Christopher Williams (astronaut)
Christopher Leigh Williams, is a NASA astronaut candidate and medical physicist. He currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and 2 year old daughter.
Christopher L. Williams | |
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| Born | 1983 (age 37–38) New York City, USA |
| Status | Active |
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| Space career | |
| NASA Astronaut | |
| Selection | NASA Group 23 |
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| Fields | Physics |
| Thesis | Initial exploration of 21-cm cosmology with imaging and power spectra from the Murchison Widefield Array (2012) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jacqueline Hewitt |
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]
Career
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.[2]
Astronaut candidacy
On December 6, 2021, Williams was selected to join NASA's 23rd astronaut candidate class.[3]
References
- Mars, Kelli (6 Dec 2021). "NASA Astronaut Candidate Christopher L. Williams". NASA. Retrieved 7 Dec 2021.
- Kelli, Mars. "Nasa selects 10 astronaut candidantes 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.