Astrochemistry Laboratory
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Bob Nelson
Senior Research Associate, Dept. of Chemistry, Catholic University of America
NASA/GSFC, Code 691 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (301) 286-5620 Email: Dr. Robert Nelson |
Current Position
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Senior Research Associate, Dept. of Chemistry, Catholic University of America
Associate Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Georgia Southern University
Education
1969 - Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Mass. Inst. of Tech.
1963 - Sc.B., Chemistry, Brown University
Research Area Experience
Vapor pressures of species in outer planet atmospheres; cosmic dust analogues; sun photometry for greenhouse gas measurement.
Professional Experience
6/2000- present: Senior Research Associate, Catholic University of America
6/82- 6/2000: Associate Professor of Chemistry, Georgia Southern University
7/95-8/97: Astrophysicist, Astrochemistry Branch, NASA GSFC under Intergovermental Personnel Act Agreement with Georgia Southern University
12/86-9/87: Visiting Scientist, Astrochemistry Branch, NASA GSFC (Also summers of 1986, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93)
3/81-5/81: Visiting Lecturer, Chemistry Dept., Univ. of Georgia
Professional Scoieties
- Sigma Xi
- American Chemical Society
- American Physical Society
- American Astronomical Society - Division for Planetary Sciences
Honors
- NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship at NASA GSFC, 1984-1985
Selected Publications
1997 Nelson, R.N., J.E. Allen, Jr., B.C. Harris, Sr., "Low-Temperature Vapor Pressures of Ethylene and Propane," Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 28, 1009.
1996 Allen, J.E. Jr., R.N. Nelson, and B.C. Harris, Sr., "A measurement system for low-temperature thermodynamic properties," Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 28, 1157.
1994 Thiemens, M.H, R. Nelson, Q.W. Dong, J.A. Nuth, III, "First observation of a mass independent isotopic fractionation in a condensation reaction," Poster Paper presented at 25th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, 3/14/94.
1989 R. Nelson, M. Thiemens, J. Nuth, and B. Donn,"Oxygen Isotopic Fractionation in the Condensation of Refractory Smokes," Proceedings of the 19th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, pp. 559-63.
1988 J A Nuth, R N Nelson, M Moore, B Donn, "Experimental Studies of Circumstellar, Interstellar, and Interplanetary Refractory Grains Analogs," in Experiments on Cosmic Dust Analogs, E. Bussoletti, et. al. (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 191-207.
1987 R N Nelson, J A Nuth, and B Donn, "A Kinetic Study of Hydrous Alteration of Amorphous MgSiO Smokes: Implications for Cometary Particles and Chondrite Matrix," Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XVII, J. Geophys. Res., 92, B4, E657-62.
1986 J A Nuth, B Donn, and R N Nelson, "Refractory Grain Processing in Circumstellar Shells: Diagnostic Infrared Signatures," Ap. J. Lett., 310, L83-86.
1986 J Nuth, B Donn, R deSeife, A Donn, & R N Nelson, "Hydrous Alteration of Amorphous Silicate Smokes: First Report," Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XVI, J. Geophys. Res., 91, D533-537.
