Ethan's Profile
Ethan Siegel is a theoretical astrophysicist who currently teaches at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. You can learn about him, contact him, or just enjoy the site.
Search
Recent Posts
- Why Look for Life on Mars?
- Weekend Diversion: The only reason to twitter
- It isn't obvious...
- Dark Energy: Gaining a Foothold (Part 2)
- Dark Energy: Hard to Kill (Part 1)
- The Ares I-X Rocket Special
- Weekend Diversion: Happy Halloween 2009!
- Happy Halloween from the Universe!
- Setting the Cosmic Distance Record
- Q & A: How could a meteor *explode*?
Upcoming Events
April 8th @ 7PM -- premiere of the short film "Dark Matter", starring me, at Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR!
Recent Comments
- NoAstronomer on Why Look for Life on Mars?
- Treppenwitz on Why Look for Life on Mars?
- mad the swine on Why Look for Life on Mars?
- Nemo on Why Look for Life on Mars?
- Ethan Siegel on Why Look for Life on Mars?
- mad the swine on Why Look for Life on Mars?
- Mark on Why Look for Life on Mars?
- joe on The Math of the Fastest Human Alive
- MF on Dark Energy: Gaining a Foothold (Part 2)
- Ian on Dark Energy: Hard to Kill (Part 1)
Archives
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
Blogroll
Astronomy/Physics- Ask an Astronomer
- AstroEngine
- Astronomy Lectures (ASP)
- AstronomyCast
- AstroPhotography
- Bad Astronomy
- Brian's Astronaut Page
- Cosmic Variance
- Dynamics of Cats
- Hubble Picture Gallery
- Not Even Wrong
- One Astronomer's Noise
- Orbiting Frog
- Picture of the Day (APOD)
- Planetary Society
- Second Sight
- Universe Today
About Ethan
Ethan fell in love with learning about how and why the Universe works the way it does at a very young age, and has spent his entire adult life pursuing that end. He received his B.A. in Physics, Classics, and the Integrated Science Program from Northwestern in 2000, and his Ph.D. in theoretical cosmology from Florida in 2006. He has a myriad of scientific publications and has been doing science writing since January, 2008.
He has held numerous jobs, including as a high school teacher, University instructor, and research scientist before moving to Portland, OR, where he taught at University of Portland before starting his current job.
His passion is for sharing his knowledge of the world with others and learning more about it for himself. He can currently be found Professing at Lewis & Clark College, volunteering at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, and renovating an old school bus into an off-grid mobile home. He is available for talks, seminars and conferences.
His current hobbies include writing, cooking, weight training, hiking/backpacking, guitar playing, and dancing. He is married to a fantastic woman named Jamie, and they have two dogs together, Cordelia and Ava.
