion | |
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Born | Andrew Patrick Vincent Siemion August 9, 1980 |
Nationality | American |
Education | A.B., University of California at Berkeley, 2008 M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 2010 Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2012 |
Known for | Director of the Berkeley SETI Research Center, Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute |
Spouse | Mai-Chi Hoang |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics, astronomy, radio astronomy |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley SETI Institute |
Thesis | Searches for Exotic Radio Sources and Intelligent Life on Other Worlds (2012) |
Website | seti |
Andrew Patrick Vincent Siemion is an astrophysicist and director of the Berkeley SETI Research Center.[1][2] His research interests include high energy time-variable celestial phenomena, astronomical instrumentation and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).[3] Andrew Siemion is the Principal Investigator for the Breakthrough Listen program.[4]
Siemion received a B.A. degree in 2008, an M.A. degree in 2010, and a Ph.D. degree in 2012, all in astrophysics from the University of California, Berkeley. In 2018, Siemion was named the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute.[5] Siemion is jointly affiliated with Radboud University Nijmegen and the University of Malta. Also in 2018, he was elected to the International Academy of Astronautics as a Corresponding Member for Basic Sciences.[6] In September 2015, Siemion testified on the current status of astrobiology to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the United States Congress.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
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