Charles has more than 35 years of strategic communications experience in science, engineering, and technology. Charles has worked as the director of media services at the American Institute of Physics. He also served as the Writer/Editor for the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Engineering and the media relations specialist for the Thirty Meter Telescope Project.Charles also served as public information officer for the National Academy of Engineering and public information coordinator for the American Geophysical Union. He is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, the American Astronomical Society, and the American Geophysical Union. Charles also is an avid Irish banjo player, sea chantey singer, and fitness instructor.