Christopher Thompson (astronomer)

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Christopher Thompson (born 1961) is a Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist. He is a professor of astronomy at the University of Toronto Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA).^[1]

Thompson received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1988.^[1] His thesis discussed the cosmological effects of superconducting strings. His advisor was Jeremiah P. Ostriker.^[2]

He is a former faculty member of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[3]

In 1992, Thompson first proposed the existence of magnetars with Robert Duncan.^[4][5] They were awarded the Bruno Rossi Prize for their work in 2003.^[6]

In 2018, Thompson was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science, Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.^[7]