Speaker Biography

Isaac Arthur

President of the National Space Society

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur, Host and Executive Producer

Isaac Arthur is the host and executive producer of Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur (SFIA) on YouTube, with nearly 700,000 subscribers and 400 episodes covering topics like Colonizing the Solar System, Interstellar Travel, the Fermi Paradox, Artificial Intelligence, Biotech, Cybernetics, and other topics representing possible futures paths and challenges for humanity. Isaac has given guest lectures and presentations to the US Air Force Academy, MIT Lincoln Labs, the National Space Society, Trinity Dublin, the Carnegie Science Center, to name a few, and has been a frequent guest on various podcasts, news interviews, and nationally syndicated radio programs.

Isaac received his degree in physics from Kent State University, graduating top of his class at age 20, and remained there for graduate studies before joining the US Army and serving in Iraq. He also worked as a civilian researcher at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio. After the military he returned home to Ashtabula, Ohio and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Elections for his area, when not working on his channel. Isaac is the 2020 winner of the National Space Society’s Pioneer Award. He is married to Sarah Fowler Arthur, who serves in the Ohio House of Representative, District 99, since her election in 2020, and who had previously served 8 years as an elected member of the Ohio Board of Education.