Serge Brunier is a science journalist, author and photographer. Co-author and presenter of the Entre Terre et ciel programme on French TV channel Arte, he is also author of ten books published by Seuil, Gallimard, Larousse, Nathan, Bordas and Dunod, and translated into many languages. He was awarded the Montyon Prize by the Académie Française, the Henri Rey Prize by the French astronomy society, SAF (Société Astronomique de France), the Varennes Foundation Prize 2010 and Roberval Prize 2019. 

A member of TWAN (The World At Night) programme, he photographs nocturnal landscapes but also stars, nebulae and galaxies with his telescope. He was one of the first photographers in the 1990s to capture total solar eclipses on film against their natural landscapes in India, Chile, Australia, United States and Venezuela for photo-reportages in Paris Match magazine. His photograph of the entire sky, produced under the aegis of the European Southern Observatory as part of the International Year of Astronomy, is regularly used by major astronomy institutes and space agencies. Serge is now involved with the Côte d’Azur Observatory where he monitors Gaia satellite observations using a telescope. He has an asteroid named after him, 10943 Brunier, by the International Astronomical Union in recognition of his success in taking science to the masses.   

Language spoken: French

Photo credit : Serge Brunier