# Christopher McKay

> Christopher P. McKay is an American planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, studying planetary atmospheres, astrobiology, and terraforming. McKay majored in physics at Florida Atlantic University, where he also studied mechanical engineering, graduating in 1975. He also received his PhD in astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado in 1982.

*American planetary scientist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1954
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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