John Zarnecki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Zarnecki

British professor

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1949

Place of Birth: Finchley, England, United Kingdom

Profession: scientist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jan Charles "John" Zarnecki, (born 6 November 1949 in Finchley, Middlesex, England) is an English space science professor and researcher.
Since 2013, Zarnecki has been a Director of the International Space Science Institute (Berne, Switzerland).
Between 2004 and 2013 he was a Professor of Space Science (now Emeritus) at the Open University, having previously been a professor and researcher at the University of Kent. Zarnecki has taken part in several high-profile space probe missions and is an expert on space debris, space dust and impacts.
He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2014, and became President of the Royal Astronomical Society in May 2016, having been Vice-President from 2009 to 2011 and President-Elect for the year from May 2015.