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Kevin R. Grazier


Dr. Kevin Grazier is currently the Science Advisor for the Sci Fi Channel series Eureka and Battlestar Galactica the NBC animated series The Zula Patrol, as well as several movies in development. He is also the co-author of "The Science of Battlestar Galactica" with Patrick Di Justo. He was previously the editor and contributing author for "The Science of Dune" and "The Science of Michael Crichton".

Dr. Grazier works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA, and holds the duel titles of Investigation Scientist and Science Planning Engineer for the Cassini/Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan. At JPL he has written mission planning and analysis software that won both JPL- and NASA-wide awards. Previously he worked at the RAND Corporation, processing Viking Mars imagery in support of the Mars Observer mission.

Dr Grazier did his undergrad and MS degrees at Purdue University. His doctoral research at UCLA was in planetary physics: long-term large-scale computer simulations of Solar System dynamics, evolution, and chaos. He continues this research with collaborators at UCLA, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the University of Auckland.

Dr. Grazier is also very active in bringing the wonders of science and space to the public. Through various outreach programs, he speaks to thousands of K-12 students every year, and has served on several NASA educational product review panels. He teaches classes in basic astronomy, planetary science, cosmology, the search for extraterrestrial life, and the science of science fiction at UCLA and Santa Monica College,

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