PTYS/LPL Faculty
Kuiper 323
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Timothy Swindle
Director, Department Head
Ph.D., 1986, Washington University
Years with LPL: 1986 to present
Cosmochemistry, Lunar Studies, Small Bodies, Theoretical Astrophysics
Dr. Swindle has spent most of his career using measurements of the noble gases in extraterrestrial materials (lunar samples and meteorites) to study the evolution of the solar system. Past research projects have included performing Ar-40/Ar-39 dating of shocked lunar samples and meteorites, to study the timing of impacts in the inner Solar system; using I-129, and its decay product Xe-129, to study the timing of the formation of the earliest solids in the solar nebula; and working on developing techniques to use instruments on spacecraft to measure ages of planetary surfaces in situ. He is also active in working to develop new mission concepts.
View LPL Evening Lecture from October 30, 2013, The Status of Searches for Martians on the 75th Anniversary of "The War of the Worlds"
View College of Science Lecture from February 23, 2015, Searching for Life in the Solar System
Current Grants
- Arizona Space Grant Consortium: NASA Space Grant
- In Situ Geochronology for the Next Decade
Current Spacecraft Involvement
- OSIRIS-REx, collaborator
Former Students
- Sky Beard, 2018 (Ph.D. PTYS)
- Kristin Block, 2011 (M.S. PTYS)
- John Weirich, 2011 (Ph.D. PTYS)
- Barbara Cohen, 2000 (Ph.D. PTYS)
- Michael Burkland, 1998 (Ph.D. Physics)
Former Postdocs
- Don Musselwhite
- John Weirich
Complete publications list available from: NASA ADS Author search: T. D. Swindle
Refereed publications (NASA ADS): Calendar Years 2017 through June 2020
Niihara, T., Beard, S. P., Swindle, T. D., Schaffer, L. A., Miyamoto, H., Kring, D. A. Evidence for multiple 4.0-3.7 Ga impact events within the Apollo 16 collection 2019M&PS...54..675N
Beaty, D. W., Grady, M. M., McSween, H. Y., Sefton-Nash, E., Carrier, B. L., Altieri, F., Amelin, Y., Ammannito, E., Anand, M., Benning, L. G., Bishop, J. L., Borg, L. E., Boucher, D., Brucato, J. R., Busemann, H., Campbell, K. A., Czaja, A. D., Debaille, V., Des Marais, D. J., Dixon, M., Ehlmann, B. L., Farmer, J. D., Fernandez-Remolar, D. C., Filiberto, J., Fogarty, J., Glavin, D. P., Goreva, Y. S., Hallis, L. J., Harrington, A. D., Hausrath, E. M., Herd, C. D. K., Horgan, B., Humayun, M., Kleine, T., Kleinhenz, J., Mackelprang, R., Mangold, N., Mayhew, L. E., McCoy, J. T., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S. M., Moser, D. E., Moynier, F., Mustard, J. F., Niles, P. B., Ori, G. G., Raulin, F., Rettberg, P., Rucker, M. A., Schmitz, N., Schwenzer, S. P., Sephton, M. A., Shaheen, R., Sharp, Z. D., Shuster, D. L., SiljeströM, S., Smith, C. L., Spry, J. A., Steele, A., Swindle, T. D., Ten Kate, I. L., Tosca, N. J., Usui, T., van Kranendonk, M. J., Wadhwa, M., Weiss, B. P., Werner, S. C., Westall, F., Wheeler, R. M., Zipfel, J., Zorzano, M. P. The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return 2019M&PS...54S...3B
International MSR Objectives, Samples Team (iMOST), Beaty, D. W., Grady, M. M., McSween, H. Y., Sefton-Nash, E., Carrier, B. L., Altieri, F., Amelin, Y., Ammannito, E., Anand, M., Benning, L. G., Bishop, J. L., Borg, L. E., Boucher, D., Brucato, J. R., Busemann, H., Campbell, K. A., Czaja, A. D., Debaille, V., Des Marais, D. J., Dixon, M., Ehlmann, B. L., Farmer, J. D., Fernandez-Remolar, D. C., Filiberto, J., Fogarty, J., Glavin, D. P., Goreva, Y. S., Hallis, L. J., Harrington, A. D., Hausrath, E. M., Herd, C. D. K., Horgan, B., Humanyun, M., Kleine, T., Kleinhenz, J., Mackelprang, R., Mangold, N., Mayhew, L. E., McCoy, J. T., McCubbin, F. M., McLennan, S. M., Moser, D. E., Moynier, F., Mustard, J. F., Niles, P. B., Ori, G. G., Raulin, F., Rettberg, P., Rucker, M. A., Schmitz, N., Schwenzer, S. P., Sephton, M. A., Shaheen, R., Sharp, Z. D., Schuster, D. L., Siljestrom, S., Smith, C. L., Spry, J. A., Steele, A., Swindle, T. D., Ten Kate, I. L., Tosca, N. J., Usui, T., van Kranendonk, M. J., Wadhwa, M., Weiss, B. P., Werner, S. C., Westall, F., Wheeler, R. M., Zipfel, J., Zorzano, M. P. The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return 2019M&PS...54..667L
Beard, S. P., Swindle, T. D. Search for evidence of source event grouping among ureilites 2017M&PS...52.2343B
Swindle, T. D. Book Review: In search of stardust: Amazing micrometeorites and their terrestrial imposters, by Jon Larsen. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 2017, 152 p., hardcover (ISBN-13: 978-0760352649, ISBN-10: 076035264X). 2017M&PS...52.2285S
Zega, T. J., Massani, B. B., Chang, Y. J., Domanik, K., Nebesny, K., Wallace, P., Armstrong, N. R., Corral, E., Lauretta, D. S., Swindle, T. D., Wang, W., Howe, J. Y., Hanawa, A., Inada, H. A New Core Facility For Electron And Ion Microscopy At The University Of Arizona 2017MiMic..23S..64Z
- Apollo 12: Fifty Years Ago, a Passionate Scientist’s Keen Eye Led to the First Pinpoint Landing on the Moon - November 12, 2019
- From Points of Light to Worlds: UA Explores the Solar System - July 3, 2019
- Ion Beams and Atom Smashers: Secrets of Moon Rocks - June 18, 2019
- LPL Expertise Key in Mapping the Moon's Surface - June 5, 2019
- UA Students Participate in First Global Planetary Defense Exercise - December 4, 2017
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| Semester | Course | Day/Time | Location | Resources |
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| Fall 2020 | PTYS 342-001 | MWF 11:00-11:50a.m. | Kuiper 330 |
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| Spring 2019 | PTYS 342-001 | WF 12:30-1:45p.m. | Kuiper 312 |
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| Fall 2019 | PTYS 407-001 | MWF 10:00-10:50a.m. | Kuiper 312 |
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| Spring 2018 | PTYS 342-001 | WF 12:30 - 1:45p.m. | Kuiper 312 |
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