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Dr. Donald A. Kniffen
Deputy Program Scientist, Chandra X-ray Observatory at NASA Headquarters
Donald Kniffen

Dr. Donald A. Kniffen, formerly an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, is currently Deputy Program Scientist for the Chandra X-ray Observatory at NASA Headquarters. He is a Visiting Senior Staff Scientist at NASA Headquarters on leave from his current position as William W. Elliott Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.

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