Seth Shostak

G. Seth Shostak
Shostak in 2017 giving a talk at NASA's Langley Research Center
Born (1943-07-20) July 20, 1943
Alma materPrinceton (BA)
California Institute of Technology (PhD)
Known forSETI research
AwardsKlumpke-Roberts Award (2004)
Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization (2015)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, astronomy, science communication

Seth Shostak (born July 20, 1943) is an American astronomer and author, and is currently the senior astronomer for the SETI Institute.

Shostak co-hosts the weekly radio show/podcast Big Picture Science, has played himself numerous times in TV and internet film dramas, and has acted in several science fiction films.