Edward Guinan

Edward Guinan is a professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Science at Villanova University; Served on IAU Astronomy Education and Outreach programs/committees over the last twenty years – including the International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA) and Teaching Astronomy for Development (TAD). He is currently chair of the Astronomy for Universities and Research Program at the IAU Office for Astronomy for Development (IAU/OAD). His research interest includes Stellar & Solar Astrophysics, Variable stars, Observational Cosmology, Astrobiology, Exoplanets, etc. He has published over 700 papers that utilized ground-based and NASA/ESA X-ray–Infrared space-mission data and also works with Amateur Astronomy groups.