Grace Wolf-Chase is an Astronomer at the Adler Planetarium, an Associate at the University of
Chicago, and an Affiliated Faculty member of the Zygon Center for Religion & Science in Hyde
Park. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in
Astronomy from the University of Arizona. In 1994, she was awarded a National Research
Council postdoctoral fellowship to pursue star formation research at NASA/Ames Research
Center in Moffett Field, CA, and in 1996 she was awarded a University of California President’s
postdoctoral fellowship to continue these studies at UC Riverside. Her current position combines
academic research with education and public outreach. Wolf-Chase’s primary research interests
include all aspects of the earliest stages of star formation in our Galaxy. She has published
dozens of scientific papers in her field and is a member of the science team for the Milky Way
Project, a citizen science initiative that is part of `Zooniverse’, the world’s largest and most
popular platform for people-powered research. Wolf-Chase resides in Naperville, IL with her
spouse, and she has 3 children in college.