CHARLESTON Local graduate Chris Richardson recently obtained his doctorate in astrophysics/astronomy from Michigan State University after successfully defending his dissertation on plasma simulations in astrophysical environments.

During his graduate studies, he was under the direction of professor Jack Baldwin.

Richardson has participated in research in Munich, Germany; London, England; Anchorage, Alaska; and Santa Barbara, Calif.

In addition, he has given informational lectures in Boulder, Colo. and Lexington, Ky.

He also has won numerous graduate awards during his studies at Michigan State University. Richardson has numerous publications regarding his area of expertise.

While attending Eastern Illinois University, Richardson won numerous awards from the Department of Physics.

Richardson also was named to the EIU deans list and the top 100 sophomores, and he received numerous scholarships due to his academic excellence.

He completed a research program at Indiana State University under the direction of professor James Musser, with the focus of developing more efficient merging algorithm for the simulation of the Cosmic Ray Electron Synchrotron telescope detector.

Richardson has accepted a position as an associate professor at Elon University in Elon, N.C..

He is the son of Sheri (Richardson) Paul of Charleston and of David Paul, and the grandson of Joyce Shull and the late Daniel Shull of Mattoon.

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Richardson earns doctorate in astrophysics/astronomy