Biography

Marcelo Gleiser is currently the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College, USA. After his undergraduate studies in physics in his native Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he completed his Ph.D. at King's College, University of London in 1986.

Marcelo's current research includes the physics of the early universe and the origin of life.

He has also written two popular books on cosmology and religion, 'The Prophet and the Astronomer' and 'The Dancing Universe'. Gleiser writes a science column every Sunday in a supplement of the Folha de São Paulo newspaper. He has been awarded the Presidential Faculty Fellows Award from the White House and the National Science Foundation.