N Chandra Wickramasinghe

N Chandra Wickramasinghe

Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology, University of Buckingham, Buckingham, UK

Biography
Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe is a mathematician, astronomer, astrobiologist who has made important contributions to the theory of cosmic dust. In 1974 he first proposed the theory that dust in interstellar space and in comets was largely organic, a theory that has now been vindicated. Jointly with Sir Fred Hoyle he was awarded the International Dag Hammarskjold Gold Medal for Science in 1986, and in 1992 he was decorated by the President of Sri Lanka with the titular honour of Vidya Jyothi. Together with the late Sir Arthur C.