Lawrence Krauss

The author of seven popular books including the international bestseller, The Physics of Star Trek, Krauss is one of the few well known scientists today described by such magazines as ‘Scientific American’ as a public intellectual.

He is a highly regarded international leader in cosmology and astrophysics, and is the author of over 200 papers, winning numerous international awards for his research and writing. Krauss is Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics, Professor of Astronomy, and Director of the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics.

He received his PhD from MIT in 1982 and then joined the Society of Fellows at Harvard University. He was appointed to the faculty of physics and astronomy at Yale University in 1985, and then joined Case as Chair of Physics in 1993. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

He has been particularly active leading the effort by scientists to defend the teaching of Science in public schools.