Volunteer

Science and Technology Guest: Kevin ‘Doc’ Conod

Astronomer for the Newark Museum's Dreyfuss Planetarium

Webpage: http://www.newarkmuseum.org/planetarium/

As the astronomer for the Newark Museum’s Dreyfuss Planetarium since 1991, Kevin Conrod enjoys bringing the cosmos to the public under the starry sky of a planetarium dome. He earned a BS in astronomy from SUNY Stony Brook in 1989, and is a former president of Stony Brook’s Science Fiction Forum. He was also on the executive committee of I-CON, reigning as “Gopher King” from 1985 to 1989. Kevin is an associate member of the American Astronomical Society, president of the United Astronomy Clubs of N.J.. and vice president of the North Jersey Astronomical Group.