Career
He is a research engineer at National Center for Scientific Research, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon. After a doctoral thesis devoted to stellar physics, his work was directed towards cosmology: the formation and evolution of large structures in the universe, galaxies, quasars. He worked in the major international observatories, and observed with the large telescopes at Haute Provence, Pic du Midi, Canary Islands, Andalusia, Chile, California, and Hawaii.
Dominique Proust is one of the founders of the "Astronomie vers Tous" (to All) of Paris Observatory in order to teach astronomy to those who would not otherwise have access.
He teaches astrophysics in Sign Language for the deaf community. In addition to his research and teaching, he is the author of several books on astronomy for the general public.
He has co-produced music and science program and appears regularly on radio and television