Dr. John E. Allen, Jr.

Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Code 691
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771

Phone: (301) 286-5896

email: John.E.Allen@gsfc.nasa.gov

Present Position:

Astrophysicist
Astrochemistry Branch
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Research Area Experience:

Application of lasers and optics to chemical physics. Application of chemical physics to atmospheric and astrophysical systems.

Education:

1967 - BS, Physics, University of Florida
1970 - MS, Physics, University of Florida
1976 - PhD, Applied Physics, University of Florida

Previous Positions:

1984-present: Astrophysicist, Astrochemistry Branch, NASA GSFC

1989-1991: Staff Scientist, Solar System Exploration, Division,
NASA Headquarters
1988-1989: Visiting Scientist, Biospherics Research Program, NASA Headquarters

1978-1984: Atmospheric Physicist, Atmospheric Chemistry Branch, NASA GSFC

1976-1978: NAS/NRC Resident Research Associate,
Chemical Physics Branch, Ballistics Research Laboratory
1970-1976: Research Assistant to Research Associate, Dept. of Engineering
Sciences and Applied Mathematics, University of Florida
1969-1970: Research Assistant, Aeronomy Group, Dept. of Physics,
University of Florida
1967-1969: Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Florida

Professional Societies:

American Astronomical Society (Division of Planetary Sciences)
American Geophysical Union
American Physical Society
Optical Society of America

Honors:

Sigma Pi Sigma
Tau Beta Pi

Selected Publications:

"Opto-Acoustic Pulses in a Flame," with W. R. Anderson and D. R. Crosley, Opt. Lett. 1977, 1, 118.

"Franck-Condon Factors for the B-X System of S2," with W. R. Anderson and D. R. Crosley, J. Chem. Phys. 1979, 171, 821.

"Laser Photolysis of C2H2 and CF3C2H at 193 nm: Production of C2(d3pg) and CH(A2D) and Their Quenching by Xe," with H. Okabe and R. J. Cody, Chem. Phys. 1985, 92, 67.

"Quantification of Intracavity Absorption for a Continuous Wave Dye Laser with a Narrowband Absorber," with W. D. Brobst, Appl. Opt. 1987, 26, 3668.

"A Thin Film Infrared (TFIR) Spectroscopic Method for Low Temperature Vapor Pressure Measurements," with R. K. Khanna, C. M. Masterson and G. Zhao, J. Phys. Chem. 1990, 94, 440.

"Photodissociation of the Hydroxyl Radical (OH) at 157 nm," with R. J. Cody and C. M. Moralejo, J. Chem. Phys. 1991, 95, 2491.

"Nonlocal Thermodynamic Equilibrium Effects of Vibrationally Excited NO," with C. M. Moralejo and R. J. Cody, J. Chem. Phys. 1993, 98, 4707.

"A Non-LTE Model for the Jovian Methane Infrared Emissions at High Spectral Resolution," with R. N. Halthore and P. L. DeCola, ApJ 1994, 424, L61.

"Trace-gas measurements with an infrared sunphotometer," with R.N.Halthore, D.A.Glenar and B.L.Markham, in Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research, Proc., SPIE 1994, 2266, 604.

"Mapping Cometary Magnetic Fields by Excited-State Hanle Effect Measurements," ApJ 1997, (submitted).

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