Chris Impey

Who is Chris Impey?

Christopher David Impey 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: The Living Cosmos, How It Ends, How It Began, and Dreams of Other Worlds. He served as Vice President of the American Astronomical Society and he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.