British astronomer, educator, and author (born 1956)
Christopher David Impey
Born
(1956-01-25) 25 January 1956 (age 68)
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alma mater
Imperial College London (BSc) University of Edinburgh (PhD)[1]
Scientific career
Fields
Astronomy, observational cosmology, education
Institutions
University of Arizona California Institute of Technology University of Hawaiʻi
Christopher David Impey (born 25 January 1956) is a British astronomer, educator, and author. He has been a faculty member at the University of Arizona since 1986. Impey has done research on observational cosmology, in particular low surface brightness galaxies, the intergalactic medium, and surveys of active galaxies and quasars. As an educator, he has pioneered the use of instructional technology for teaching science to undergraduate non-science majors. He has written many technical articles and a series of popular science books including The Living Cosmos, How It Began, How It Ends: From You to the Universe, Dreams of Other Worlds, and Humble Before the Void. He served as Vice-President of the American Astronomical Society, he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. He serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence).
^The Arizona Board of Regents (2007). "Faculty – Chris Impey". University of Arizona. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
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