Tim Slater

Dr. Tim Slater is the University of Wyoming Excellence in Higher Education Endowed Chair of Science Education. Known as “the professor’s professor” because he has taught many professional scientists how to teach, Professor Slater earned his Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina, his M.S. from Clemson University, and two bachelors’ degrees from Kansas State University. An internationally recognized scholar supported with long-standing federal grants from NASA and the NSF, he is an author on more than 100 scientific journal articles, 16 books, the winner of numerous awards, serves a scholarly journal editor, and is frequently an invited speaker on the popularization of science through modern television series. He has specific expertise on talking about the nature of world building and habitable planets in series where landing parties survive harsh weather conditions, such as on Star Trek.