Mark SubbaRao - A Cosmic Perspective
Mark SubbaRao talks about living with many cosmologies.
Mark SubbaRao was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He received Bachelors of Science in Engineering Physics from Lehigh University, his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Astrophysics from The Johns Hopkins University. His research interests concern the large-scale structure of the Universe and scientific visualization. He was a builder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, developing its spectroscopic analysis software. He is currently employed at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum where he serves as Director of the Space Visualization Laboratory and chair of Adler's Internal Research Committee. At the planetarium he is actively engaged in the production of exhibits, shows and programs which expose museum visitors to the wonders of modern astrophysical research.
Website: http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/researchcollections/research/researchers#subbarao.
This talk was recorded at TEDxUIUC 2011 (February 19, 2011).