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Born in 1963, Reto U. Schneider is the deputy editor of NZZ Folio the magazine of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung in Zürich, Switzerland.
An award-winning science journalist, he is a graduate of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich, with a degree in electrical engineering.
He was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, and author of [Planet Hunter], the story of the discovery of the first planet found outside the solar system.
Reto Schneider was the president of the Swiss Association for Science Journalism from 2001 to 2005. He taught journalism at "MAZ - The Swiss Journalism School", "Ringier School of Journalism" und "Zurich University of Applied Sciences".
He is also on the advisory board of the PINC conference.
Reto Schneider lives in Zürich with his wife and his son. Besides weird experiments he enjoys graphic art by Niklaus Troxler, machines designed by Arthur Ganson, acappella music and dancing Lindy Hop.
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