- Christopher Chyba
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Christopher F. Chyba is an American astrobiologist, and Professor of Astrophysical Sciences and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University.[1][2][3]
He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1982, and studied mathematical physics at the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar. He then received his Ph.D. in Astronomy, with an emphasis in Planetary Science, from Cornell University in 1991.[1] He was a White House Fellow on the National Security Council staff, and then serving in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) from 1993 to 1995. He was a member of the SETI Institute Board of Trustees from 2005 - 2007.[4][5][6]
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Awards
Works
- "Commencement Address", June 1, 2003
- "Contingency and the Cosmic Prospective", The new astronomy: opening the electromagnetic window and expanding our view of planet earth, Editor D. Wayne Orchiston, Springer, 2005, ISBN 9781402037238
- Comets and the origin and evolution of life, Editors Paul J. Thomas, Christopher F. Chyba, Springer, 2006, ISBN 9783540330868
- U.S. nuclear weapons policy: confronting today's threats, Editors George Bunn, Christopher F. Chyba, William James Perry, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford, Calif., 2006, ISBN 9780815713654
References
- ^ http://cisac.stanford.edu/people/christopherfchyba/
- ^ http://www-01wws.princeton.edu/people/display_person.xml?netid=cchyba&all=yes
- ^ http://www.princeton.edu/astro/people/faculty/chyba/
- ^ http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=409
- ^ http://www.seti-inst.edu/news/voices/chyba-123102.php
- ^ http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=495
External links
- "Christopher Chyba", Huffington Post
Categories:- American physicists
- Living people
- Swarthmore College alumni
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- MacArthur Fellows
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