Donald S. Burnett
Genesis Principal Investigator
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Professor of Geochemistry,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech
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
Chemistry and Evolution of the Solar System
Origin and Abundances of the Elements
Trace Element Geochemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
PhD. University of California (Berkeley), 1963, in Nuclear Chemistry
B.S. University of Chicago, 1959, in Chemistry
Dr. S. G. Thompson
Professor G. T. Seaborg
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-
Born June 25, 1937, Dayton, Ohio
Married; 3 children |