Christopher Williams (astronaut)
Christopher L. Williams | |
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Born | 1983 (age 38–39) New York City, U.S. |
Status | Active |
Alma mater | |
Occupation |
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Space career | |
NASA Astronaut | |
Selection | NASA Group 23 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Thesis | Initial exploration of 21-cm cosmology with imaging and power spectra from the Murchison Widefield Array (2012) |
Doctoral advisor | Jacqueline Hewitt |
Christopher Leigh Williams is an American medical physicist and NASA astronaut candidate. He resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
Background[]
Williams grew up in Potomac, Maryland. He graduated Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland in 2001. He graduated from Stanford University in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in physics and a doctorate in physics from MIT in 2012, where his research was in astrophysics. Williams is a board-certified medical physicist, completing his residency training at Harvard Medical School before joining the faculty as a clinical physicist and researcher.[1][2]
Career[]
Before his Ph.D., Williams worked at the United States Naval Research Laboratory and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. He most recently worked as a medical physicist in the Radiation Oncology Department at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He was the lead physicist for the Institute’s MRI-guided adaptive radiation therapy program. His research focused on developing image guidance techniques for cancer treatments.[3][2]
Astronaut candidacy[]
On December 6, 2021, Williams was selected to join NASA's 23rd astronaut candidate class.[4]
References[]
- ^ Mars, Kelli (6 Dec 2021). "NASA Astronaut Candidate Christopher L. Williams". NASA. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06. Retrieved 7 Dec 2021.
- ^ a b Attridge, Margaret (7 December 2021). "One Small Step for Montgomery County, One Giant Leap for Christopher Williams". Montgomery Community Media.
- ^ Kelli, Mars. "Nasa selects 10 astronaut candidates to send to moon". NASA. Retrieved Dec 3, 2021.
- ^ Roulette, Joey (6 Dec 2021). "NASA Introduces Class of 10 New Astronaut Candidates". New York Times. Archived from the original on 7 Dec 2021. Retrieved 7 Dec 2021.
- Astronauts
- Astronaut candidates
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- Harvard Medical School alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- Living people
- 1983 births
- People from Potomac, Maryland