David Grinspoon
David Grinspoon | |
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Grinspoon in 2014 | |
| Born | David H. Grinspoon December 22, 1959 |
| Alma mater | Brown University (BA, BS) University of Arizona (PhD) |
| Occupation | Astrobiologist |
| Father | Lester Grinspoon |
| Relatives | Harold Grinspoon (uncle), Peter Grinspoon (brother) |
| Awards | Asteroid Grinspoon Carl Sagan Medal PEN Center USA Literary Award for Research Nonfiction Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrobiology |
| Institutions | NASA |
| Website | funkyscience |
David H. Grinspoon (born December 21, 1959) is an American astrobiologist. He is the former Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Strategy at NASA (2023-2025) and was the inaugural Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology for 2012–2013.
Currently he is Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. His research area is comparative planetology, with a focus on climate evolution on Earth-like planets and implications for habitability. He has also studied, written and lectured on the human influence on Earth, as seen in cosmic perspective.
He has published four books, Venus Revealed, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times book prize, Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life, which won the 2004 PEN literary award for nonfiction, Earth in Human Hands, which was named one of NPR's Science Friday "Best Science Books of 2016" and Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto, co-authored with Alan Stern.