Robert M. Hazen

Professor Robert Hazen concentrates his research on high- pressure organic synthesis and the origin of life. A prolific science writer, Professor Hazen is active in presenting science to the general public. His writing has appeared in Newsweek, the New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, Technology Review, and Scientific American. Hazen is author of more than 230 articles and 15 books on science, history, and music. His books with coauthor James Trefil include the best-selling Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy (1991) and The Sciences: An Integrated Approach (1999). A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he has received the Mineralogical Society of America Award (1982), the American Chemical Society Ipatieff Prize (1986), the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award (1989), the Educational Press Association Award (1992), and the Elizabeth Wood Science Writing Award (1998). Hazen serves on the Committee on Public Understanding of Science of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and on Advisory Boards for NOVA (WGBH Boston), Encyclopedia Americana, and the Carnegie Council. He also appears frequently on radio and television programs on science.