Space Physiology Scientist, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador

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Dr. Horowitz is a research scientist who works on a wide variety of subjects applicable to biological and medical aspects of space flight.

From buying his first telescope at age eight, student teaching astronomy courses in his hometown when he was a student, and working as an intern at Langley Research Center with members of the Viking Mars Lander team right after high school, he finally figured out how to bring his love of life sciences in line with his love of space in graduate school. He received his PhD in Neuroscience at Brown University. While carrying out his post-doctoral studies, he worked with the Rhode Island Space Grant on research projects and community outreach. He has continued as a space educator here in Long Island as a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador. He is currently working as an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Stony Brook University, where he is studying how the balance system fits into the daily sleep wake cycle, areas of critical importance to human spaceflight.