Geoffrey Notkin was born in the East Village of New York City, grew up in London, England, and was savagely bitten by the meteorite bug at the age of seven.

He is the co-host of Science Channel’s award-winning adventure series Meteorite Men, and the owner of Aerolite Meteorites LLC, a company which provides meteorite specimens to collectors, universities and institutions worldwide. Geoffrey has traveled to more than 45 countries and is a widely published science writer and photographer. His work has appeared in Astronomy magazine, Sky & Telescope, Wired, Meteorite magazine, Meteoryt (Poland), Mushroom (Germany), TIMA (Japan), Geotimes, Reader’s Digest, The Village Voice, New York Press, Tucson Weekly, Mechanical Engineering, American Theater Arts, Rock & Gem, Seed, Lapidary Journal, Meteorite Hunting and Collecting Magazine, The Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites, and many other national and international publications.

In addition to Meteorite Men he has appeared in documentaries for PBS, Discovery Channel, The History Channel, National Geographic, the BBC, A&E, and The Travel Channel. He is the author of “Meteorwritings” for Geology.com and “The Logical Lizard,” a science and arts blog for TucsonCitizen.com. He is an accomplished artist and musician, a fellow of the Explorers Club, and a lecturer. He has been a featured guest speaker at the U. S. Science and Engineering Festival, the Northeast Astronomy Forum, the Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Gallery, The Sterling Hill Mining Museum, and numerous other venues.

Geoffrey was a recipient of a 2010 Telly Award for his work on Meteorite Men. The minor planet 132904, discovered at Mount Palomar, was named after him in recognition of his contributions to science and education, and he is currently at work on a memoir about his life as a meteorite hunter.