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1 | {{Infobox astronaut |
2 | | name = Christopher L. Williams | |
3 | | image = Christopher Williams white background.jpg | |
4 | | caption = | |
5 | | type = [[NASA]] Astronaut | |
6 | | birth_name = | |
7 | | birth_date = | |
8 | | birth_place = [[New York City]], USA | |
9 | | status = Active | |
10 | | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[Stanford University]]|[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Harvard Medical School]]}} | |
11 | | occupation = {{hlist|Medical Physicist}} | |
12 | | awards = | |
13 | | selection = [[NASA Astronaut Group 23|NASA Group 23]] | |
14 | | space_time = | |
15 | | evas = | |
16 | | eva_time = | |
17 | | missions = | |
18 | | insignia = | |
19 | | retirement = | |
20 | | website = | |
21 | }} | |
22 | ||
23 | '''Christopher Williams''', a [[NASA]] astronaut candidate and medical physicist. Williams was selected to join the [[NASA Astronaut Group 23|2021 Astronaut Candidate Class]]. | |
24 | ||
25 | ==Background== | |
26 | ||
27 | Christopher L. Williams grew up in Potomac, Maryland. He graduated | |
28 | from Stanford University in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in physics | |
29 | and a doctorate in physics from MIT in 2012, where his research was in | |
30 | astrophysics. Williams is a board-certified medical physicist, | |
31 | completing his residency training at Harvard Medical School before | |
32 | joining the faculty as a clinical physicist and researcher. He most | |
33 | recently worked as a medical physicist in the Radiation Oncology | |
34 | Department at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer | |
35 | Institute in Boston. He was the lead physicist for the Institute’s | |
36 | MRI-guided adaptive radiation therapy program. His research focused on | |
37 | developing image guidance techniques for cancer treatments.<ref | |
38 | name="nasa_20211206_bio"/> | |
39 | ||
40 | On December 6, 2021, Williams was selected to join NASA's 23rd astronaut | |
41 | candidate class.<ref name="nyt_20211206_astronauts"/> | |
42 | ||
43 | ==References== | |
44 | ||
45 | {{reflist|refs= | |
46 | ||
47 | <ref name="nasa_20211206_bio">{{cite web | |
48 | |url = https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christopher-l-williams/biography | |
49 | |title = NASA Astronaut Candidate Christopher L. Williams | |
50 | |first = Kelli | |
51 | |last = Mars | |
52 | |date = 6 Dec 2021 | |
53 | |work = [[NASA]] | |
54 | |access-date = 7 Dec 2021 | |
55 | |url-status = live | |
56 | }}</ref> | |
57 | ||
58 | <ref name="nyt_20211206_astronauts">{{cite news | |
59 | |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/science/nasa-astronaut-class.html | |
60 | |title = NASA Introduces Class of 10 New Astronaut Candidates | |
61 | |first = Joey | |
62 | |last = Roulette | |
63 | |date = 6 Dec 2021 | |
64 | |work = [[New York Times]] | |
65 | |access-date = 7 Dec 2021 | |
66 | |archive-date = 7 Dec 2021 | |
67 | |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211207021412/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/science/nasa-astronaut-class.html | |
68 | |url-status = live | |
69 | }}</ref> | |
70 | ||
71 | }} | |
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73 | {{NASA Astronaut Group 23}} |
74 | ||
75 | [[Category:Astronauts]] | |
76 | [[Category:Stanford University alumni]] |