Michael Summers

Michael E. Summers is professor of planetary science and astronomy at George Mason University (Virginia). His undergraduate degrees are in physics, math, and Russian language from Murray State University (Kentucky). He has a certificate for Russian language and literature from Leningrad State University (now St. Petersburg University), an MS in space physics from the University […]

Biography

Michael E. Summers is professor of planetary science and astronomy at George Mason University (Virginia). His undergraduate degrees are in physics, math, and Russian language from Murray State University (Kentucky). He has a certificate for Russian language and literature from Leningrad State University (now St. Petersburg University), an MS in space physics from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a PhD in planetary science and astronomy from the California Institute of Technology. His research interests concern atmospheric structure and evolution on planets, moons, and exoplanets (planets orbiting other stars as well as those that are not gravitationally bound to stars).

Biography

Michael E. Summers is professor of planetary science and astronomy at George Mason University (Virginia). His undergraduate degrees are in physics, math, and Russian language from Murray State University (Kentucky). He has a certificate for Russian language and literature from Leningrad State University (now St. Petersburg University), an MS in space physics from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a PhD in planetary science and astronomy from the California Institute of Technology. His research interests concern atmospheric structure and evolution on planets, moons, and exoplanets (planets orbiting other stars as well as those that are not gravitationally bound to stars).