Marcelo Gleiser

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Marcelo Gleiser

Born 19 March 1959
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residence Brazil, USA
Nationality Brazilian, American
Field Physics
Institution Dartmouth College
Fermilab
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
NASA
OTAN
Alma mater Pontifícia Univ. Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
King's College
Religion Catholic

Marcelo Gleiser (born 1959 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian physicist and astronomer. He received his bachelor's degree in 1981 from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, his M.Sc. degree in 1982 from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and his Ph.D. in 1986 from King's College at the University of London. After this he worked as a postdoc at Fermilab until 1988 and from then until 1991 at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Since 1991, he has taught at Dartmouth College, where he was awarded the Appleton Professorship of Natural Philosophy in 1999, and is currently a professor of physics and astronomy.

Gleiser's current research interests include the physics of the early Universe and the astrophysics of compact objects. Apart from his research, Dr. Gleiser is also a well-known science writer. He has written two popular books on cosmology and religion, The Prophet and the Astronomer and The Dancing Universe, and writes a science column every Sunday in a supplement of the Folha de São Paulo newspaper. He has been awarded the José Reis Award for Divulgation of Science by the Brazilian National Research Council.

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