Dr. Jonathan Craig spent 26 years working in the mechanical trades, 11 of which were with the U. S. Navy and the final 15 as a refrigeration engineer in Hobart, Tasmania, I returned to the U. S. during the summer of 2000 to finally complete my higher education.  Working in the Physics research labs as an undergraduate under Dr. Shane Stadler I was instrumental in the set-up and operation of a new Laser Lab which conducted state of the art research and production of novel magnetic thin films.  As a graduate student at the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences I completed thermoluminescence (TL) analyses of various extraterrestrial materials with a size range never before attempted.  I successfully measured the natural (NTL) and induced (ITL) of individual particles averaging 10-25 micrometers in diameter and thereby established a new lower limit size range capable of being analyzed with the TL technique.  I am presently working on the analyses of the noble gas inventory in a wide range of micrometeorites with a view to further constraining possible parent body sources.

Jonathan Craig, PhD

Contact:

ZP13 / NSSTC 2068

320 Sparkman Dr.

Huntsville AL 35805

Phone: (256) 961-7834

Fax: (256) 961-7215

Jonathan.P.Craig at nasa dot gov


Education:

Ph. D. University of Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, Fayetteville  2011


B. Sc. Physics, Cum Laude, w/Minor in Math and Geology Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2005


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Last Modified: October 5, 2012

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