Christopher Parkinson

Education:

Ph.D., M.S., Earth and Space Science, York University, Toronto

B.S., Science, York University, Toronto

Research:

Hydrodynamic escape from planetary atmospheres; photochemistry in extrasolar gas giant planetary atmospheres

Specializations and Research Interests

• Hydrodynamic escape from planetary atmospheres, with emphasis on extrasolar gas giants, Titan, and the early Earth, Mars and Venus
• Enhanced chemistry and transport in the polar mesosphere of Jupiter and mesosphere of Saturn using evidence from the helium airglow observed by Cassini
• Photochemistry in extrasolar gas giant planetary atmospheres
• Astrobiology and microphysical cloud modeling with the Virtual Planetary Laboratory at JPL

Honors, Awards and Accomplishments

• Poste Rouge, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
• Bourse Postdoctorale Chateaubriand,Paris
• Visiting Lecture Fellowship,I.A.S., Paris
• NSERC Visiting Fellow at a government laboratory, Toronto

Professional Service

• American Astronomical Society (AAS), Division of Planetary Sciences (DPS)
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)