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