2 | name = Christopher L. Williams
3 | image = Christopher Williams white background.jpg
5 | type = [[NASA]] Astronaut
8 | birth_place = [[New York City]], USA
10 | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[Stanford University]]|[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Harvard Medical School]]}}
11 | occupation = {{hlist|Medical Physicist}}
13 | selection = [[NASA Astronaut Group 23|NASA Group 23]]
23 '''Christopher Williams''', a [[NASA]] astronaut candidate and medical physicist. Williams was selected to join the [[NASA Astronaut Group 23|2021 Astronaut Candidate Class]].
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"/>
40 On December 6, 2021, Williams was selected to join NASA's 23rd astronaut
41 candidate class.<ref name="nyt_20211206_astronauts"/>
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
54 |access-date = 7 Dec 2021
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
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
73 {{NASA Astronaut Group 23}}
75 [[Category:Astronauts]]
76 [[Category:Stanford University alumni]]