Ian Crawford (astrobiologist)

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Ian Crawford
North Cestrian Grammar School
Alma materUniversity College London (BSc, PhD)
Newcastle University (MSc)
Scientific career
InstitutionsBirkbeck, University of London
University College London
ThesisA study of the interstellar medium towards the Scorpius OB1 association (1988)
Doctoral studentsKatherine Joy[1]
Websitewww.bbk.ac.uk/geology/our-staff/ian-crawford

Ian Andrew Crawford

FRAS (born 1961)[2] is a British professor of planetary science and astrobiology at Birkbeck, University of London in the United Kingdom.[3]

Education and early life

Born in

PhD in Astrophysics from University College London in 1988 for research on the interstellar medium
.

Career and research

Crawford is a specialist in the science and exploration of the Moon and in the search for life in the Universe. Before switching his research interests to planetary science in 2003, Crawford had a 15-year career at University College London as an observational astronomer specializing in studies of the interstellar medium.[3] He is the author of over 130 peer-reviewed research papers in the fields of astronomy, planetary science, astrobiology and space exploration.[4]

In 2021, Crawford edited a book, Expanding Worldviews: Astrobiology, Big History and Cosmic Perspectives, which explores the links between the academic disciplines of

big history and their wider relevance to society.[5]

Crawford served as a Vice-President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2017 to 2019.[2] He is a former member of the European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) of the European Science Foundation and of the European Space Agency's Human Spaceflight and Exploration Science Advisory Committee (HESAC).[3]

Selected publications

Awards and honours

Crawford is a

Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS). In 2021, he was awarded the Royal Astronomical Society's Service Award for Geophysics; the citation refers to his long-standing promotion of lunar science and human space exploration, his role as a mentor for young planetary scientists, and other contributions to the planetary science community. In 2023, Crawford was awarded the Michael J. Wargo NASA Exploration Science Award
; the award is given to a scientist or engineer who has contributed significantly to the integration of space exploration and planetary science throughout their career.

References

  1. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.445898. Free access icon
  2. ^
    doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U258281. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  3. ^ a b c Professor Ian Crawford. Birkbeck College. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Ian Crawford Publications". Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-70482-7
  6. ^ Who Speaks for Humanity? The Need for a Single Political Voice In: Astrobiology: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy, ed. O.A. Chon Torres et al., Scrivener Publishing, pp. 313-338, (2021)
  7. ^ "The Lunar Surface as a Recorder of Astrophysical Processes", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (Vol. 379A, 20190562, 2021)
  8. arXiv:1703.06239
  9. arXiv:1607.04901
  10. arXiv:1410.6865
  11. S2CID 150863252
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  12. arXiv:1501.04249
  13. PMID 25114318
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  14. arXiv:1206.0749
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