CBC Alumni Spotlight: Chris (Christina) Birch, BMB Class of 2008

Congratulations to Alumni Chris Birch and Jessica Wittner for graduating with NASA’s Artemis class! The only way is up for these Wildcats. Bear Down!

“Chris (Christina) Birch grew up in Gilbert, Arizona, and graduated from the University of Arizona in Tucson, with degrees in Mathematics and Biochemistry and Molecular biophysics. After earning a doctorate in biological engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she taught bioengineering at the University of California in Riverside, and scientific writing and communication at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. She subsequently left academia to become a track cyclist on the U.S. National Team.”

Read the story: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release

Here is more information about the astronaut candidates for NASA's Astronaut Group 23, an article, and a YouTube video of the graduation ceremony.