Aces of Trades – Michael Stamatikos works with NASA in Newark

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NEWARK – Michael Stamatikos loves science. And that may be a bit of an understatement. He teaches, for instance, physics and astronomy at OSU’s Newark campus.

“Mike is passionate,” assessed William MacDonald, dean/director of OSU at Newark, “about increasing the public’s understanding of, and appreciation for, science.”

But that only tells part of the story. Stamatikos is also an astrophysicist with NASA.