NASA's Dr. Michelle Thaller Returns February 7
One of our most talked about speakers, Dr. Michelle Thaller, is returning to the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club on Thursday, February 7. Michelle is the Assistant Director of Science for Communications at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center. She has also been one of the regular hosts of “The Universe,” television series on the History Channel, National Geographic Channel’s “the Known Universe” and Discovery Channel’s “How the Universe Works.” Michelle represents all of NASA’s science themes, from Earth science, the Sun and space weather, solar system exploration, all the way out to cosmology and the deep universe. Michelle speaks to members of Congress and their staff regularly, as well as international embassy staff and internal NASA policy-makers. Invite guests and friends to come and ask questions of this gifted speaker.
Specializing on the lifecycles of stars, she has been an observer on the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, the ROSAT X-ray satellite, and the International Ultraviolet Explorer, as well as many ground-based observatories such as Mount Palomar, Kitt Peak, and Mount Stromlo, Australia.
After a post-doctoral research fellowship at Caltech, Michelle worked as one of the managers of the Spitzer Space Telescope at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Michelle is a nationally recognized spokesperson for science and astronomy. She has produced, written and starred in several podcasts available on iTunes and YouTube, and she has received the highest honors for on-line programming, including the Telly, Aegis, and CINE Golden Eagle awards.
Michelle has also been one of the regular hosts of “The Universe,” television series on the History Channel, National Geographic Channel’s “the Known Universe” and Discovery Channel’s “How the Universe Works.” Behind the scenes, Michelle has led efforts to develop high-quality apps for smartphones and iPads, as well as involve NASA missions with social media such as FaceBook, Twitter, and Second Life. In her current role, Michelle represents all of NASA’s science themes, from Earth science, the Sun and space weather, solar system exploration, all the way out to cosmology and the deep universe.
Michelle speaks to members of Congress and their staff regularly, as well as international embassy staff and internal NASA policy-makers. She continues to be inspired by the fact that NASA is a world treasure, and the universe belongs to everyone equally.