{"id":282,"date":"2018-07-31T19:37:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T23:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/physics\/bennett-lab\/?page_id=282"},"modified":"2020-06-12T22:14:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T02:14:42","slug":"bio-christopher-bennett","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/bennett-lab\/people\/bio-christopher-bennett\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio &#8211; Christopher Bennett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-252 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/bennett-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/04_Prof_Bennett_JWST_model-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"290\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/bennett-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/04_Prof_Bennett_JWST_model-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/bennett-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/04_Prof_Bennett_JWST_model-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/bennett-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/04_Prof_Bennett_JWST_model-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 387px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 387\/290;\" \/>Dr. Christopher Bennett received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Hawai\u2019i at Manoa in 2009. 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