Christopher Chyba

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. 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]

Awards and honors

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 978-1-4020-3723-8
  • Comets and the origin and evolution of life, Editors Paul J. Thomas, Christopher F. Chyba, Springer, 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-33086-8
  • 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 978-0-8157-1365-4

References
  1. http://cisac.stanford.edu/people/christopherfchyba/
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2010-04-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. https://www.princeton.edu/astro/people/faculty/chyba/
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-16. Retrieved 2010-04-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-04-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2011-05-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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