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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       =
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  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 }}
  72
  73 {{NASA Astronaut Group 23}}
  74
  75 [[Category:Astronauts]]
  76 [[Category:Stanford University alumni]]