Lars Lindberg Christensen is science communicator and author of a dozen books on astronomy and science communication translated to ten languages.
He had a long career at
ESO
The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, commonly referred to as the European Southern Observatory (ESO), is an intergovernmental research organisation made up of 16 member states for ground-based ast ...
and is employed by NSF's
NOIRLab
NSF’s NOIRLab (National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory) is a United States federally funded research and development center for ground-based, nighttime optical and infrared astronomy.
History
Before the foundation of the NOIR ...
and the
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; french: link=yes, Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is a nongovernmental organisation with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreac ...
. As press officer for the latter he was leading the media communication of the 2006 IAU
reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet.
He leads the Portal to the Universe
project, and was the initiator of the ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator project.
He leads the Hubblecast
and ESOcast
video podcasts and initiated the Astronomy Visualization Metadata project,
that later became the Virtual Astronomy Multimedia Project. He has received various awards
including the Danish Tycho Brahe Medal
and the
Klumpke-Roberts Award
The Klumpke-Roberts Award, one of seven international and national awards for service to astronomy and astronomy education given by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, was established from a bequest by astronomer Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts to ...
of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Bibliography
*''The Hands-On Guide for Science Communicators'' (2007)
References
1970 births
Living people
20th-century Danish astronomers
Scientists from Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen alumni
21st-century Danish astronomers
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