Smithsonian.com – Interview with Guy Consolmagno
Brother Guy Consolmagno, a staff astronomer and the curator of meteorites at the Vatican Observatory. Credit: Alessia Giuliani.
I interviewed Brother Guy Consolmagno, the Director of the Vatican Observatory, for Smithsonian.com’s THINK BIG! series, which was launched at this year’s The Future is Here festival.
Brother Guy Consolmagno is the director of the Vatican Observatory and president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. Raised in Detroit, Michigan, he studied Earth and Planetary Sciences at MIT for his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and at the University of Arizona for his doctorate. During a break in his studies he spent two years teaching astronomy in Narobi for the Peace Corps. Having attended a Jesuit high school, Consolmagno contemplated joining the church at several points in his career before joining the order in 1989. Two years later, he was called to serve at the Vatican Observatory where he has been ever since. Consolmagno’s research has always focused on the smallest bodies in our solar system and his work at the Vatican has allowed him to make significant contributions to this field over the past several decades. In 2014, he was awarded the Carl Sagan Medal by the American Astronomical Society for outstanding communication of planetary science to the public.
Read the full interview here.
