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Astrochemistry Laboratory

Astrochemistry Laboratory


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John Keller

Astrochemistry Branch
NASA/GSFC, Code 691
Greenbelt, MD 20771

Phone: (301) 286-3871

Email: John Keller


Current Position


    Astrophysicist, Astrochemistry Laboratory

EDUCATION


B.S. in mathematics, Texas Tech University, 1977
M.S. in physical chemistry, Texas Tech University, 1979
Ph.D. in physical chemistry, University of Maryland, 1984

Professional Experience


    National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Postdoctoral research associate Dept. of Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Advisory Editor for Fullerene Science and Technology journal. Deputy Project Scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Astrophysicist, Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Goddard Space Flight Center.

Major Research Activities


    Atomic and Molecular Physics of Astrophysical Significance, Space Plasma Physics Instrumentation, Charged Particle Optics.

Selected Publications


2005  A Panoramic Plasma Spectrometer: An All-Sky Camera for Charged Particles, O. L. Vaisberg, L. A. Avanov, A. V. Leibov, V. N. Smirnov, J. Keller, T. Moore, D. Chornay, M. Collier, V. S. Troshin, and V. D. Myagkikh, Cosmic Research, 43, 373.

2003  Optimization Code for an Electrostatic Mirror Charged-Particle Optical Systems, J. W. Keller, Measurement Science and Technology, , 14 N64-N68.

2002  Tomographic Imaging of Electron Distributions, M.R. Collier, D. J. Chornay, J.W. Keller, et al., Review of Scientific Instruments, 74, 1002.

2001  New Concept for the Measurement of Energetic Neutral Atom Composition and the Imaging of Their Sources, J. W. Keller, M. A. Coplan, J. E. Lorenz, and K. W. Ogilvie, in Solar and Galactic Composition, R. R. Wimmer- Schweingruber ed., AIP conference proceedings.

2001  Observations of neutral atoms from the solar wind, with M.R. Collier, T. E. Moore, K.W. Ogilvie, et al., J. Geo. Res., 106, 24,893.

2001  Low Energy Neutral Atoms in the Magnetosphere, with T. E. Moore, M. R. Collier, J. L. Burch, et al., Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol. 28 , 1143.

2000  The Low-Energy Neutral Atom Imager for Image, Moore, T.E., D. Chornay, M.R. Collier, F.A. Herrero, J. Johnson, M.A. Johnson, J.W. Keller, J.F. Laudadio, J.F. Lobell, K.W. Ogilvie, P. Rozmarynowski, S.A. Fuselier, A.G. Ghielmetti, E. Hertzberg, D.C. Hamilton, R. Lundgren, P. Wilson, P. Walpole, T. Stephen, B. Van Zyl, P. Wurz, and J.M. Quinn, Space Sci. Rev., 91, 155.

1999  A Gated Time-of-Flight Tophat Plasma Composition Analyzer for Space Physics Research, John W. Keller, Dennis J. Chornay, Floyd H. Hunsaker, Keith W. Ogilvie, M. A Coplan, Rev. Sci. Inst., 70, 3167.

1998  Imaging Low-Energy (<1keV) Neutral Atoms: Ion-Optical Design, M. F. Smith, D. J. Chornay, J. W. Keller, F. A. Herrero, M. R. Aellig, P. Bochsler, and P. Wurz, in Measurement Techniques in Space Plasmas - Fields, Geophysical Monograph 103, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, p.263.

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