G. Seth Shostak | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Princeton (BA) California Institute of Technology (PhD) |
Known for | SETI research |
Awards | Klumpke-Roberts Award (2004) Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, astronomy, science communication |
Seth Shostak (born July 20, 1943) is an American astronomer and author, and is currently the senior astronomer for the SETI Institute.[1][2][3]
Shostak hosts SETI's weekly radio show/podcast Big Picture Science, has played himself numerous times in TV and internet film dramas, and has acted in several science fiction films.