|
|
Jonathan I. Lunine
Ph.D., 1985, California Institute of Technology Lunar and Planetary Lab University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 Kuiper Space Sciences 522 520.621.2789 E-mail Lunine Jonathan I. Lunine is Professor of Planetary Sciences and of Physics at the University of Arizona. He is a Distinguished Visiting Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he serves as a member of the Director’s Advisory Council. His research interests include the evolution of giant planets and brown dwarf stars, the formation of planets, the evolution of Titan’s atmosphere and surface processes, and organic chemistry leading to the origin of life. Lunine is an interdisciplinary scientist on the Cassini mission to Saturn and on the James Webb (Next-Generation) Space Telescope. He is a co-investigator on the Juno mission under development for a launch to Jupiter, and on a Spitzer Space Telescope team investigating the evolution of planet-forming disks. Dr. Lunine is the author of the book “Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World” (Cambridge University Press, 1999) and “Astrobiology: A Multidisciplinary Approach” (Addison-Wesley, 2005). He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and elected member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Dr. Lunine earned a B.S. in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Rochester in 1980, followed by M.S. (1983) and Ph.D (1985) degrees in Planetary Science from the California Institute of Technology. |
| Directory | LARS | LPL Library | LPL WebMail | Webmaster | ||
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 1629 East University Boulevard Tucson AZ 85721-0092 Phone: 520.621.6963 | Fax: 520.621.4933 © 2010 Arizona Board of Regents |
||
