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| Birth date: | May 6, 1937 Ziakas, Greece |
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| Education: 1961 1964 |
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| M.S. Nuclear Physics Postgraduate Degree |
Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia Institute for Plasma Physics, Prague, Czechoslovakia |
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| Employment History: | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961-1964 1964-1981 1981-1997 1997- present | Physicist, Institute for Plasma Physics, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Physicist, Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research, The University of Chicago. Senior Research Associate, Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago. Senior Scientist, Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago. |
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| Member AAAS, American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society, LAMPF users group. |
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| Major Research Activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| a) | In-situ Chemical analyses of planetary bodies by Alpha Backscattering technique (with A. Turkevich -- Surveyor Alpha backscattering experiment 1967-68; Instrument development for Viking missions; penetrator missions to comets and asteroids); Co-I on the Alpha-X experiment on board the Soviet Phobos 1 and 2 spacecrafts in 1986-89; Co-Investigator on the Alpha-Proton-X-ray for the Russian Mars-96 missions to Mars - Principal Investigator for the X-ray mode of this experiment; Co-Principal Investigator on the APX Spectrometer on NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission in 1993 - 1997; Principal Investigator for the X-ray mode of the APXS experiment on the Pathfinder Mission. Member of Program Science Group for the Pathfinder mission. Team member of Mineralogy/Geochemistry Science Operation Group for the Pathfinder. Member of many NASA mission evaluation teams (1970 - present). Analysis of Mars Pathfinder APXS data. Cosmic Dust investigations in near Earth and interplanetary space (with A. Tuzzolino -- Member of science team on Cassini CDA experiment (1997 launch); SPADUS(1999 launch), STARTDUST (Comet sample return mission,1999 launch). |
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| c) | Principal Investigator for development of the X-ray mode of the Alpha Particle technique using room temperature X-ray detectors (HgI2, Si, Si PIN-- NASA multi-year Program). |
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| d) | Basic Research in Nuclear Physics involving alpha spectrometry and radiochemistry (with A. Turkevich -- 238U Double Beta experiment; search for super heavy and other exotic particles; fusion, etc.). |
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| Awards: NASA award for the APXS on the Pathfinder Mission, National Air and Space Museum 1998 Achievement Trophy for the Pathfinder Team. | |||||||||||||||||
