Bill Irvine is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His research interests have included cosmology, planetary atmospheres, comets and other small solar system bodies, and interstellar chemistry. He has participated in the identification of several new interstellar molecules, in elucidating chemical pathways in molecular clouds, and in developing techniques for analyzing radiative transfer in atmospheres and surfaces. His interest in astrobiology relates to his research on interstellar organic chemistry and its relationship to the chemistry of comets and hence to the early Earth. He has been a Co-Investigator on the USSR Phobos mission to Mars, has served on various national advisory committees, was Discipline Specialist for Radio Astronomy with the International Halley Watch, and is a past Chairman of the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences.

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