He is currently finishing his PhD in astronomy at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. He went to astronomy camp at the University of Arizona in Tucson three years (one beginning, two advanced camps). After that first camp we were out in Tucson over spring break, and I was able to arrange to get together with the astronomer who ran the camp. While we were waiting for my sons (younger son was also there) to order food in the student union, the astronomer quietly used the word "genius" to describe my son. I doubt he used that word casually.
It's been a very long journey for him. He's essentially been going to school his entire life, and is now 40. Presumably he'll get a job as an astronomer next year. His area is exo-planet research, which is currently a hot field in astronomy. Like any parent, I think my son is the most amazing and wonderful person in the world. I've joked with him for years that when he wins the Nobel Prize, if I'm still around, I get to go with him to Stockholm, and he must say, "I owe this all to my wonderful mother." 
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