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Chris Impey is a University Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Science at the University of Arizona. His research is on observational cosmology and supermassive black holes, and he has published 180 research papers and eight popular science books. He relishes escaping from his day job to teach in the Science for Monks program.

Chris Impey is a University Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Science at the University of Arizona. His research is on observational cosmology and supermassive black holes, and he has published 180 research papers and eight popular science books. He relishes escaping from his day job to teach in the Science for Monks program.

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