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Don Burnett
 

Donald S. Burnett
Genesis Principal Investigator
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA

Present Position:
Professor of Geochemistry,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech

Previous Positions:
NSF Post doctoral Fellow in Physics, Caltech, 1963-1965
Assistant Professor, Divison of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, 1965-1968
Associate Professor, Caltech, 1968-1974

Research Interests:
Chemistry and Evolution of the Solar System
Origin and Abundances of the Elements
Trace Element Geochemistry
Nuclear Chemistry

Education:
PhD. University of California (Berkeley), 1963, in Nuclear Chemistry
B.S. University of Chicago, 1959, in Chemistry

Graduate Research Directors:
Dr. S. G. Thompson
Professor G. T. Seaborg

Awards/committees:
NSF Post doctoral Fellowship, 1963-1964
A. P. Sloan Fellowship, 1968
Lunar Science Review Board, 1970-1971
Lunar Science Analysis Planning Team, 1971-1973
P.I., Apollo 17 Lunar Neutron Probe Experiment, 1972-1973
NASA Distinguished Science Award, 1974
ACS (American Chemical Society) Lecture Tour Speaker, 1975
Lunar Planetary Review Panel, 1976-1978
Assoc. Editor, Geochimica, Cosmochimica Acta, 1976-1982
Lunar Planetary Review Panel, 1982-1983
Committee on Lunar and Planetary Exploration, 1981-1983
LANL Nuclear Chemistry Visiting Committee, 1983-1985
Planetary Geosciences Strategy Committee, 1987
Planetary Materials and Geochemistry Working Group, 1986-1992
Planetary Materials and Geochemistry Review Panel, 1993-1994
Mars Surveyor Advisory Committee, 1994
LLL Chemistry Visiting Committe, 1996-

Personal Information:
Born June 25, 1937, Dayton, Ohio
Married; 3 children

 
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Updated: November 2009

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