Chandra Wickramasinghe
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Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe (born 1939) is professor of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy at Cardiff University and Director of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology. He was a student and collaborator of Sir Fred Hoyle. Their joint work on the infrared spectra of interstellar grains led to developing the modern theory of panspermia. This theory proposes that cosmic dust in interstellar space and in comets is partly organic, and that life on earth evolved from this source rather than from "primordial soup." He is currently working on developing methods for detecting life processes in space.
Wickramasinghe won the Crafoord Prize in 1997. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Astronomical Society.
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