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.