Professor Thomas Beatty grew up sailing off the coast of New England. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, a Master’s in physics from MIT, and a PhD in astronomy from Ohio State University. …
Space Exploration
Simon Gilroy
Dr. Simon Gilroy is a professor in the Botany Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research is on how plants sense and respond to their environment. He works extensively with NASA on understanding how …
Sanjay Limaye
Sanjay Limaye is a Distinguished Scientist at the Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since obtaining his Ph.D. with Prof. Verner Suomi in 1977, he has conducted research on atmospheres of Venus, Earth, …
Zoe Todd
I study astrobiology – when people ask what astrobiology is, I usually reply with “aliens!” and it’s only slight a joke. I study the conditions and processes that may have led to the origins of …
Eric Wilcots
Eric M. Wilcots is the twelfth dean of the College of Letters & Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Mary C. Jacoby Professor of Astronomy in the Department of Astronomy, his home department …