Dr. Matt Penn is an astronomer with the National Solar Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. He is the principal investigator on the Citizen Continental-Telescopic Eclipse Experiment (Citizen CATE Experiment) and telescope scientists for the McMath-Pierce solar facility on Kitt Peak. Penn works on the DKIST telescope project developing coronal and infrared science and instrument requirements. Penn has a BS degree in astronomy from Caltech and a PhD in astronomy from the University of Hawaii.
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Cast Credits
How the Universe Works (2010)
Guest starring as Solar Astronomer
- Episode 3x01: Journey from the Center of the Sun (Jul 9, 2014)