Charles Liuis a professor of astrophysics at the City University of New York’s College of Staten Island, and an associate with the Hayden Planetarium and Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. His research focuses on colliding galaxies, quasars, starbursts, and the star formation history of the universe. He earned degrees from Harvard University and the University of Arizona, and did postdoctoral research at Kitt Peak National Observatory and at Columbia University. Along with numerous academic research publications, he also writes the astronomy column “Out There” for Natural History Magazine. Together with co-authors Neil Tyson and Robert Irion, he received the 2001 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award for their book One Universe: At Home in the Cosmos.He received the 2005 Award for Popular Writing on Solar Physics from the American Astronomical Society. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, daughter, and sons.
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