Alice Young

ABOUT ALICE YOUNG

Wife of Neil deGrasse Tyson , who works as a Mathematical Physicist. She began dating Neil while they were graduate students.

She got her undergraduate degree from Rice University and received her graduate degree from the University of Texas .

She and Neil got married in 1998. She worked as an IT manager for Bloomberg LLC in New York. She stood by her husband's side as he faced allegations of misconduct in 2018.

She and Neil have a daughter named Miranda, who was named after one of the moons of Uranus, as well as a son named Travis.

Her husband has appeared on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher .