Ethan Siegel Bio | Wiki
Ethan Siegel is an American theoretical astrophysicist and science writer. He studies the Big Bang theory. In the past, Ethan has been serving as a professor at Lewis & Clark College and a blogger at Starts With a Bang, on ScienceBlogs, and also on Forbes.com since 2016.
He worked at Fermilab in 1997. Ethan received his undergraduate degree in physics, classics, and integrated science from Northwestern University in June 2000. He was unsure whether to continue studying and took the GRE Physics Test “just in case”.
Ethan taught in high school in Houston and at King Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science in inner-city Los Angeles for a year. He went back into academia to study the universe.
Ethan Siegel Age
Ethan was born on August 3, 1978, in Bronx, New York, United States. He is 43 years old.
Ethan Siegel Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in (Approx. 1.75 m).
Ethan Siegel Family
He was born and raised in the Bronx, New York City by his parents. Ethan’s father was a Jewish postal worker. He holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. More information bout his parents and/or siblings is not available at the moment.
Ethan Siegel Wife
Ethan is married to his beautiful wife Jamie Cummings. The couple met in Madison, Wisconsin. Ethan has a large beard and mustache and wears a kilt. Together with Jamie, he entered the West Coast Beard and Mustache competition in Portland in 2011. He is Jewish and an atheist. Ethan plays online chess and is a fan of My Little Pony.
Ethan Siegel Education
He attended Bronx High School of Science until 1996. Ethan graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. degree in physics, classics, and integrated science in 2000. Later, he went on to earn his Ph.D. degree in astrophysics from the University of Florida in 2006.
During his graduate studies, Ethan was a teaching assistant and lecturer in physics. He also sat on the graduate student affairs committee, and he was an assistant coordinator for REU students.
Ethan Siegel Forbes
He has been a blogger at Starts With a Bang, on ScienceBlogs, and also on Forbes.com since 2016. Ethan continues to contribute content to the Forbes website. He headed the RealClearScience list of top science bloggers in 2013, as his “unmatched ability to describe the nearly indecipherable made him an easy choice for #1.” Ethan also wrote a column for NASA, The Space Place.
Ethan Siegel Physics
He received a B.A. degree in physics, classics, and integrated science in 2000 from Northwestern University. While there, Ethan was a teaching assistant and lecturer in physics. He was also a teaching assistant in undergraduate general physics at the University of Wisconsin in Spring 2007 and then took up a post-doctoral research post at the University of Arizona.
Described as “beautifully illustrated and full of humor”, Ethan’s blog won the 2010 Physics.org award for best blog. He has also written books published in Physics working mainly on dark matter and structure formation.
Ethan Siegel Books
Ethan published his popular science book Beyond the Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way and Discovered the Entire Universe with World Scientific in December 2015. In the book, he critiques the MOND theory of gravity. His other works include:
(2006). Cosmological perturbations and their effects on the universe
(2008). “Nonlinear Structure Formation and the Acoustic Scale”
(2015). Beyond the Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way and Discovered the Entire Universe
(2017) Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive
Ethan Siegel Starts With A Bang | Blog
He launched his blog Starts With a Bang in January 2008 at startswithabang.com and then ScienceBlogs from March 2009 to October 2017. The blog included a monthly podcast and Ethan posts answers to questions from readers in the “Ask Ethan” series. He hosted guest bloggers, including Sabine Hossenfelder and Paul Halpern.
Topics Ethan covered include adaptive optics and using lasers in astronomy to adjust for atmospheric turbulence among others. By January 2011, his blog had been viewed 2 million times. His blog won the 2010 Physics.org award for best blog, judged by Adam Rutherford and Alom Shaha among others.
Ethan Siegel Covid
Ethan also writes articles beyond astrophysics. For example, following the publication of a Science article by prominent US and UK researchers advocating for further investigation of the Wuhan Institute of Virology. He advocates that Covid-19 did not come from Chinese labs.
Ethan Siegel Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Ethan’s estimated net worth is $2 million.
Who Is Ethan Siegel
Ethan is an American theoretical astrophysicist and science writer. He studies the Big Bang theory. In the past, Ethan has been serving as a professor at Lewis & Clark College and a blogger at Starts With a Bang, on ScienceBlogs, and also on Forbes.com since 2016.