John Billingham
Encyclopedia
Dr. John Billingham is a former director of the NASA
SETI
institute.
He was born in England
and educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester
. From there he went onto Oxford University to study physiology
. He gained a BM BCh degree from Oxford and Guy's Hospital, London before working for the RAF. In 1963, Billingham joined the NASA Ames Research Center
becoming vice-chair of the SETI institute
board of trustees. He is currently Senior Scientist of the SETI Institute.
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
SETI
SETI
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is the collective name for a number of activities people undertake to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life. Some of the most well known projects are run by the SETI Institute. SETI projects use scientific methods to search for intelligent life...
institute.
He was born in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester
Royal Grammar School Worcester
The Royal Grammar School Worcester is an independent coeducational school in Worcester, United Kingdom. Founded before 1291, it is one of the oldest British independent schools....
. From there he went onto Oxford University to study physiology
Physiology
Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
. He gained a BM BCh degree from Oxford and Guy's Hospital, London before working for the RAF. In 1963, Billingham joined the NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Ames Research Center
The Ames Research Center , is one of the United States of America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration 10 major field centers.The centre is located in Moffett Field in California's Silicon Valley, near the high-tech companies, entrepreneurial ventures, universities, and other...
becoming vice-chair of the SETI institute
SETI Institute
The SETI Institute is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to “explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe”. SETI stands for the "search for extraterrestrial intelligence". One program is the use of both radio and optical telescopes to search...
board of trustees. He is currently Senior Scientist of the SETI Institute.