Roger Chevalier

{{short description|American astronomer}}

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| fields = Theoretical astrophysics

| workplaces = {{nowrap|Kitt Peak National Observatory (1973)}}
{{nowrap|University of Virginia (1979)}}

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| alma_mater = California Institute of Technology, Princeton University

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| awards = Allan D. Emil Memorial Award (1982)
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1996)

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Roger Chevalier is an American astronomer currently on faculty at University of Virginia.{{Cite web |url=http://astronomy.as.virginia.edu/people/rac5x |title=Roger Chevalier |publisher=virginia.edu |accessdate=November 27, 2017}} A cited expert in theoretical astrophysics, his interests include astronomical supernovae environment and gases.{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6CuibaIAAAAJ&hl=en |title=Roger Chevalier |accessdate=November 27, 2017}}

He earned his B.S. at the California Institute of Technology in 1970 and his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1973 and joined the Kitt Peak National Observatory until he started teaching at University of Virginia in 1979.{{cite web |url=https://uva.theopenscholar.com/files/roger-chevalier/files/roger_chevalier_cv.pdf}}