Dr. Rebecca Charbonneau

Dr. Rebecca Charbonneau is a historian at the American Institute of Physics, as well as an affiliate of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the St. Andrews SETI Post-Detection Hub. She holds a Master of Science in the history of science, medicine and technology from the University of Oxford and a PhD in the history and philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. Dr. Charbonneau’s book Mixed Signals: Alien Communication Across the Iron Curtain was named one of Financial Times’ Best Books of 2024. She lives in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with her husband, Jim, and their cat, Sputnik. 

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