Christa Van Laerhoven


Christa Van Laerhoven

I am Vice President of the Yukon Astronomical Society / RASC: Yukon Center.

I received a Bachelor of Education from UBC (Faculty of Education) in August 2020, with physics and mathematics as my teachable subjects. I gained my PhD from the Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona in May 2014. I have a B.Sc. from UBC in Physics and Astronomy (Honours).

My research area is orbital dynamics, particularly dynamics of the Kuiper Belt and of multi-planet extra-solar systems.

I am on the board of the Yukon River Marathon Paddling Association, which runs the Yukon River Quest.