Neil deGrasse Tyson Scientist

Neil deGrasse Tyson (/ˈniːəl dəˈɡræs ˈtaɪsən/; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. From 2006 to 2011, he hosted the educational science television show NOVA ScienceNow on PBS and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and Real Time with Bill Maher. Since 2009, he has hosted the weekly radio show Star Talk. In 2014, Tyson hosted the television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, a sequel to Carl Sagan's 1980 series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Tyson Neil
Birth date	October 05, 1958
Birth place	New York City , Manhattan , United States
Residence	New York City , Manhattan , United States
Education	Columbia University Harvard University University of Texas at Austin Doctor of Philosophy The Bronx High School of Science

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Scientist

awards	NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
Field of study	Physical cosmology Science communication Astrophysics
influenced by	Albert Einstein Carl Sagan Isaac Newton Richard Feynman