BIPOC in STEM

Neil deGrasse Tyson at The Amazing Meeting 6, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

• 1958, Born in Mahattan, NY
• 1980, Earns B.A. in Physics from Harvard University
• 1987, Lectures in the Dept. of Astronomy at the University of Maryland
• 1991, Earns Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Columbia University
• 1991-1994, Is Postdoctoral Research Assoc. in Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University
• 1994-2003, Visiting Researcher Scientist and Lecturer in Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University
• 1994-present, Works at American Museum of Natural History – Hayden Planetarium
• 1996, Becomes Astrophysicist & Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium
• 2014, Narrates Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
• 2015, Receives the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal