Christopher Chyba

Christopher Chyba

Professor of Astrophysics and International Affairs at Princeton University

Co-Director of the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

Member, SETI Institute Board of Trustees, 2005 - 2007

Former SETI Institute Carl Sagan Chair for the Study of Life in the Universe, 1998 - 2005

Former Director, SETI Institute Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, 1998 - 2004

Chair, Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars for the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies

Former Associate Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University and Co-Director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford

Named MacArthur Fellow in October, 2001

1996 Recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award