Lars Lindberg Christensen

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Lars Lindberg Christensen
File:Lars Lindberg Christensen at the ESO 50th Anniversary Gala Event - 01.jpg
Lars Lindberg Christensen at the European Southern Observatory 50th anniversary gala, Residenz, Munich, October 11, 2012.
Born October 18, 1970 (1970-10-18) (age 53)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Alma mater University of Copenhagen
Occupation Astronomer

Lars Lindberg Christensen is science communicator and author of a dozen books on astronomy and science communication translated to ten languages.[1] He is employed by ESO and by the International Astronomical Union. As press officer for the latter he was leading the media communication of the 2006 IAU reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet.[2][3] He leads the Portal to the Universe[4][5] project, and was the initiator of the ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator project.[6] He leads the Hubblecast[7] and ESOcast[8] video podcasts and initiated the Astronomy Visualization Metadata project,[9] that later became the Virtual Astronomy Multimedia Project. He has received a handful of awards[10] including the Danish Tycho Brahe Medal.[11]

Bibliography

  • The Hands-On Guide for Science Communicators (2007)[12][13]

References

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