Andrew Francis Cheng

Background

Cheng, Andrew Francis was born on October 15, 1951 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Sin I. and Jean S. Cheng.

Education

AB, Princeton University, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1977.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1976-1978; assistant professor physics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1978-1983; supervisor theoretical space physics, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland., since 1983. Member committee for planetary and lunar exploration National Academy Sciences, 1987-1990. Project scientist Near Earth Asteroid Rendevous Mission.

Achievements

• Andrew Francis Cheng has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society.

Connections

Married Linda S. Hu; children: Caroline, Matthew.

Father:

Sin I.

Mother:

Jean S. Cheng

Spouse:

Linda S. Hu

child:

Matthew Cheng

child:

Caroline Cheng