Waukesha native Michelle Thaller is
an astrophysicist and the assistant
director for science communication at
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
in Maryland. Her passion for making
science interesting, fun, inspiring and
accessible to the public combined
with her dynamic speaking skills
make her a frequent guest for news
programs, the Science Channel, the
History Channel, podcasts, and TED
talks.
Her educational background in
astrophysics (bachelor’s degree from
Harvard and PhD from Georgia State)
make her the ideal liaison between
science and storytelling.
She is the co-author of 111 Places in
Space You Must Not Miss and earlier in
her career was a science columnist at
the Christian Science Monitor.
