Christopher Conselice

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Christopher Conselice is an American Associate Professor and Reader of Astrophysics at the University of Nottingham. Conselice received his bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Chicago in 1996 and his PhD in astronomy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001. He specializes in the formation and evolution of galaxies and their structural parameters - the so-called CAS parameters (Concentration, Asymmetry, and Smoothness). His major contributions have involved new classification systems for galaxies as well as the understanding of early galaxy formation and the formation of low mass galaxies. Conselice was the "Research Notebook" columnist for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Mercury Magazine from 1999 to 2003. He has also written for other popular astronomy magazines such as Scientific American and Astronomy.

Conselice's 2007 Scientific American article, "The Universe's Invisible Hand" will appear in the 2008 edition of "The Best American Science and Nature Writing."

In 2008 Thompson Scientific declared Conselice as the most cited young Space Scientist in the world during the years 1997-2007.

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• Christopher J. Conselice's web page