Harold Geller

Dr. Harold A. Geller is Observatory Director and Associate Professor at George Mason University (GMU) in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He served as co-Investigator, STEM Team Member, and Consulting Scientist for the Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and Achievement (VISTA). In 2012 (and currently) he was named a Solar System Ambassador for the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In 2010 and 2009 he shared in six Telly Awards for online educational videos in association with Astrocast.TV. In 2008 Dr. Geller was awarded the GMU Faculty Member of the Year and he authored a book titled Astrobiology: The Integrated Science. From 2006 to 2008 he was the Associate Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at GMU. Notable achievements include past President of the Potomac Geophysical Society; award-winning tour guide and lecturer with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; producer of two educational multimedia CD-ROMs; faculty at Northern Virginia Community College; doctoral fellow of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; and, lecturer/operator at the Einstein Planetarium in the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Geller is author of books and contributor to published papers in education, astrobiology, astrophysics, and biochemistry.