Bob Baer | SIU

Bob Baer is an academic professional staff member in the Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Physics and Applied Physics.  He is the Director of the Physics Department’s public astronomy observation program and co-chair of the Southern Illinois Eclipse 2017 - 2024 Steering Committee. He is a board member in the Astronomical Association of Southern Illinois, a member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and the NASA SMD Science Activation community and is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Local Planning Working Group on the AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force.  Bob is currently working on the Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative and other NASA and NSF funded projects involving nation-wide STEM engagement.

 

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/bob.baer.969
https://twitter.com/b__baer
@b__baer
https://www.facebook.com/SIUC.Physics/
https://twitter.com/siucphysics

Projects/Activities

Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative:
https://debinitiative.org
https://www.facebook.com/groups/debinitiative

Exoplanet Watch:
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-watch/

Eclipse 2017 - 2024, SIU Carbondale
http://eclipse.siu.edu

SIU Carbondale Public Astronomy Observations
http://www.physics.siu.edu/events/astronomy.php

NASA Science Mission Directorate
Profile

Citizen CATE Experiment (past):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1528770144065465/  web: citizencate.org

 

Videos/Documentary Appearances

The Eclipse Effect, The New Yorker Magazine

NASA EDGE: Solar Eclipse 2017 Preview Show

NASA EDGE Megacast: Total Solar Eclipse 2017

Eclipse Across America, Curiosity Stream

Countdown to the Eclipse, Lindsay Adams

You'll need to know this if you're going to Carbondale for the Eclipse, Belleville News-Democrat

2:38: A Glimpse into the Eclipse (SIU Students Malea Bailey and Marcia Kuhlman Eclipse Documentary)

In the Shadow, SIU Eclipse documentary by H. D. Motyl and Mark Stoffel