Simon Steel

Simon Steel has a diverse work experience in various academic and research institutions. Simon is currently serving as the Deputy Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research at the SETI Institute since 2019. Prior to that, they worked as a Lecturer in Astronomy at University College London from 2011 to 2019. Simon also held the position of Director of Tufts in London and Oxford at Tufts University from 2009 to 2019. Additionally, they worked as an Education Specialist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics from 2002 to 2009. Simon has also had teaching roles at Harvard University, serving as a Lecturer in Astronomy from 1998 to 2002 and an Allston Burr Resident Dean from 1998 to 2002. Simon started their teaching career as a Science Teacher at The Marlborough Church Of England School from 1986 to 1988.

Simon Steel has a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from University College Dublin, which they completed in 1995. Before that, they obtained an MA in Physics from Brandeis University in 1991. In 1986, they received a PGCE in Science Education from the University of Oxford. Simon began their education by earning a BSc in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Sussex in 1984.