"Dr. Vakoch started his work in SETI during high school, where he won several awards at International Science and Engineering Fairs for his interstellar messages for communicating with extraterrestrials. He continues to research ways that different civilizations might create messages that could be transmitted across interstellar space, allowing communication between humans and extraterrestrials even without face-to-face contact. Dr. Vakoch is particularly interested in how we might compose reply messages that would begin to express what it's like to be human. In addition to his work in composing interstellar messages, Dr. Vakoch conducts research on the history of the extraterrestrial life debate, policy issues related to SETI, and possible psychological and religious responses to detecting a signal from extraterrestrial intelligence."

from:
Doug Vakoch - Social Scientist

Earth calling Doug...come in, Doug....