Kevin Grazier

Kevin R. Grazier
Kevin Grazier in 2015
Kevin Grazier in 2015
Born
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationPh.D. Geophysics and Space Physics, UCLA (1997);[1]

M.S. Geophysics and Space Physics, UCLA; M.S. Physics, Purdue University; B.S. Computer Science, Purdue University; B.S. Geology, Purdue University;

B.S. Physics, Oakland University
Alma materPurdue University
Oakland University
University of California, Los Angeles
OccupationPhysicist
Known forPlanetary Scientist, Author, Science Advisor for TV and Film

Kevin R. Grazier is an American planetary physicist,[2] known for his work on the Cassini/Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan where he had the dual roles of Science Planning Engineer and Investigation Scientist for the Imaging Science Subsystem instrument. He is an expert in computational methods and planetary dynamics and performs large-scale, long-term simulations of early Solar System evolution, dynamics, and chaos.

Grazier has over two dozen technical publications in planetary science, astrobiology, numerical analysis, computer science, and spacecraft operations journals. He is also the science consultant for several television series and movies, most notably the series Defiance, Battlestar Galactica, and Eureka, and the films Gravity and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Grazier has written and/or edited several popular science books. He is from Sterling Heights, Michigan.[3]

  1. ^ Grazier, Kevin Robert (1997). "The Stability of Planetesimal Niches in the Outer Solar System: a Numerical Investigation". Ph.D. Thesis: 4276. Bibcode:1997PhDT.........9G.
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