Harry Kloor facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Harry Kloor
Harry Kloor at Comic-Con 2009
Other names	"Doc"
Education	BA, BA, Southern Oregon State College M.Ed Southern Oregon University PhD, PhD Purdue University
Occupation	Scientist Educator Author Inventor Screenwriter Film producer Film director National Technology Policy Advisor X Prize Chief Technology Officer
Employer	Co-founder Universal Consultants
Known for	Simultaneous PhDs in Chemistry and Physics
Title	Doctor

Harry "Doc" Kloor is an American scientist, film producer, director, and writer. He is famous for being the first person to earn two PhDs at the same time in two different subjects. A PhD, or Doctorate of Philosophy, is one of the highest degrees a person can get from a university.

In 1994, Kloor earned a PhD in Physics and a PhD in Chemistry from Purdue University. Because of this amazing achievement, he was named the ABC Person of the Week. Besides his work in science, he also creates movies and television shows.

A Career in Science and Technology

Harry Kloor has used his science knowledge to lead and advise many exciting companies and projects. He is the CEO of two companies, Beyond Imagination and Jupiter 9 Productions.

Working with Top Organizations

Kloor has been a part of several groundbreaking groups. He was one of the co-founders of the Rocket Racing League, a company that planned to have races with rocket-powered airplanes. He was also on the founding teams for the Ansari X Prize, a famous competition for private spaceflight, and Singularity University, a school that focuses on using technology to solve big world problems.

He has also worked as a science advisor for important groups, including:

• The X Prize Foundation, where he advised on science and technology.
• NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
• The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which builds robotic spacecraft for NASA.
• The U.S. Senate, helping leaders understand technology issues.

In 2011, he helped lead a project for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) called the 100 Year Starship. This project explored what it would take for humans to travel to other stars.

Bringing Science to Hollywood

Kloor uses his passion for science to create stories for movies and TV. He has written for popular science fiction shows and has worked to create entertainment projects that are both fun and educational.

He has worked with NASA to create TV and film projects that teach people about science and space exploration.

Film and Television Work

Kloor has worked on several well-known science fiction projects as a writer, director, or producer.

Producer

• Earth: Final Conflict (1997–1998)
• Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)
• ILL WIND (2015-2017)

Writer

• Star Trek: Voyager: He wrote several episodes for this famous sci-fi series, including:
  • "Real Life" (1997)
  • "The Raven" (1997)
  • "Scientific Method" (1997)
  • "Drone" (1998)
  • "False Profits" (1998)
• Earth: Final Conflict: He was a story editor and writer for this series.
• Godzilla: The Series (1999)
• Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010): This animated movie takes viewers on an adventure through space, based on real science from NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn. Kloor co-wrote, co-directed, and produced this film.
• ILL WIND (2015): He co-wrote and produced this movie.