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Education
Education
B.Sc. First Class Honours, Mathematics and Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1977
Ph.D. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982
Honorary Degrees and Fellowships
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
D.Sc. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2003
Employment
Major Research Areas and Activities
Theoretical Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, including studies of the early universe, neutrino astrophysics, dark matter, dark energy, quantum field theory and gravity, black holes, stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis, eschatology.
Science and Society/Public Policy: Science Education, Science Writing, Public School Science Curricula, Science and Religion, Scientific Integrity in Government, Missile Defense, Nuclear Proliferation, Science and Pseudoscience
Employment
1982-85 Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, and Physics Dept., Harvard University
1985-88 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Yale University
1985-86 Visiting Scientist, Boston University
1985-89 Visiting Scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
1986-88 Joint Appointment, Department of Physics, and Astronomy, Yale University
1988-1993 Associate Professor, Departments of Physics and Astronomy, Yale University
1993- 2008 Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics and Professor of Astronomy and chair (thru 2005), Dept. of Physics, Case Western Reserve University
1993-2005 Chairman, Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University
2005 Director, Office of Science, Public Policy, and Bio-Entrepreneurship, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
2002-08 Director, Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics
2006-07 Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University
2008-18 Foundation Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Physics Dept., and Director, Origins Project, Arizona State University
2010-17 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australia National University
2011- Professor, New College of the Humanities, London, UK
2018-19 Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Physics Dept., Arizona State University
2019 President, The Origins Project Foundation
2019 Host, The Origins Podcast
Visiting Positions
CERN associate, 1983
Institute for Theoretical Physics Santa Barbara, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989,1992, 2002, 2003
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1984-88
University of Chicago, 1989
Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, 1994
Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1995, 1996, 1998
Scientific Associate, CERN 1996-97
Institute des Hautes Etudes Scientifique, 1997-98
Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge University, 1999
Perimeter Institute, 2003
Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor, Origins Institute, McMaster University, 2005
Member, Institute for Advanced Study, 2005
Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University, 2006-7
Visiting Professor, University of Zurich, 2008,2009
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Australian National University, 2010-
James and Jean Davis Prestige Visiting Fellow, Otaga University, 2011
Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellowship, University of Melbourne, 2011
Other Positions
Commentator: Marketplace, All Things Considered
Columnist: Nature Physics, 2005-6
Columnist: New Scientist Magazine, 2007-8
Columnist: Scientific American, 2009-10
Chair: APS Forum on Physics and Society, 2007
Chair: AAAS Physics Section, 2007
APS Panel on Public Affairs, 2009-
Co-Chair: Board of Sponsors, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2009-
Board of Directors: Federation of American Scientists 2010-
Board of Directors of Center for Inquiry 2012-
Physics Editorial Board for the College Access Project 2012-
Executive Committee, APS Forum on Physics and Society 2012-15
Chair, Board of Governors, Australia New Zealand Institute of Theoretical Physics, 2012-2013
Positions, Offices & Memberships
Positions, Offices, Memberships, etc. (since 1977)
1977 Board of Directors, Canadian Assoc. of Physicists
1981-83, 89- Member (Life), American Physical Society
1983 APS Forum on Physics and Society Awards Cmte.
1985-87 Yale University Course of Study Committee
1987 Convenor, Lewes Center Summer Meeting on Cryogenic Detection Neutrinos and Dark Matter
1988-91 Sigma Xi-Committee on Lectureships
1988- Co-organizer, Yale Workshop on Cosmic Strings
1988 Convenor- Cosmology and Astrophysics, APS Particles and Fields Conference 1988
1989 Program Committee, International Conference on Particles and Nuclei
1989 Co-organizer, Yale Workshop on the Cosmic Microwave Background
1989 Member, Panel on Particles of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee
1992 Co-organizer, Texas Meeting on Baryon NumberViolation at the Weak Scale.
1992 Director,Association of Yale Alumni Program: The Legacy of Newton
1992 Co-organizer, Aspen Workshop on Gravitational Lensing in Cosmology.
1992 Organizing committee, Colliding Beam Conference, Yale University Oct 2-3 1992
1992- Program Committee Member, Moriond meetings on Electroweak Interactions,
1993 Organizer,Case Meeting on New Physics at New Facilities,Oct 15-17 1993
1994 Organizer,CWRU Workshop: CMB Two Years after COBE, April 22-24, 1994
1994- Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, Friends, Cleveland School for the Arts
1995 Organizer, Aspen Center for Physics Workshop on Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
1995 Member Exhibits Committee, Great Lakes Science Center Board of Trustees
1995- Member, American Astronomical Society
1995-1998 Member, Faculty Senate of Case Western Reserve University
1995- Board of Trustees, Great Lakes Science Center
1995-1997 Organizing Committee, International Conference on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter
1995- Member, New York Academy of Sciences
1995- Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1997 Organizing Committee, Early Universe Physics, England 1997
1997-2000 Executive Committee , Division of Astrophysics, American Physical Society
1997-98 InfoWorld Futures Project Advisory Board
1997- Odyssey Magazine, Advisory Board
1997- Review Panel, M.I.T. Curriculum on Science and Communication
1998 Organizing Committee, Sheffield International Workshop on Dark Matter Detection
1997-98 Search Committee, Vice-President for Research, Case Western Reserve University.
1998- General Member, Board, Aspen Center for Physics
1998-2000 Editor, Modern Physics Letter A
1998-2000 Editor, Int. Journal of Modern Physics
1998- Chair, Exhibits Committee, Great Lakes Science Center Board of Trustees
1998- Executive Commitee , Great Lakes Science Center Board of Trustees
1999- Organizing Committee, International Conference on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter
1999 Co-Organizer, Aspen Workshop on the Cosmological Constant
1999- Fellow, American Physical Society.
1999-2000 Organizing Committee, DPF 2000 meeting
1999-2000 Co-Organizer, Aspen Workshop on Dark Matter.
2000-2001 CWRU, University Stakeholders Committee
2000-2002 American Physical Society,Panel on Public Affairs.
2000 International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Dark Matter Detection.
2001 Advisory Committee, Physics Potential of Supernova Neutrino Detection Meeting, UCLA Feb 2001
2001- Board of Advisors, The Skeptics Society
2001 Convenor, Frontiers of Physics Meeting, Vanderbilt Tenn, March 2001
2001 Chair, Pagels Lecture Committee, Aspen Center for Physics.
2002 International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Dark Matter Detection.
2002 Board of Directors, Ohio Citizens for Science
2002 Member, HEPAP Public Outreach Panel
2002- Trustee, Board of Trustees, Cleveland Museum of Natural History
2002 Chair, President’s Commission on Graduate Education and Research, CWRU
2002- Fellow, Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
2002 Coordinator, Teachers Conference on Cosmology, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara
2003-2006 Gemant Award Committee, AIP.
2003- Board of Advisors, and Guidance Committee, Science Fiction Experience, Seattle Washington
2003 Grand Judging Co-Chair, Physics, Intel Science and Engineering International Science Fair
2003 Aspen Center for Physics Colloquium Chair.
2003 Scientific Advisory Committee, SciPart’03
2003 Lilienfeld Prize Committee, APS
2003- Board of Directors, TalkingScience
2003- Board of Directors, Faststart LLC
2003- Board of Directors, Faststart Foundation
2002 Gemant Prize Committee, AIP
2004- Commentator, American Public Media’s Marketplace
2004-5 Scientific Program Planning Committee, West Quad, Case Western Reserve University Medical School
2004- ACLU Board of Trustees, Cleveland
2004-5 Chair, Advisory Committee on Research Computing, Information Technology Services, CWRU
2004-5 Strategic Planning Review Coordinator, Department of Chemistry, CWRU.
2004 Aspen Institute, Executive Seminar
2004 NSF Physics Education Grant Review Panelist
2004-5 Aspen Center for Physics, Public Lecture Committee
2005 Jury Member, Sundance Film Festival
2005 Elected, Chair-Elect, APS Forum on Physics and Society
2005- Board of Advisors, Defcon(Defense of the Constitution).org
2005 APS Burton and Szilard Award Committee
2005- Commentator, NPR’s All Things Considered
2006- Chair-Elect, Physics Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2006 International Advisory Board, International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics
2006- Chair, Advisory Board, Help Ohio Public Schools
2006-2009 Board of Sponsors, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
2006- National Advisory Board, Office of Public Policy, Center for Inquiry
2006- National Advisory Board, Scientists and Engineers for America
2007- NASA Primordial Polarization Program Definition Team
2007- Scientific Organizing Committee, International Astronomical Union Symposium, Astronomy and Society.
2007 Scientific Organizing Committee, Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics.
2007- Steering Committee, Science Debate 2008.
2008 Science Advisory Committee, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign
2009- Panel on Public Affairs, American Physical Society
2009-2018 Chair, Board of Sponsors, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
2009 Advisory Board, Dark Matter International Workshop
2009-2018 Chair, Board of Directors, Science Friday Foundation.
2010-2015 Board of Directors, Federation of American Scientist
2011 International Advisory Committee, Identification of Dark Matter Conference
2011 Honorary Board Member, Board of Directors, Center for Inquiry
2012-2018 Board of Directors Center for Inquiry
2012 Physics Editorial Board for the College Access Project
2012 Forum on Physics & Society Executive Committee
2013 Chair, Board of Governors, Australia-New Zealand Institute of Theoretical Physics
2013 Member, International Academy of Humanists
2015-2019 Board of Experts, Federation of American Scientists
2016-2018 Honorary Board Member, Freedom from Religion Foundation
2016-2018 Advisory Committee, Breakthrough Starshot
2019- Member, Darwin Xenon Dark Matter Experiment Collaboration
2020 Advisory Council of Atheist Alliance International
Awards & Honors
Major Awards
1984 First Prize Award, Gravity Research Foundation
1986 Presidential Young Investigator Award
1997 Glover Award for Distinction in Physics Achievement and Physics Education, Dickenson College, PA.
2000Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Citation: For global impact as a science communicator and the ability to maintain an active science career while writing several books about physics for the general public.
2001 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society. Citation: For outstanding contributions to the understanding of the early universe, and extraordinary achievement in communicating the essence of physical science to the general public.
2001 Andrew R. Gemant Award, American Institute of Physics. Citation: To Professor Lawrence Krauss for excellence in the interpretation of physics to the public through numerous newspaper and magazine articles, books, lectures, and television productions. Krauss is especially commended for his communication of sound scientific literacy through timely opinion pieces and books, and for his efforts to address incorrect popular interpretations of science disseminated in the mass media.
2002 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award for Atom, An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth and Beyond
2003 Humanism Award, Free Inquirers of Northeast Ohio
2004 Oersted Medal, American Association of Physics Teachers.
2004 Northern Ohio Live Award of Achievement: Science and Technology
2005 Joseph A. Burton Forum Award, American Physical Society, Citation: For major contributions in defending science in the schools through his efforts in combating the opponents of teaching evolution, and for continuing to enhance the public understanding of contemporary physics
2009 Center for Inquiry World Congress Award for Scholarship in the Public Interest.
2009 Friend of Darwin Award, National Center for Science Education
2009 Helen Sawyer Hogg Prize of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and the Astronomical Society of
Canada
2012 National Science Board 2012 Public Service Award
2013 Roma Award Urbs Universalis
2014 Academia Film Olomouc award for Outstanding Communication of Science
2014 Gravity Research Foundation Essay Award
2015 American Humanist Association Humanist of the Year
2016 Richard Dawkins Award
2016 Freedom From Religion’s “Emperor Has No Clothes Award”
2019 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, Marquis Who’s Who
2020 Elected to Advisory Council Atheist Alliance International
2023 40 over 40 Award by Forbes Monaco Voice
Other Honors (since 1977)
1977 Senate Graduating Medal, Carleton University
1977-1981 N.R.C. Postgraduate Scholarship
1982-1985 Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows
1982-83 N.S.E.R.C.Fellowship
1988 Junior Faculty Fellowship,Yale Unversity
1988 Senior Faculty Fellowship, Yale University
1988 Nesbitt Lecturer, Carleton University
1989 Gravity Research Foundation Prize Award
1990 Named Sigma-Xi National Lecturer (1991-92)
1990 Named to “International Leaders in Achievement”
1991 Gravity Research Foundation Prize Award
1993 Named to Ambrose Swasey Chair in Physics
1995 Gravity Research Foundation Prize Award
1996 Innaugural Distinguish Scientist Lecturer for Young People, Ohio Aerospace Institute
1996 Innaugural Distinguished Physics Lecturer, University of Minnesota
1996 Ohio Achievement Award Selection, Northern Ohio Live Magazine
1997 Hays Lecturer, Oberlin College
1997 Great Poets League of Cleveland Honoree 1997
1998 Cleveland Magazine, 50 Most Interesting People of the Year Award
1997-8 University School-Seelbach Visiting Chair
1998 American Physical Society Centennial Lecturer
1998 Henry Steel Lecturer, Mid America Orthopedic Assn.
1998 Commencement Speaker, Hiram College
1998 13th Annual Frank G. and Jean M. Chesley Lectureship, Carleton College
1998 Herzfeld Lecturer, Catholic University
1999 Fellow, American Physical Society
1999- Board of Directors, Physics Entrepeneurship Program.
1999 Gravity Research Foundation Prize Award
1999 Moti Lal Rustgi Memorial Lecturer, SUNY Buffalo
1999 Hendrik de Waard Foundation Lecturer, Groningen, Netherlands
2000 Maurer Memorial Lecturer, University of Arkansas
2000 Vanden Miles Lecturer, Wayne State University
2000 Kallen Lecturer, University of Lund, Sweden.
2000 Benedum Lecturer, University of West Virginia
2000 Great Minds Lecturer, Illinois Math and Science Academy, Aurora IL
2000 Soloist, Holst, The Planets, with The Cleveland Orchestra
2001 Rochester Lecturer, University of Durham, UK
2001 Isaac Asimov Memorial Panelist, American Museum of Natural History, NY
2001 Rorschach Lecturer, Rice University
2001 Shell Lecturer, National Assoc. of Science Teachers
2001 Invited Witness, U.S. House Committee on Science, Session on the Future of Space Exploration
2001 Malstrom Lecturer, Hamline University, Minnesota
2001 Morgan Lecturer, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth Texas
2001 Timothy J. OLeary Distinguished Scientist Lecturer, Gonzaga University
2001 Presidential Inauguration Keynote Speaker Clark University
2001 Campbell Lecturer, Society of Pediatric Urology
2001 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Centenary Lecturer, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
2001 Fermi Centennial Lecturer, Fermilab
2001 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2002 Knight Fellow, Western Reserve Academy
2002 Friedman Lecturer, Penn State University
2002 Milton Lecturer, Syracuse University
2002 Chancellor’s Lecturer, Vanderbilt University
2002 Fellow, Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
2003 Waynick Lecturer, Penn State University
2003 Donald Ross Hamilton Lecturer, Princeton University
2003 Woods Lecturer, Westminster College, PA
2003 New Frontiers in Information Sciences Distinguished Lecturer, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome NY
2003 Commencement Speaker, Carleton University
2003 Five Colleges Lecturer, U Mass. Amherst
2003 William Mahoney Lecturer, U. Mass Amherst
2003 Presidential Lecturer, Clark University
2004 Joe Barnhart Lecturer, Coastal Bend College, TX
2004 Constance Wilson Distinguished Lecturer, Berry College, GA
2004 Maurice and Yetta Glicksman Commencement Lecturer, Brown University
2004 Likover Lecturer, American Civil Liberties Union.
2004 Samuel Newton Taylor Lecturer, Goucher College
2005 Hooker Professor and Lecturer, McMaster University
2005 Rudin Distinguished Scholar Lecturer, Marymount College
2005 First Annual Mel Oakes Distinguished Undergraduate Lecturer, UT. Austin
2005 World Year of Physics Lecturer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2005 Benson Lecturer, Miami University
2005 IBM Yorktown Heights Visions Lecturer
2005 NASA Huntsville, World Year of Physics Lecturer
2005 Sigma Pi Sigma Lecturer, Wright State University
2005 Crump Lecturer, St. Andrews School
2005 Presidential Lecturer, University of Tulsa
2005 IBM Lecturer, Wittenberg University
2005 World Year of Physics Lecturer, Severance Hall
2006 Michigan State Science Teacher’s Distinguished Lecturer
2007-8 Phi Beta Kappa National Visiting Scholar
2006- Board of Sponsors, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
2006 Terry Lectureship, Science and Religion, Yale University
2007 Distinguished Scientist Lecture, Brookhaven National Laboratory
2007 Concordia University Distinguished Scientist Lecturer
2007 Gravity Research Foundation Prize Award
2007 Michelson Centenary Lecturer, US Naval Academy.
2007 Inaugural Beyond Institute Lecturer, Arizona State University
2008 Centennial Lecturer, University of Arkansas
2008 Bradley Lecturer, American Enterprise Institute
2008 2008 Michigan State University Distinguished Lecturer
2009 National Lecturer, Australian National Science Week
2010 Todd Lecturer, Butler University
2010 Woods Lecturer, Norwich University.
2010 Smith Lecturer, Davidson College
2010 Distinguished University Lecturer, U. Alberta, Edmonton
2010- Distinguished Visiting Professor, Australian National University
2011 James and Jean Davis Prestige Visiting Fellow, Otaga University
2011 Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellowship, University of Melbourne
2012 Irving K. Barber Lecture, University of British Columbia
2012 The Littleton-Franklin Lecture, Auburn University
2012 Institute of Physics Lecturer, Hobart Tasmania
2012 Math for America Lecturer, UCSD
2013 Distinguished Lecturer Award, Medical Health Physics Society
2013 Distinguished Lecturer, Williams College
2013 Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin
2013 Distinguished Dean’s Lecturer, Radcliffe College
2013 Distinguished Lecturer, University of New Orleans
2013 Asimov Panelist, AMNH
2013 Gordon Tomkins Lecture, UC San Francisco
2013 Laureate of International Academy of Humanism
2014 Distinguished Lecturer, University of Wisconsin – Madison
2014 Allele Lecturer, University of Alabama
2014 Michael West Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast
2015 Fetzer Memorial Lecture, Nebraska Wesleyan University
2016 Schrodinger Lecturer, University of Zurich
2016 The President’s Forum for Critical Thought Lecturer, Eastern Washington University
2016 Conway Memorial Lecturer, Conway Hall
2017 Frontiers Lecturer, American Museum of Natural History
Lectures & Conferences
University or Laboratory Colloquia (does not include seminars)
Harvard University 1983
California Institute of Technology 1984
Stanford University 1984
U. Mass Amherst 1984
MIT 1984
Institute for Theoretical Physics-UCSB 1984
SLAC 1985
U.C. Santa Barbara 1985
CITA-Toronto 1985
TRIUMF 1985
DAO-Victoria 1985
University of Chicago 1985
Brookhaven Laboratory 1986
New York University 1987
Stanford University 1987
University of Illinois 1987
Brown University 1987
University of Chicago 1987
MIT 1987
Ecole Polytechnique 1988
LBL 1988
Arizona, 1988
U.C. Irvine,1988
Michigan 1989
Institute d’Astrophys., Paris 1989
Cincinatti 1989
McGill 1990
William and Mary 1990
Brigham Young University 1991
City College of New York 1991
Yale University 1991
Queen’s University 1991
University of Cincinnati 1991
University of British Columbia 1992
ATT 1992
University of Florida 1992
NIST 1992
Case Western Reserve 1992
Naval Research Lab 1993
NYU 1993
NASA-Goddard 1994
Institute for Advanced Study 1994
Case Western Reserve 1995
Chinese University of Hong Kong 1995
Harvard University 1995
Ohio State University 1996
U.C. Riverside 1996
University of British Columbia 1996
Simon Fraser University 1996
University of Maryland 1996
University of Minnesota 1996
Caltech 1996
CERN 1997
ETH 1997
U.T. Austin 1997
CERN 1997
Cal. State Long Beach 1997
CWRU 1997
University of Akron 1998
University of Kentucky 1998
Directors Colloquia, LANL 1998
Purdue University 1998
Johns Hopkins University 1998
University of New Mexico 1998
NIST 1998
ICTP Trieste 1998
CWRU 1998
Catholic University of America 1998
Washington U., St.Louis 1999
Penn State University 1999
Univesity of Montreal 1999
M.I.T. 1999
Aspen Center for Physics 1999
Notre Dame 1999
Dartmouth 1999
Kansas State 1999
University of Kansas 1999
Caltech 2000
Stanford 2000
U.C. San Diego 2000
Michigan State University 2000
U. C. Berkeley 2000
Wayne State University 2000
Indiana University 2000
University of Arkansas 2000
Fermi National Accelerator Lab 2000
University of Il., Urbana 2000
Xerox PARC Research Center 2000
University of Akron 2000
Syracuse University 2001
Lawrence Berkeley Lab. 2001
University of Rochester 2001
University of Texas Austin 2002
Cornell University2002
Vanderbilt University 2002
University of British Columbia 2002
KITP, Santa Barbara, 2002
NYU 2003
Clark University, 2003
UNC 2004
Washington University 2004
Upsalla University 2004
Stockholm University 2004
University of Virginia, 2005
McMaster University 2005
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2005
Stanford University 2005
Wittenberg College 2005
University of Chicago 2005
IBM Yorktown Heights 2005
Rockefeller University 2005
Institute for Advanced Study 2005
Kent State, 2005
Columbia University 2006
Harvard University 2006
Case Western Reserve University 2006
Vanderbilt University 2006
University of Kansas 2007
Allegheny College, 2007
U.C. Berkeley, 2007
Physical Review, APS 2007
McGill University, 2007
University of Arkansas 2008
University of Michigan 2008
Old Dominion University, 2008
Michigan State University 2008
University of Zurich 2008
Arizona State University 2008
University of Arizona 2009
Case Western Reserve University 2009
University of Texas 2009
Space Telescope Science Institute 2009
University of Auckland, 2010
University of Melbourne 2010
NASA Goddard 2010
Australian National University 2010
Max Planck Inst. Hanover 2010
Inst. Math Phys. Of Universe, U. Tokyo 2010
Institute for Advanced study 2011
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2011
University of Otago, 2011
University of California, San Diego, 2011
CERN 2011
University of Melbourne, 2011
Australia National University, 2011
Mount Stromlo 2011
CERN 2011
Macquarie University 2012
Columbia 2012
UCSB 2012
Williams College 2013
Gran Sasso Laboratory 2013
Yale University 2013
University of Manchester 2013
Harvard 2016
Santa Fe Institute 2017
KICP 2017
Conferences – Invited Lectures
3M Lecture series- Carleton College 1982
Western Theoretical Conference 1982
Neutrino 1984
EST Meeting 1984
Telemark Neutrino Conference 1984
Yale Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics, 1985
Moriond 1986
Fermilab Beam Dump Workshop 1986
Seventh Vanderbilt High Energy Physics Conference 1986
International Conference on High Energy Physics (2 lectures), U.C. Berkeley 1986
Opening Lecture, Rencontres de Moriond, 1987
AAAS Annual Meeting, Boston 1988
Rencontres de Moriond, 1988 (2 lectures)
APS Baltimore Meeting 1988
Plenary Lecture-APS/AAPT New England Meeting 1988
Plenary Lecture, Neutrino 1988
MIT Conference on Gravitational Lenses, 1988
Yale Workshop on Cosmic Strings 1988
Plenary Lecture, Berkeley Conference on Particle Astrophysics, 1988
Aspen Winter Conference 1989
Rencontres de Moriond, 1989 (2 lectures)
APS Baltimore Meeting 1989
Plenary Lecture,French Physical Society 1989
Moriond 1990 (2 lectures)
Wisconsin Phenomenology Conference 1990
IUPAP Conference, Tokyo 1990
APS New England Meeting, 1990
After the First Three Minutes, Maryland 1990
International Conference On Trends in Particle Astrophysics 1990
APS New England Meeting, 1991
XIV International Warsaw Meeting on Elementary Particle Physics 1991
2nd International Conference on Theoretical and Phenomenological Aspects of Underground Physics, Toledo 1991
Aspen Winter Conference on Particle Physics 1992
Symposium on Black Holes Strings, Wormholes, 1992
Florida Workshop on Dark Matter, 1992
Franklin Symposium on Neutrino Physics 1992
IVth Rencontre de Blois: Particle Astrophysics, Plenary Lecture, 1992
Plenary Lecture, International Conference on Particle Physics, Dallas 1992
International Conference on Neutrino Astrophysics, Takayama Japan 1992
Moriond meeting on Atomic, Gravitational and New Physics 1993
International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes, Venice 1993
Rencontres de Physique de la Vallee dAoste, La Thuile, 1993
Opening Lecture, Moriond Meeting on Electroweak Interactions 1993
Twelfth International Workshop on Weak Interactions, Seoul 1993
International Conference on Particle Astrophysics, Bangalore 1994
Nordic Winter School on Particle Physics, Norway 1994
U.C.L.A. Conference on Critiques of Sources of Dark Matter, UCLA 1994
INT Meeting on Solar Modelling and Solar Neutrinos, Seattle, 1994
Snowmass Workshop on Particle Astrophysics 1994
Trends in Particle Astrophysics, Stockholm 1994
Polish Workshop on Particle Physics: From the Weak Scale to the Planck Scale 1994
ITP Santa Barbara, Clustering and Cosmic Microwave Workshop 1995
Keynote Speaker, Ohio Section, American Assoc. of Physics Teachers 1995
KeyNote Speaker, National Teacher Training Insitute, 1995
Teacher Resource Workshop -Am. Ass. of Phys. Teachers Nat. Meeting-Spokane 1995
Rencontre du Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Oct 1995
Plenary Speaker, Pan Asian Conference on Cosmology, 1996
International Conference on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter, UCLA 1996
Keynote Speaker, Ohio Section, American Physical Society, 1996
Plenary Speaker, International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes, Venice 1996
Plenary Speaker, Dark Matter, Sheffield U.K. 1996
Keynote Speaker, Ohio Aerospace Institute Professional Conference 1996
American Association of Physics Teachers/Long Island Physics Teachers Conference, Brookhaven, 1996
La Thuile, Rencontre de Physics, 1997
Napoli Thinkshop on Astrophysics: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, 1997
Rome Conference on the Future of the Standard Model, 1997
San Minateo Conference: The Irresistable Rise of the Standard Model, 1997
Edoardo Amaldi Meeting on Gravitational Waves, CERN 1997
Nasa Lewis Meeting: Breakthrough Propulsion 1997
DOE, Office of Energy Research, Science Themes and Strategic Planning 1998
International Conference on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter, UCLA 1998
Space Policy Institute: Plenary Lecturer, Symposium on Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life, George Washington University, March 1998
PASCOS 1998, Plenary Lecture,Boston, March 1998
Keynote Speaker, APS-AAPT Educator Workshop, Columbus, April1998
Plenary Speaker, Tropical Workshop on Particle Physics and Cosmology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 1998
Henry Steel Lecture, Mid-American Orthopedic Assn, Acapulco, April 1998
Plenary Lecturer, WEIN98, International Conference on Physics Beyond the Standard Model, Santa Fe, June 1998
Keynote Address, Fermilab Annual Users Meeting, Aug 1998
Plenary Speaker, International Workshop on Dark Matter, Buxton England Sept. 1998
Conference on Relic Neutrinos, TriesteSept.1998
NASA Space Exploration Planning Meeting, Lewis Research Center, Sept 1998
Pritzker Symposium and Workshop on Inflationary Cosmology, Chicago Feb 1999
Gordon Conference, Nuclear Chemistry, Keynote lecture, June 1999
Aspen Center for Physics Workshop on the Cosmological Constant June 1999
Plenary Opening Lecture, Am. Assoc. of Physics Teachers Nat. Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Aug 1999
Lecture, Workshop on Physics of the Early Universe, Newton Institute, Sept 1999
Plenary Lecture, Cosmo 99, ICTP, Trieste, Italy Sept 1999
Plenary Lecture, News from the Universe Meeting, DESY Oct 1999
Chairman and Speaker, National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science Meeting, Beckman Center, Irvine CA Nov 1999
British Particle Physics Association/Royal Astronomical Society Annual Conference, Edinburgh April 2000.
National Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, April 2000
Kallen Memorial Symposium, Lund Sweden, May 2000
WIPP Underground Physics Workshop, June 2000
Problems of Vacuum Energy, Nordita, Copenhagen, Aug 2000
Science in the 21st Century,Brijuni, Croatia, Aug 2000
Opening Lecture, Third International Workshop on the Detection of Dark Matter, York UK Sept 2000
The Far Future of the Universe, The Vatican, Nov 2000
Invited Lecture, MRI International Meeting, Cleveland OH Feb 2001.
Plenary Lecture, Int. Conference on Neutrino Telescopes, Venice, March 2001
National Academies Symposium on Physics, Washington, June 2001
TASI Summer School, Boulder Co. , June 2001
Plenary Lecturer, Cottrell Scholars Workshop, Tucson, July 13-15, 2001
National Research Council and American Physical Society, “Grand Challenges for the 21st Century, U.S. House of Representatives, July 25 2001
Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics, St. Andrews, Scotland, Aug 2001
Opening Lecture, COSMO 2001, International Meeting on Particle Physics and the Early Universe, Finland, Aug 2001
Workshop on Cosmological Probes of Dark Energy, Chicago, Dec 2001
Plenary lecture ESO-CERN-ESA Symposium on Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics, Munich, March 2002
Plenary Lecture, APS Ohio Section Meeting, Youngstown, OH April 2002
Plenary Lecture, Canadian Association of Physicists Annual meeting, Quebec City, June 2002
Featured Speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Organic Reactions, Bristol RI July 2002
Plenary Lecture, Portuguese Physical Society, Lisbon, Sept 2002
Institute for Theoretical Physics Workshop on Dark Matter and Dark Energy, Sept.-Nov. 2002
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara Teachers Workshop on Cosmology, Oct 2002
Lecturer, Canary Islands Winter School in Astrophysics, November 2002
Invited Plenary Lecture, “From Here to Eternity” Conference in honor of J. Silk’s 60’th Birthday, Oxford University, December 2002.
Invited Topical Lecturer, AAAS Annual Meeting, Denver Feb 2003
Plenary Lecture, Physical Cosmology ’03, Blois, France June 2003
Plenary Lecture, Respect for All Involved: A National Symposium on Research Integrity, Columbia University, CUNY, New York, Sept, 2003
Opening Lecture, CERCA conference on the Future of Cosmology, Oct 2003, Cleveland OH
Great Lakes Planetarium Assoc Plenary Lecture, Oct 2003, Cleveland
Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe, UCLA, Feb 2004.
American Physical Society Meeting, April 2004
Aspen Institute and Aspen Center for Physics Einstein Celebration, Aug 2004
COSMO ’04, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 2004
Evolution and God Symposium, Clevleand 2004
CERCA, Science and Society Symposium Cleveland 2004
World Congress of Science Producers, Toronto Canada, Nov. 2004
Aspen Center for Physics Winter Meeting, Feb. 2005
Seventh Symposium, Internacional Physica, Mexico, February 2005
Princeton-Oxford Cosmology Meeting, March 2005
American Physical Society Meeting, April 2004
NASA Hunstville World Year of Physics Conference, April 2005
SLAC Summer School in Physics, Summary Lecturer, Aug 2005
100 Years in Physics Conference, Singapore, Aug 2005
International Conference on Physics Education, Delhi Sept 2005
APS Nuclear Physics Conference, Hawaii, Oct 2005
International Conference on Humanism, NY, Nov 2005
Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference, Canada, Nov 2005
Inaugural Kavli Instiitute New Views of the Universe Conference, University of Chicago, Opening Lecture, Dec 2005
Aspen Center for Physics Winter School Jan 2006
III International Workshop on : NO-VE, Neutrino Ocillations in Venice, Venice, Italy, Feb 2006
Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe, UCLA, Feb 2006
Michigan State Science Teachers Conference, Feb. 2006
Confronting Gravity, St. Thomas, USVI, March 2006
NES APS and AAPT Conference, Boston University, March 2006
Texas A&M Forefront of Physics Meeting, April 2006
Hadron Collider Physics Symposium, Duke University, May 2006
Communicating Science and Technology, Tromso Norway, June 2006
Neutrino 2006, Santa Fe, NM, June 2006
Ideas Festival, Aspen Institute, Aspen CO, July 2006
Under the Spell of Physics, Vlieland, The Netherlands, July 2006
Banff Center, Science Communication, Aug 2006
Max Delbruck Fest, Cold Spring Harbor Lab, Aug 2006
Evolution and Faith, Marist College, Oct 2006
Beyond Belief, Salk Institute, Nov 2006
Science and Society, Boston, Jan 2007
AAAS Annual Meeting, February 2007
Open Questions in Cosmology, Imperial College, UK, March 2007
APS Annual Meeting, April, 2007
Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, San Francisco, April 2007
American Physiological Society, Washngton. April 2007
Dark Matter Workshop, Fermilab, May 2007
New Horizons at Colliders, Brookhaven National Laboratory, May 2007
European Conference of Science and Technology Museums, Lisbon, June 2007
Canadian Association of Physicists National Meeting, Saskatoon, June 2007
Idea City, Toronto, June 2007
Workshoip on Supernovae, Aspen, June 2007
Science and Media Conference, Aspen, July 2007
Ideas Festival, Aspen, July 2007
Fundamental Questions, FQXI Meeting, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2007
Chalonge Meeting on Cosmology, Paris, August 2007
NASA Thermal and Fluids Workshop, Cleveland, Sept 2007
International Conference on Science and Humanism, Beijing, Oct 2007
Genoa Science Festival, Oct 2007
Kshitij, Kharapur India Jan 2008
American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Boston Feb 2008
Science and Religion workshop , Aspen Institute, March 2008
American Atheists Association, Minneapolis, March 2008
American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, President’s Session 2008
Trieste Science Media Festival, April 2008
Space Telescope Science Institute Meeting on Dark Energy, Baltimore May 2008
World Science Festival, NY, May 2008
Fermilab Workshop of Gravitational Waves and Polarization, Fermilab June 2008
Chalonge Meeting on Cosmology, Paris, July 2008
Cosmo 08, Madison Wisconsin, Keynote speaker, Aug 2008
Sea of Faith Conference, Melbourne Australia, Sept 2008
Science and Public Policy, Minneapolis Innovation Meeting, Oct 2008
Beyond Belief, Salk Institute, San Diego, Oct 2008
Canadian Undergraduate Physics Association, Oct 2008
Tokyo Meeting in Honor of K. Sato, Nov 2008
Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Plenary Speaker, Dec 2008
UNESCO International Year of Astronomy Inaugural Meeting, Plenary Speaker, Jan 2009
AAAS Annual Meeting, Speaker, Feb 2009
AAPT Annual Meeting, Speaker, Feb 2009
Inaugural Origins Symposium, Phoenix, April 2009
Fifth International School on Field Theory and Gravitation, Brazil, April 2009
Physics and the Universe, San Paolo, May 2009
IAU International Symposium, Rio de Janiero, Aug 2009
Institute of Cosmology 20th Anniversary Meeting on Cosmology, Talloires, France, Aug 2009
Atheist Allliance International Plenary Speaker, October 2009
Penn Center for Astroparticle Physics Inaugural Symposium, Dec 2009
Physics of the Universe Conference, Caltech Jan 2010
Doomsday Clock Symposium, Jan 2010
Unsolved Problems in Gravity Jan 2010
Origins of Human Uniqueness and Behavioral Modernity Feb 2010
Rightful Place of Science May 2010
Origins of Morality Nov 2010
Origins of Life: the RNA World Revisited Feb 2011
Origins Science and Culture Festival April 2011
The Amazing Meeting July 2011
Club COSMOS August 2011
Ultimo Science Festival August 2011
Singularity Summit August 2011
Denkfest September 2011
Peace Bar Festival October 2011
Science Teller Festival November 2011
Doomsday Clock Symposium January 2012
Darwin Week, The University of Northern Iowa, February 2012
AAAS Annual Meeting February 2012
Reason Rally March 2012
American Atheists National Convention March 2012
Global Atheists Convention April 2012
ISHLT Annual Meeting April 2012
Vanity Fair Tribute To Christopher Hitchens April 2012
Annual Health Disparities Leadership Summit April 2012
Auckland Writers & Readers Festival May 2012
Atheists Alliance International North American Convention May 2012
World Science Festival May 2012
Aspen Ideas Festival July 2012
Aspen Center for Physics July 2012
The Amazing Meeting July 2012
Canberra Skeptics September 2012
The Big Band and the interfaces of knowledge towards a common language October 2012
Origins of Deception October 2012
Math for America October 2012
Sky & Telescope Cosmic Trails 5 Cruise November 2012
World Economic Forum January 2013
Climate Change Workshop February 2013
Question, Explore, Discover April 2013
Sydney Writer’s Festival May 2013
HowTheLightGetsIn2013 May 2013
Oklahoma Freethought Convention June 2013
Conference in Honour of the 90th Birthday of Freeman Dyson August 2013
The Nobel Conference September 2013
The New Yorker Festival October 2013
Smart Festival October 2013
ECAR Annual Meeting January 2014
Great Debate Parallel Realities: Probing Fundamental Physics February 2014
AAAS Annual Meeting February 2014
American Physical Society Annual Meeting February 2014
IB Asia Pacific Annual Conference 2014 March 2014
Great Debate: Transcending Our Origins April 2014
NECSS Conference April 2014
AFO Festival April 2014
HowTheLightGetsIn Festival April 2014
Galapagos Voyage June 2014
CFI Galapagos Archipelago June 2014
BrisScience Talk August 2014
The Victorian Skeptics August 2014
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions September 2014
Zocalo Public Square: Can Science Fiction Revolutionize Science? September 2014
Apostacon September 2014
FreeFlow 2014 October 2014
La Ciudad de las Ideas November 2014
Australian Institute of Physics Congress December 2014
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015, January 2015
Great Debate Extinctions: Tragedy to Opportunity, February 2015
AFO Festival, April 2015
American Humanist Association Annual Conference, May 2015
HowTheLightGetsIn, May 2015
Skeptics Conference, May 2015
Imagine No Religion 5, June 2015
ISS2015, June 2015
The Non-Conference, August 2015
ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration Discover Lecture Series, August 2015
La Ciudad de las Ideas, November 2015
Union Theological Society, November 2015
Scientific Controversies with Janna Levin, November 2015
Devoxx Belgium, November 2015
Science and Adventure in Antarctica, December 2015
Einstein’s Legacy, Celebrating 100 Years of General Relativity: An Origins Project
Panel, January 2016
Trondheim Science Week, March 2016
Origins of the Future, April 2016
HowTheLightGetsIn, May 2016
Reason Rally, June 2016
Aspen Ideas Festival, June 2016
SciFoo 2016, July 2016
Frankfurt Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity Conference, September 2016
2016 Blouin Creative Leadership Summit, September 2016
Freedom from Religion National Convention, October 2016
Fysikdagarna Conference, October 2016
Australian Skeptics National Convention, November 2016
Star Trek: The Cruise, January 2017
ReasonCon3, April 2017
Absicon Panel: Managing Earth as a Planet, April 2017
Origins Water Workshop, April 2017
Sydney Writers Festival, May 2017
Hay Festival, May 2017
Imagine No Religion 7, 2017
Auckland Writers Festival, May 2017
Geek Picnic, June 2017
4th European Conference for Science Journalists, June 2017
IEEE International Frequency Control System and European Frequency Time Forum,July 2017
El Cosmos, September 2017
Pennsylvania State Atheist/Humanist Conference, October 2017
Purdue University Northwest Sinai Forum, October 2017
Skepsis Congress, October 2017
Ciudad de las Ideas, November 2017
Lise Meitner Days, November 2017
Origins Amazon Cruise, January 2018
Doomsday Clock Announcement, January 2018
CajaCanarias, March 2019
Origins Project Foundation Mekong River Cruise, January 2020
Major Public Lectures
Nesbitt Lecture, Carleton University, Nov 1988;
Museum of Natural History/ New York Astronomical Society Lecture, Dec 1989;
National Air and Space Museum, Opening Lecture
Hughes-Danbury Series, Feb 1990;
New York Open Center—Visions of the 21st Century Series, NYU, Oct. 1990;
15 Sigma Xi National Lectures 1991-93;
Wheeler Opera House, Aspen CO, Jan 1992:
Museum of Natural History, Explorer Series Cleveland Ohio, May 1994;
Smithsonian-Associates, Department of the Interior, Washington 1995;
Wheeler Opera House, Aspen CO, Jan 1996;
U.C. Berkeley Feb 1996:
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History March 1996,
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto April 1996:
Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland May 1996;
Smithsonian Institution, Washington Aug 1996;
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Aug 1996;
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Oct 1996;
Howard Hughes Lecture, Case Western Reserve University Oct 1996;
University of Minnesota Nov 1996;
Ontario Science Centre, Toronto CANov 1996;
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, CA, Feb 97
CERN, March 1997
Museum of Innovation, San Jose California, April 97
U.S. Coast Guard Academy, April 1997
Great Lakes Science Center, May 1997
Citta della Scienzia, Napoli, June 1997
Hays Lecture, Oberlin College, Sept 1997
Glover Lecture, Dickinson College PA., Sept. 1997
Cal State University at Long Beach, Odyssey Program Sept 1997
Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1997.
Hayden Planetarium, Nov 1997
Smithsonian Insitution, Washington, Nov 1997
Commencement Address, Hiram College, May 1998
Jodrell Bank Observatory Sept 1998
Chesley Lectures, Carleton College 1998
Herzfeld Lecture, Catholic University of America, 1998
American Physical Society, Centennial Meeting, Public Lecture 1999
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1999
Open Lecture, Irish Science Week, Cork Ireland, 1999
Hendrik de Waard Lecture, Groningen, Holland, 1999
Stark Lecture, University of Arkansas 2000
Vanden Miles Lecturer Wayne State Uinversity 2000
Harvard Millennium Lecture,London U.K. 2000
Edinburgh Science Festival Lecture, Edinburgh, Scotland 2000
Innaugural Asian Physics Olympiad Lecture, Jakarta, Indonesia. 2000
National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC April 2000
Kallen Memorial Symposium, Lund SwedenMay 2000
Keynote Public Lecture, WIPP Center, Carlsbad, NM June 2000
Heinz Pagels Memorial Lecture, Paepke Auditorium, Aspen CO.July 2000
City Club Forum, Cleveland OH, Aug 2000
Narration, The Planets, with Cleveland Orchestra, Blossom Music Center, Ohio 2000
York, United Kingdom Sept. 2000
Performers and Artists for Nuclear Disarmament Concert, Cleveland OH Sept. 2000
Benedum Lecture, West Virginia University, Oct. 2000
Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC2000) Annual Meeting,
Cleveland OH Oct 2000
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Nov. 2000
John Carroll University, Nov 2000
Great Minds Lecture Series, Illinois Math and Science Academy, Aurora IL Dec 2000
Quark Matter 2001, Public Lecture, Brookhaven NY Jan 2001
Rochester Lecture, University of Durham, Feb 2001
Asimov Panelist, Museum of Natural History, NY Feb 2001
Vanderbilt University, March 2001
Rorschach Lecture, Rice University, March 2001
Shell Lecture, Natl Assoc. of Sicence Teachers Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Mar. 2001
Inauguration Lecture, Innauguration of President, Clark University , March 30, 2001
OLeary Distinguished Scientist Lecturer, Gonzaga U. April 2001
Morgan Lecturer, Texas Christian University. April 2001
Malstrom Lecture, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minn, April 2001
Distinguished Author Lecture, Museum of Natural History, NY April 2001
Skeptics Lecture, Caltech, May 2001
National Academy of Science, June 2001
Aspen Center for Physics, July 2001
Snowmass CO July 2001
Lawrence Centenary Lecture, U.C. Berkeley, July 2001
Directors Distinguished Lecture, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, July 2001
2001 University National Colloquium, Ohio Wesleyan University, Sept 2001
Fermi Centennial Lecture, Fermi National Laboratory, Batavia IL Oct, 2001:
People Have the Power Tour, with Ralph Nader, Cleveland OH Oct, 2001:
Keynote Address, Virginia Assoc. of Science Teachers, Richmond VA Nov, 2001:
John Carroll University, Cleveland OH, Nov 2001
Evolution and God Symposium, Allen Theater, Cleveland OH March 2002
Ohio Board of Education, Veterans Auditorium, Columbus OH March 2002
Friedman Lecture, Penn State University, April 2002
City Club, Cleveland, April 2002
Arts and Science Lecture Series, Arts Center, Portland Oregon, May 2002
Gemant Lecture, William and Mary College, Williamsburg VA May 2002
Milton Lecture, Syracuse University, October 2002
Chancellor’s Lecture, Vanderbilt University, October 2002
City Club, Cleveland, Dec 2002.
Perimeter Institute Public Lecture, Waterloo Ontario, Dec 2002
Science and Religion Lecture, John Carroll University, Jan 2003
Science and Journalism Lecture, Carleton University, Feb 2003
KITP Public Lecture, Santa Barbara, March 2003
Waynick Lecture, Penn State University, April 2003
Hamilton Lecture, Princeton University, April 2003
Woods Lecture, Westminster College, May 2003
Explorer Lecture, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, May 2003
European Space Agency, Distinguished Scientist Lecture, Holland, June 2003.
Space Place, Madison Wisconsin, August 2003.
Five College Lecture, U. Mass Amherst Oct 2003
Presidential Lecture, Clark University Nov 2003
Odyssey Lecture, Cal State, Long Beach, Dec 2003
Barnhart Lectures, Coastal Bend College, March 2004
Wilson Distinguished Lecture, Berry College, March 2004
Glicksman Lecture, Brown University, May 2004
Aspen Institute, Beyond Einstein Symposium, Aug 2004
White Dog Cafe, Philadelphia, Sept, 2004
ACLU Annual Likover Lecture, Cleveland Oct. 2004
Evolution and God Symposium, Cleveland Oct 2004
Futures Forum, Cleveland Oct 2004
Samuel Newton Taylor Lecture, Goucher College, Baltimore Nov 2004
AAAS Lecture, Washington Dec 2004
Origins Institute Lecture, McMaster University January 2005
Rudin Distinguished Scholar Lecture, Manhattan Marymount College, NY March 2005
Distinguished Undergraduate Lecture, U.T. Austin, March 2005
Benson Lecture, Miami University, March 2005
NASA Huntsville, World Year of Physics/Millennium 2 lecture, April 2005
World Year of Physics, American Physical Society Public Lecture, April 2005
World Year of Physics, Sigma Pi Sigma Lecture, Wright State, April 2005
Crump Lecture, St. Andrews School, Delaware , April 2005
San Jose Resident Scholar Lecture, San Jose Performing Arts Center, April 2005
Explorer Lecture, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, May 2005
University of Georgia, VP Research Open Forum. June 27,2005
University of Washington/ Wenatchee Confluence Technology Center, Wenatchee,WA, July 6, 2005
Blossom Music Center, Cleveland Orchestra, Holst, The Planets, July 30, 2005
Vancouver British Columbia, Rodgers Lecture American Urology Assoc., Aug 3, 2005
100 Years in Physics, Singapore, Aug 12,2005
International Conference on Physics Education Public Lecture, Delhi, India, Aug 2005
2005 Jonah Lecture, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada, Sept 12, 2005
Maui, Hawaii, APS Nucl. Conference Public Lecture, Sept 17, 2005
Visions Colloquium, IBM Yorktown Heights, Oct 4, 2005
St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO, Oct 8, 2005
University Lecture, Rockefeller University, NY, Oct 14, 2005
Center for Inquiry Lecture, New York Academy of Medicine, NY, Oct 18, 2005
Presidential Lecture, Tulsa, OK, Oct 20, 2005
American Enterprise Institute Keynote Address, Washington, DC, Oct 21, 2005
National Council of Science Writers, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct 24, 2005
International Humanism Conference, Amherst, NY, Oct 27, 2005
Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conf, London, Ont, CAN, Oct 28, 2005
Skeptics Society Lecture, Caltech, Pasadena CA Oct 30, 2005
Categorically Not!, Santa Monica CA, Cot 30, 2005
Chicago Il, Kavli Inst. Public Lecture, Nov 3, 2005
World Congress of Science Producers, Tokyo, Japan, Nov 7, 2005
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Nov 9, 2005
Frontiers of Astronomy, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Nov 10, 2005
World Year of Physics Lecture, Severance Hall, Cleveland OH, Nov 14, 2005
IBM Lecture, Wittenberg College, Springfield, O, Nov 16, 2005
Goethe Institute, Los Angeles, CA, Nov 19, 2005
World Year of Physics Lecture, Kent State University, Nov 29, 2005
Kavli Institute Public Forum on Cosmology, Chicago, Dec 12, 2005
Akron Press Club, Jan 5, 2006
Wheeler Opera House, Aspen Winter Series, Aspen CO, January 24, 2006
Colorado College, Feb 2, 2006
The City Club, Cleveland, Feb 3, 2006
Cleveland Museum of Art, Feb 25, 2006
Lower Columbia College, March 13, 2006
St. Thomas, USVI, March 15, 2006
College of New Jersey, March 28, 2006
Wagner College, Staten Island, March 29, 2006
Asimov Memorial Debate, American Museum of Natural History, March 29, 2006
Bob Dole Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, April 4, 2006
Kalamazoo College, Michigan, April 11, 2006
Texas A&M University, April 15, 2006
Duke University, May 23, 2006
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, July 25, 2006
Seattle Town Hall, Sept 7, 2006
Yale University, Sept 14, 2006
University of Colorado Boulder, Sept 22, 2006
SUNY Binghamton, Oct 13, 2006
Marist College, Oct 21, 2006
Vanderbilt University, Oct 30, 2006
Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Cleveland, Dec 8-10, 2006
Rowfant Club, Cleveland OH, Dec 20, 2006
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Jan 14, 2007
Nashville Unitarian Church, Feb 28, 2007
University of Kansas, March 12, 2007
TV of Tomorrow, San Francisco, March 13, 2007
Allegheny College, NY, March 15, 2007
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, March 28, 2007
Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA, April 7, 2007
Dyer Observatory Exploration Night, Nashville, TN, April 25, 2007
Veritas First Light Festival, Tucson AZ, April 26, 2007
St. Olaf College, May 4, 2007
Rally For Reason, Petersburg, KY, May 28, 2007
Brookhaven National Laboratory, May 30, 2007
Caltech, June 2, 2007
IdeaCity, Toronto, June 19, 2007
Ideas Festival, Aspen CO July 2-5, 2008
UCLA, July 29, 2007
Center for Inquiry, Cleveland Aug 1, 2007
Concordia University, Oct 18, 2007
Genoa Science Festival, Nov 2, 2007
Arizona State University Beyond Center, Nov 8, 2007
Smithsonian Institution, Jan 17, 2008
IIT, Kharagpur, India, Feb 1, 2008
University of Arkansas Centennial Lecture, Feb 7, 2008
American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC Feb 11, 2008
Michigan State University Distinguished Lecture, April 10, 2008
Trieste Science Festival, April 20, 2008
University of Zurich, May 19, 2008
U.C. Davis, June 3, 2008
Great Lakes Science Center, June 4, 2008
Ingenuity Festival, Cleveland OH July 26, 2008
City Club, Cleveland OH Aug 13, 2008
Sea of Faith, Melbourne Australia Sept 20, 2008
Templeton Lecture, Sydney Australia Sept 23, 2008
Creative Nonfiction, Pittsburgh, PA Oct 3, 2008
Beyond Belief, La Jolla CA Oct 4, 2008
Center for Inquiry, Portland OR Oct 15, 2008
Canadian Undergraduate Physics, Toronto Canada Oct 19, 2008
Science and Public Policy, Minneapolis MN Oct 21, 2008
Hampshire College, Amherst MA Oct 23, 2008
New York State Teachers Convention, Albany, NY Nov 3, 2008
La Ciudad de las Ideas, Puebla, Mexico Nov 6, 2008
Fort Worth Texas, Nov 7, 2008
UNESCO Inaugural meeting, International Year of Astronomy, Astonomy anD Culture, Paris,France, Jan 19, 2009
Darwinfest Minisymposium, Revolutionary Ideas, ASU, Tempe,AZ, Feb 12. 2009
Purdue University, Feb 16 2009
Middlebury College April 2009
New School, NY April 2009
University of Zurich, June 2009
World Science Festival, June 2009
Moonfest, NASA Ames, July 2009
Division of Particles and Fields Annual Meeting, Detroit July 2009
Australian National Science Week, National Lecturer, Aug 2009
Face2Face Interview, Oct 2009
Perimeter Institute, Quarks to the Cosmos Oct 2009
CFI National Cruise, Nov 2009
Scientific American Cruise, Dec 2009
Todd Lecture, Butler University, Feb 2010
Woods Lecture, Norwich University, Feb 2010
Beattie Lecture, McGill University, Mar 2010
Dunedin, New Zealand Mar 2010
University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ Mar 2010
Stockholm, April 2010
World Science Festival, May 2010
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, July 2010
Australian National University, Sept 2010
Smith Lecture, Davidson College, Oct 2010
University of Alberta and Telos Science Center, Edmonton, Alberta, Sept 2010
30th Anniversary Secular Humanism National Conference, Los Angeles, Oct 2010
National Association of Montessori Teachers Keynote Address, Baltimore, Oct 2010
Southern Oregon University, Oct 2010
University of Maryland, A Matter of Origins Nov 2010
Arizona State University, Great Debate Nov 2010
Light in Winter Festival, Ithaca Jan 2011
World Economic Forum, Davos Jan 2011
Arizona State University, Great Debate Feb 2011
Australia National University Feb 2011
North Carolina State University, March 2011
Chicago Public Library, April 2011
American Atheists National Convention, April 2011
California Institute of Technology, April 2011
American Physical Society, May 2011
Center for Inquiry Cruise, May 2011
Australian National University, June 2011
Curtin University, June 2011
Miegunyah Lecture August 2011
Oslo University Lecture September 2011
School of Life Lecture October 2011
Scientific American’s Bright Horizons Cruise October 2011
Smithsonian Lecture January 2012
Caltech Lecture January 2012
National Capital Area Skeptics Talk January 2012
Ethical Humanists Society of Philadelphia January 2012
Museum of Natural History Lecture January 2012
ASU Origins Project, February 2012
Center for Inquiry, Calgary, February 2012
Irving K. Barber Lecture, University of British Columbia, February 2012
The Little-Franklin Lecture, Auburn University, March 2012
Chautauqua Institution, July 2012
Australian Institute of Physics August 2012
London School of Economics and Political Science, September 2012
New College of the Humanities, September 2012
A Universe from Nothing in Amsterdam September 2012
Lewes Skeptics in the Pub September 2012
Portsmouth Lecture October 2012
The Great Debate: The Origins of Deception October 2012
United States Naval Academy December 2012
Intelligence Squared Debate, Science Refutes God December 2012
UCSB Sage Center Lecture December 2012
Medical Health Physics Society January 2013
The Smithsonian January 2013
The Great Debate: Climate Change, Surviving the Future February 2013
Williams College February 2013
ANITA February 2013
Science and Film Lecture February 2013
TheBIGDebates – Islam or Science February 2013
Oxford Union Debate March 2013
Kit Kat Club March 2013
Royal Swedish Academy March 2013
Montana State University March 2013
Science, Myth, Reality: the Unbelievers Panel Discussion March 2013
The Storytelling of Science March 2013
University of Texas at Austin April 2013
University of Bergen April 2013
University of Manchester April 2013
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study April 2013
University of New Orleans April 2013
Australia National University July 2013
Life, The Universe, and Nothing – A three-part conversation August 2013
Carleton University September 2013
The Royal Institution October 2013
Het Denkgelag Royale October 2013
University of South Florida November 2013
UC San Francisco November 2013
Canberra Skeptics Lecture December 2013
University of Wisconsin February 2014
United World College of South East Asia March 2014
University of Alabama April 2014
DAI- Heidelberg October 2014
Astrophysics Research Center, Queen’s University Belfast October 2014
Origins Project Dialogue: Alda and Krauss, January 2015
A Passion for Science and Reason: An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence
Krauss, January 2015
Origins Project Dialogue: Life and the Universe, February 2015
Origins Project Dialogue: Randomness and Uncertainty, February 2015
Nebraska Wesleyan University, March 2015
Chomsky and Krauss: An Origins Project Dialogue, March 2015
For Thought Origins Lecture at Sydney Opera House, June 2015
For Thought Origins Lecture at The Wheeler Centre, June 2015
Singer and Krauss: An Origins Project Dialogue, October 2015
University of Helsinki, November 2015
New College of the Humanities, March 2016
Depp and Krauss: An Origins Project Dialogue, March 2016
Wycliffe College, March 2016
DiChristina and Krauss: An Origins Project Dialogue, April 2016
SpaceX, April 2016
Coalition for Excellence in Science and Math Education, June 2016
Political Bodies: Sex, Gender, & Reproductive Rights, September 2016
New College for the Humanities East Coast Lecture, October 2016
Origins Project Conversation: Inconvenient Truths – From Love to Extinction, October 2016
Swedish Humanist Association, October 2017
TIFF Trek Talks, November 2016
New College of the Humanities, December 2016
How to Academy, December 2016
Origins Project Lecture: Materiality of a Vacuum, January 2017
British Humanist Association Darwin Day Lecture, February 2017
Origins Project Great Debate: The Future of Artificial Intelligence – Who’s in Control?, February 2017
University of Alaska, March 2017
Phoenix Public Library, March 2017
Freethought Society, March 2017
New York Public Library, March 2017
Smithsonian, March 2017
North Carolina State University, March 2017
Triangle Freethought Society, March 2017
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, March 2017
Skeptics Science Salon, March 2017
Center for Inquiry, March 2017
A Science Affair, April 2017
Powell’s City of Book, April 2017
Spirit of the Senses Salon, April 2017
Changing Hands Bookstore, April 2017
Town Hall Seattle, April 2017
Google Kirkland Campus, April 2017
Origins Conversation with Fisher Stevens, April 2017
Origins Conversation with Werner Herzog and Jeffrey Sachs, April 2017
An Evening with Lawrence Krauss – Vancouver, May 2017
An Evening with Lawrence Krauss – Melbourne, May 2017
An Evening with Lawrence Krauss – Canberra, May 2017
An Evening with Lawrence Krauss – Sydney, May 2017
An Evening with Lawrence Krauss & Matt Dillahunty, June 2017
Lawrence Krauss: “The Greatest Story Ever Told- So Far”, June 2017
Lawrence Krauss in conversation with Jim Al-Khalill, July 2017
Origins Project Lecture: Dark Matters with Lawrence Krauss, November 2017
Great Debate: Climate Change, November 2017
A Celebration of Science and Reason — New York City, January 2018
Day of Knowledge, Mexico City, September 2018
Day of Knowledge, Aguascalientes, Mexico, October 2018
German American Institute, International Science Festival, October 2018
Devoxx Annual Meeting, Kiev, Ukraine, November 2018
Spirit of the Senses Salon, April 2019
How to Academy, September 2019
Spirit of the Senses Salon, October 2019
Tathva Lecture, Calcutta, India, October 2019
Origins Foundation Greenland and Iceland Cruise 2022
Nobel Fest Keynote Speaker Baku Azerbaijan 2022
Hay Festival 2023
Major Public Lectures
University of Baku, 2022
Reykjavik Science Museum 2022
Orpheum Theater, Phoenix 2022
Media Projects
Major Television Productions
Dark Matter in the Universe, BBC Antenna 1989
Escape from Earth, Discovery 1995
The Science of Star Trek, BBC and Discovery, 1995
Aliens, Are We Alone, Discovery 1995
Mysteries of the Universe, NOVA 1998
Universe 2001, Discovery and The Learning Channel 1999
Voyage to Mars, The Learning Channel 1999
The Final Frontier, BBC 2000-2001
Discovering the Universe, NHK 2001
How William Shatner Changed the World, Discovery, Mentorn Productions, 2005
Black Holes, Horizon, BBC, 2005
National Geographic “Naked Science:, Space Travel 2005
Discovery Cannel: “The Science of Star Gate”. 2005
The Physics of Space Travel, “Starman”, Pioneer Productions, 2005
National Geographic, ‘Naked Science’, Origin of Structure, 2006
The History Channel, The Big Bang, 2006
Science Channel, The Hawking Paradox, 2006
The History Channel, Modern Marvels Star Trek Tech (Hosted by me), 2007
The History Channel, Beyond the Big Bang, 2007
National Geographic, ‘Naked Science’, The Big Bang, 2008
PBS, “400 Years of the Telescope”, 2008
Naked Science, How to Kill a Planet 2009
Discovery, How to Engineer a Star, 2009
Discovery, The Big Bang, 2009
National Geographic, Black Holes, 2009
BBC, Black Holes, 2009
Discovery, How to Engineer Galaxies, 2010
Discovery, How to Engineer Supernovae, 2010
Catalyst, Australian Broadcasting System, Sept and Oct 2010
National Geographic, Parallel Universes, 2010
How the Universe Works 2010-2017
Music
Cosmic Reflections, Libretto for Narrated Symphony, World Premiere, Kennedy Center November 2009
Introduction to Haydn’s The Creation, ASU Gammage Auditorium April 2015
Radio and Television Commentary
The Real Price of Creationism, February 12, 2004, Marketplace Commentary
Ideology Spending, March 24, 2004, Marketplace Commentary
Visa Battles, May 25, 2004, Marketplace Commentary
Another Space Race, July 29, 2004, Marketplace Commentary
Scientists Express Concern Over White House Policies Travis Smiley Show, October 26, 2004
Debate Over Intelligent Design Newshour with Jim Lehrer, August 5, 2005
Evolution and the Catholic Church Talk of the Nation Science, Friday, August 12, 2005
Theoretical Science Made Practical Marketplace Commentary, August 29, 2005
Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions Talk of the Nation Science Friday, October 21, 2005
Facing Reality: Public Policy, Science Education, and the Emperor’s New Clothes, CSPAN presentation of Keynote address at American Enterprise Institute, October 21, 2005
The Media Report: Bogus History and Pseudoscience, November 11, 2005
NPR’s All Things Considered Commentary: In Favor of Barring ID from the Science Classroom, December 20, 2005
Australian Radio National Interview with Stephen Crittendon, August 30, 2006
In the Eye of the Beholder Marketplace Commentary, January 30, 2007
University Presidents, Take Notes, Marketplace Commentary, April 30, 2007
Putting Lies and Fraud on Exhibit, Marketplace Commentary, May 25, 2007
The OReilly Factor, Fox Television, debate on Creation Museum, May 28, 2007
Scientific Illiteracy, CSPAN, telecast of speech at American Enterprise Inst, February 11, 2008
Daily Planet, Jan 20, 2009, interview in Paris following election of Barack Obama
Physics and the Universe, Radio New Zealand, interview on issues ranging from the future of the Universe to the Large Hadron Collider
Big Questions in Cosmology Talk of the Nation Science Friday, April 3, 2009
Discovery Channel Daily Planet Interview, May 2009, Science of Star Trek
A One-Way Trip to Mars? Talk of the Nation Science Friday, September 11, 2009
Exploring Space, TVO Ontario, Agenda Program, October 20, 2009
Adjusting the Doomsday Clock Talk of the Nation Science Friday, January 15, 2010
The Oil Spill and the Limits of Science Talk of the Nation Science Friday, June 4, 2010
The Physics of Star Trek The Brent Holland Show, July 7, 2010
Cosmology, Catalyst, September 16, 2010
Science and Morality Talk of the Nation Science Friday, November 5, 2010
SKA, Catalyst, February 17, 2011
Richard Feynman is The “Quantum Man” Talk of the Nation Science Friday,
March 25, 2011
Where are all the Aliens?, Catalyst, March 31, 2011
Discovery of Other Earths, Catalyst, April 7, 2011
Connecting Science and Art Talk of the Nation Science Friday, April 8, 2011
Biggest Bang, Catalyst, June 16, 2011
In a Flash of Gamma-Rays a Star is Gone Talk of the Nation Science Friday, June 17, 2011
Parallel Universes, Catalyst, June 30, 2011
ABC Australia Canberra Radio AM Greg Bayliss Show, July 9, 2011
NATO plan to deploy ABMs in Europe RT News, December 9, 2011
Understanding the God Particle: Lawrence Krauss Explains the Higgs Boson, CBC Radio, December 16, 2011
Christopher Hitchens CNN, December 20, 2011
A Universe from Nothing Talk of the Nation Science Friday, January 13, 2012
Coast to Coast, January 14, 2012
Talk Radio Europe, January 19, 2012
Quirks and Quarks, The CBC, January 21, 2012
A Universe from Nothing Studio 4 with Fanny Kiefer, February 21, 2012
Reason Rally “Question Silly Beliefs” The Alyona Show, March 27, 2012
Big Bang Could End with a Whimper TV New Zealand, May 10, 2012
Why there is Something rather than Nothing? Equal Time for Free Thought June 2, 2012
The Colbert Report, June 21, 2012
Hunting for Life in Other Worlds CNN, August 12, 2012
Science vs. Religion CNN, September 23, 2012
Fox with John Stossel, December 13, 2012
Real Time with Bill Maher, February 8, 2013
Anderson Cooper 360, February 15, 2013
ABC Australia Q&A, February 18, 2013
Gripping Science Tales Need not be Science Fiction Talk of the Nation Science Friday, March 29, 2013
The Morning Show, Global News Canada April 29, 2013
The Agenda with Steve Paikin, April 30, 2013
ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler, May 23, 2013
ABC Australia Q&A, May 27, 2013
Adam Hills Tonight, June 12, 2013
ABC Australia, June 29, 2013
The Agenda with Steve Paikin, July 3, 2013
The Agenda with Steve Paikin, July 4, 2013
The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos, July 9, 2013
Custom Universe, Catalyst, August 29, 2013
Skeptic Fence Podcast, November 23, 2013
Equal Time for Free Thought, November 30, 2013
Detecting the “Bang” from the Big Bang, Talk of the Nation Science Friday, March 21, 2014
ABC TV Q&A, June 2, 2014
The Agenda with Steve Paikin, June 17, 2014
Larry King Now, August 11, 2014
Michael Feldman’s Whad’ya Know?, February 2015
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, April 2015
ABC 7:30, June 29, 2015
ABC TV Q&A, June 29, 2015
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, July 1, 2015
Science of Sci Fi Films – face or fiction?, Catalyst, March 1, 2016
The Agenda with Steve Paikin, March 2016
Did Christopher Hitchens flirt with faith?, BBC Newsnight, May 20, 2016
Is Religion to Blame for Violence, Al Jazeera, July 16, 2016
The Life Scientific, BBC Radio, May 31, 2016
Why Are We Here? Physics Has Answers Talk of the Nation Science Friday, March 17, 2017
The David Pakman Show, March 22, 2017
The Joe Rogan Experience, March 27, 2017
Waking Up with Sam Harris, April 10, 2017
Hard Chat: Lawrence Krauss, May 17, 2017
ABC TV Q&A, May 22, 2017
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, May 2017
Arizona Horizon: Science Matters, Monthly, 2012-2018
Film
Documentary: The Unbelievers (2013)
Salt and Fire (2016)
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
The Farthest (2017)
Related Professional Activities
Science Education
I have maintained a strong interest in science education at all levels, and had extensive teaching experience-from a university level to lectures for the general public. While still a student I worked with the Ontario Science Center, giving public demonstrations, and training staff there. At M.I.T. I ran a live phone-in T.V. program on physics for undergraduates, and was nominated for a teaching award for instruction during a semester in which I received the highest teaching evaluation score in the undergraduate course guide. During that time I also taught a one-semester science course in the Cambridge public school system. At Yale, I taught courses ranging from a general physics course for non-scientists, to advanced graduate courses in particle physics, and in cosmology. I also served for two years on the Yale Course of Study committee, where I played a major role in revising the science requirements for undergraduates. In 1991 I was named a Sigma Xi National Lecturer, and visited campuses and industries around the country for two years giving public lectures. I also directed a 3-day seminar for the Association of Yale Alumni entitled The Legacy of Newton. In 2006 I was named a Phi Beta Kappa National Visiting Scholar, to be lecturing to Phi Beta Kappa Chapters around the country.
At CWRU I sponsored and/or organized outreach programs as well as lecturing to high school and public school students and teachers throughout Northeast Ohio, including visiting schools to lecture or talk to students about science, and participated in programs such as the Young Scholars Program, Science Olympiad, and served on the Executive Committee of the Board or Trustees of the Cleveland School for the Arts, where I initiated a science committee that still exists to enrich the science program at the school. In the physics department itself I supervised the overhauling of the undergraduate and graduate physics curricula, the establishment of new undergraduate laboratories, the creation of six new undergraduate major tracks, and one new graduate degree program, and the creation of a new public lecture series. I also brought together a group of faculty from science and the humanities to help establish the form the new Seminar Approach to General Education curriculum at Case.
I was involved in the preparation of a national curriculum on cosmology for high school teachers sponsored by the American Association of Physics Teachers, and presented a series of workshops for teachers based on a teaching manual I wrote. In 1999 I served as an outside adviser to MIT for their new program aimed at introducing writing and communication aspects across their science curriculum. I have also given presentations on teaching science at the National Teacher Training Institute, and at regional teachers meetings, and at the APS-AAPT national meeting in Columbus. I presented the opening lecture at the American Association of Physics Teachers meeting in San Antonio in 1999, and a Shell Lecture at the 2001 National Association of Science Teachers Conference in St. Louis.
In 2004, I was awarded the Oersted Medal by the AAPT, its highest recognition for teaching. I have also served on the executive committee of the board of trustees of the Great Lakes Science Center, the Board of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and the Board of the new Science Fiction Experience Museum in Seattle.
As various groups attempted to impede the teaching of evolution in public schools, I quickly took a leadership role in combating this effort. I helped lead the effort in Ohio during the period 2002-2006 to fight back an effort to alter the science standards and curricula in the public schools and spoke out in states such as Kansas and Colorado on this issue, as well as advising lawyers in Dover Pennsylvania during the trial there. In March 2002 I testified in a public presentation before the Ohio Board of Education on Science Standards for High School Science Classes in Ohio, beginning what became a national effort to defend the teaching of Evolution in high schools. In 2006 I created the organization Help Ohio Public Education, which recruited pro-science candidates for State School Board elections. All of our candidates were successfully elected.
Science, Society and Public Policy
My activism on issues of science and society began when I was still a student, when I served as an organizer and lecturer in California for the Union of Concerned Scientists Convocation against Nuclear War in 1981, and Regional Coordinator for the International Physicists Petition for a Nuclear Freeze. In 1987-88 I was a regional co-ordinator for the FAS Congressional Exchange Program, and then began writing and lecturing on issues associated with National Missile Defense. I served on the American Physical Society Panel on Public Affairs for two years. In February 2004, I was among a group of 62 prominent scientists that wrote a public statement regarding Scientific Integrity in Washington. I was on the Board of Scientists and Engineers for America, and the Board of Ohio Citizens for Science, and was Chair of the American Physical Society Forum on Physics and Society, Chair of the Physics Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2008 I co-founded ScienceDebate2008, which has worked with and coordinated over 100 major science organizations to call for a Presidential Debate on issues of Science and Technology Policy, and following that, served on Barack Obama’s Science Policy committee during the Presidential Campaign. In 2009 I was named Co-Chair of the Bulletin’s Board of Sponsors and began embarking on a new set of activities designed to reduce the threat of nuclear war. During my tenure as Co-Chair, and then as Chair from 2015- 2018, the Bulletin has broadened its areas of interest, to include global climate change, biotechnology and other emerging technologies, and also AI and cyberterrorism.
I regularly write on science and policy issues for newspapers and magazines, including such newspapers the New York Times, L.A. Times, the International New York Times, The Wall St. Journal, The Washington Post, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, as well as magazines including The New Yorker, Scientific American, Wired, Nautilus, New Scientist, Discover, Seed, and TV Guide. I have been a commentator for both Public Radio International, and National Public Radio, with commentaries airing on both Marketplace, and Morning Edition. I have also appeared on national television news programs, including CNN, PBS, ABC News, and Fox News, The Colbert Report, and Real Time With Bill Maher.
Popular Science Books and Films
The popular science book I wrote in 1989 was named an Astronomy Book of the Year by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1990) and was been translated into 4 languages. My next book appeared in 1993, was named among the “best books of the year” by Library Journal, and was translated in 12 languages. My next book, The Physics of Star Trek became an international bestseller, appeared simultaneously in audio tape format in 1995, and was translated into twenty foreign languages, and sold over 250,000 copies in the US alone. My sixth book. Atom, appeared in April of 2001 and was awarded the American Institute of Physics Science Writing award. My book Quantum Man: Richard Feynman’s Life in Science, was named Book of the year 2011 by Physics World. My next book, A Universe from Nothing was an immediate New York Times bestseller, and has been translated into 25 languages. My most recent book The Greatest Story Ever Told… So Far: Why Are We Here? just appeared, in March of 2017. Most recently I have been involved in producing appearing in film feature documentaries and theatrical films, including a film that followed myself and Richard Dawkins around the world, entitled The Unbelievers, the television series, How the Universe Works, and most recently a film about the Voyager spacecraft entitled The Farthest.
Educational and Administrative Leadership
CWRU: 1993-2008
In 1993, I moved to Case Western Reserve University to become Chairman of the Physics Department in order to oversee a major revitalization of the department and its facilities, and also to help in launching the new College of Arts and Sciences. During the twelve years of my Chairmanship, we completed a six million dollar renovation of the Physics research and teaching facilities, hired nine outstanding new faculty, created a new nationally recognized research group in particle astrophysics with a strong theoretical group and new experimental programs ranging from dark matter detection to high energy gamma ray astrophysics, overhauled the undergraduate and graduate curricula, tripled the size of the sophomore class of physics majors the make it the largest group per capita of any leading research university in the country), built and outfitted a new set of introductory physics laboratories which serviced over 600 undergraduates per year, created a new Engineering Physics major, a new Bachelor of Arts in Physics degree, a new BS in Mathematics and Physics, a new BS Physics degree with a concentration in Biophysics, and created two new prominent public lecture series. We also developed an exciting new Masters Program in Physics Entrepreneurship, which was used by the American Physical Society as a new model for graduate education in physics at a national level. I raised 1.5 Million dollars to initiate this program. Finally we created a new Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University, in coordination with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The inaugural event sponsored by CERCA, and funded in part by the Kavli Foundation, was a conference on the Future of Cosmology, the first such conference sponsored by Kavli, creating a new conference series for them.
During my tenure as chair, the departmental college-funded operating budget increased by $300,000 to over $1 million/yr, and we obtained in excess of 5 million dollars in sponsored research funds per year, and I raised over $8 million in privately funded endowments from outside donors. The sponsored external research funding for the department tripled during my tenure as chair. According to a national ranking of Ph. D. programs in Physics when I left, the department ranked 16th in the country, up from 108th before I became Chair.
At the College level I was heavily involved in various College and University projects, including fundraising, planning, and curricular issues. I took a leadership role in visiting donors, lecturing to alumni groups, and preparing proposals for foundation support. I served on the President’s committee overseeing a year-long self-study in 1995 associated with the successful re-accreditation of CWRU, focusing on different areas of University activity, including electronic learning, undergraduate education, research, and continuing education. I played a key role in helping shape the form of a new Seminar Approach to General Education that was instituted in 2005 for all undergraduates at CWRU. During the period 2005-7, I took a variety of different roles at the University, including helping to plan for the new West Quad Research Complex for the Medical School, Chairing an external Strategic Planning committee for the Dept. of Chemistry, and Chairing the Advisory Committee on Research Computing for the VP for Information Technology Services, and served on the University Stakeholders committee, appointed by the President to raise the University’s profile locally and nationally.
Based on my interests in expanding the research profile of the University, I was asked to Chair a President’s Commission on Graduate Education and Research, which examined ways to alter the University administrative structure and fundraising priorities in order to enhance the research and graduate education at CWRU. This commission produced a report in April of 2004, and on that basis a new Research Council has been established, of which I was a member while at CWRU.
ASU: 2008-2019
In 2008, I moved to Arizona State University to direct a new University-wide Origins Project at ASU which became a nationally recognized center for sponsored meetings, education, and outreach on issues associated with Origins, including the origins of the universe, planetary origins, the origin of life, human origins, and origins of cognition, etc. The project began with a major Origins Symposium held April 3-6, 2009, attended by over 80 major scientists and scholars from a host of fields around the world and 8 Nobel Laureates. Our inaugural public event involved 12 hours of lectures and panels and was attended by over 6000 members of the public, as well as being broadcast live on the web (see www.origins.asu.edu). One of the highlights involved an afternoon forum for students from 20 inner city high schools.
The Origins Project achieved international prominence, hosting over 20 workshops on forefront issues with major scientists and scholars in a variety of fields, leading to white papers on Climate Change, a new research program in human origins, and a new concerted program on the implications of research in Artificial Intelligence. We cosponsored events with groups ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Sydney Opera House. Our public events regularly attracted up to 3000 members of the public, and up to 2,000,000 people viewed them online afterwards. Audience members flew in from Japan, South America, and Canada, as well as across the country to listen to scholarly panels on issues ranging from the Origins of Morality, to the Nature of Gravity as well as dialogues with leading public intellectuals and including Noam Chomsky, Peter Singer, Alan Alda, Jeffrey Sachs, Frank Wilczek, and Johnny Depp. We sponsored events that merged science and popular culture, including screening of major films by directors such as Werner Herzog, commissioning a dance program by Liz Lehrman entitled A Matter of Origins, and a performance of Holst’s The Planets with the University Orchestra, followed by a public lecture by Stephen Hawking.
In addition to its scientific and outreach missions, the Origins Project also developed an educational portal, in which we compiled and curated material from our workshops in an online format accessible by teachers, students and members of the general public. We established three different undergraduate research scholarships and raised funds to establish the largest postdoctoral prize in the world, awarded annually to a postdoctoral researcher from any field of origins from around the world who traveled to the University to present a series of lectures.
In order to develop and support the program, I raised over 3 million dollars in external funding as well as controlling a similar amount in University funding, with which I hired and managed a staff of seven people including an Executive Director, Associate Director, program manager, office manager, web designer, graphic designer and office assistant, as well as numerous interns and volunteers. We established an external advisory committee that included major scientists, business leaders and thought leaders from around the world, including 5 Nobel Laureates, the head of research at Microsoft, and the past president of the Royal Society.
The program was also successful in bringing major figures to the University. Besides Visiting Origins Professors, who have included Ian McEwan, Peter Singer, Richard Dawkins, among others, two of our past visiting professors, Sidney Altman and Frank Wilczek, both Nobel Laureates, joined the University as faculty.
In addition to my leadership of the Origins Project, I joined the University with a mandate to build a new Cosmology Initiative at the University. As part of this initiative, we hired 7 new faculty, and had a flourishing program that has brought in over 2 million/yr in external research funding to the University from the DOE, NSF, and NASA, among other agencies, as well as training over a dozen postdocs and a larger number of graduate students.
Foundation and Podcast: 2019-present
In 2019, I created and assumed the Presidency of the Origins Project Foundation, which is now a tax-exempt organization with a distinguished board of external advisors including six Nobel Laureates, writers, directors, scholars, and public intellectuals. The Foundation brings people from diverse disciplines together to interact with the public to explore foundational questions that will illuminate the key challenges of the 21st century. In the process it spans the current divide between science and culture. Two of its major activities include arranging travel adventures for members of the public to explore Origins-related destinations, along with some of the world’s most renowned scholars and intellectuals who present lectures on their work, as well as arranging provocative and illuminating public events, recorded in various locations around the world, and later shown on the web. Initial travel excursions have included the Mekong Delta, with speakers Richard Dawkins and Richard Somerville, and Iceland and Greenland with lecturers Ian McEwan and Ray Dolan.
At the same time I created the Origins Project LLC, a separate company that produces The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss. This unique video podcast involves in depth discussions with some of the most interesting people in the world, spanning all areas of human inquiry and artistic endeavor. Initial dialogues included actor and comedian Ricky Gervais and scholar and public intellectual Noam Chomsky. Additional dialogues have included individuals from Brian May, musician and guitarist for Queen, to psychologist Elizabeth Loftus, cosmologist Lord Martin Rees and Shakespearean scholar Stephen Greenblatt.
History Research
While in my late teens and early 20’s I pursued a research interest in Canadian History, including devoting one full year doing primary research at the Public Archives of Canada, Ontario, and a variety of private collections. During that time I was granted access to a variety of restricted materials from the files of the Attorney General of Ontario, to be used for a book on the social history of the depression in Canada. Also during this period I helped edit a book on the Hutterites in Canada.
Acting and Producing
Beginning in 2013, I began a new set of activities, involving producing, and sometimes appearing, in feature films, both documentary, and fiction. These have included, The Unbelievers, in which I appeared as well as producing, Salt and Fire, and Lo and Behold, in which I appeared, both directed by Werner Herzog, The Farthest, in which I appeared, and which won an Emmy for best Documentary Film, Intersect, as executive producer, in production in 2018, Beautiful Dark, as executive producer, in pre-production, and Vestige, in which I appear, in pre-production
