Faculty

Marcia Bartusiak
Author of Thursday's Universe, guide to the frontiers of astrophysics; Through a Universe Darkly, history of the quest to discover the universe's composition; and Einstein's Unfinished Symphony, about cosmic gravity waves. Two-time winner of American Institute of Physics Science Writing Prize and 2006 recipient of its Andrew W. Gemant Award.  Latest book is Archives of the Universe, a treasury of astronomy's historic works of discovery.

Robert Kanigel
Author of Faux Real: Genuine Leather and Two Hundred Years of Inspired Fakes (a Scientific American Book Club selection) , The Man Who Knew Infinity, biography of mathematician Ramanujan; The One Best Way, biography of efficiency expert Frederick Winslow Taylor; Apprentice to Genius, about mentor relationships among elite scientists. Articles in New York Times Magazine, Wilson Quarterly, The Sciences. Grady-Stack award for science writing. Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Times Book Award.

Thomas Levenson
Author of Einstein in Berlin; Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science; and Ice Time: Climate, Science, and Life on Earth . Television documentaries include Origins: Back to the Beginning (NOVA); Building Big: Domes (PBS); and Einstein Revealed (NOVA). Walter P. Kistler Science Documentary Film Award, National Academies Science Communication Award, Peabody Award (shared), New York Chapter Emmy, and the AAAS/Westinghouse award. Articles and reviews in The Atlantic Monthly, The Boston Globe, Discover, The Sciences.

Alan Lightman
Author of Good Benito, Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis, novels rooted in science and technology. Nonfiction includes A Sense of the Mysterious: Science and the Human Spirit; Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists; Ancient Light; and Dance for Two. Essays and short fiction in Harper's, The New Yorker, New York Review of Books. Sigma Xi's 2006 John P. McGovern Science and Society Award, Association of American Publishers Award for physical science. Runner-up, PEN New England/Winship Award. Finalist, National Book Award. Academic background in theoretical physics.

Boyce Rensberger
Director of Knight Science Journalism Fellowship Program. Formerly with New York Times and Washington Post. Former head writer for 3-2-1-Contact!, PBS science series for children, senior editor at Science 84. Two-time AAAS science writing award winner, and 2002 winner of the Grady-Stack award for science writing. Author of four popular science books, including Life Itself: Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell. Co-director, Marine Biology Laboratory's Science Writing Fellows program.