Paul Ceruzzi is curator of Aerospace Electronics and Computing at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. His work there includes research, writing, planning exhibits, collecting artifacts and lecturing on the subjects of microelectronics, computing and control as they apply to the practice of air and space flight.
Ceruzzi attended Yale University and the University of Kansas, where he received a Ph.D. in American Studies. He is the author or co-author of several books on the history of computing and related topics. One of his books was published in connection with an exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum.