Moiya McTier

About the Author

Dr. Moiya McTier is an astrophysicist, folklorist, and science communicator based in New York City. After graduating from Harvard as the first person in the school’s history to study both astronomy and mythology, Moiya earned her PhD in astrophysics at Columbia University where she was selected as a National Science Foundation research fellow. Moiya has consulted with Disney and PBS on their fictional worlds, helped design exhibits for the New York Hall of Science, given hundreds of talks about science around the globe (including features on MSNBC, NPR, and NowThis News), and publicly advocated for artist rights in the face of generative AI with the Human Artistry Campaign. To help her fellow humans feel closer to the universe, Moiya hosts and produces the podcast Pale Blue Pod. When she’s not researching space or imagining new worlds, Moiya can likely be found watching trashy reality tv with her cats, Cosmo and Spats.