Chris Lintott

Chris Lintott is an astronomer at the University of Oxford where he is also a Research Fellow at New College. His own work focuses on the formation and evolution of galaxies and he is Principal Investigator for Galaxy Zoo, the world's most successful citizen science project. He leads the team of scientists, web developers and educators who build and operate the Zooniverse, a platform which has allowed more than 900,000 participants to discover planets, read ancient papyri and explore the Serengeti. His citizen science work was recognised in 2011 with the award of the Royal Society’s Kohn Award. A passionate advocate of the public understanding of science, he is best known as co-presenter of the BBC’s long-running ‘Sky at Night’ program, and as co-author (with Patrick Moore and Queen guitarist Brian May) of books including ‘Bang’, which has been translated into more than a dozen languages.