Dr. Jacob I. Trombka

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

Phone: (301) 286-5941

email: Jack.Trombka@gsfc.nasa.gov

Present Position:
Astrophysicist, Senior Goddard Fellow
Program Scientist, X-Ray/Gamma-Ray Facility Program
Astrochemistry Branch
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Research Area Experience:
X-Ray, Gamma-Rays and Neutron Spectroscopy, Planetary Remote Sensing.
Education:
1952 - B.S., Physics, Wayne University
1954 - M.S., Physics, Wayne University
1961 - Ph.D., Nuclear Science, University of Michigan
Previous Positions:
Adjunct Professor Geology, Chemistry and Physics, University of Maryland

Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law School

Program Manager, Manned Space Flight Physics Program, NASA Headquarters

Lecturer Planetary Sciences & Astrophysics,Resident Associate, Smithsonian Institute

Senior Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Research Scientist, Nuclear Electronics Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratories
Major Projects:
Member of Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Mission Science Definition Team

Member of Goddard Space Flight Center Speakers Bureau

Principal Investigator - US/Russian Antarctic Gamma Ray Balloon Flight Program

Project Scientist Mars Observer, Gamma Ray Remote Sensing Spectrometer Facility

Co-Investigator - Russian Mars '94 Mission

Co-Principal Investigator - Space Activation Monitor, Space Shuttle Program

Member of Flight Investigation Team Mars Observer Remote Sensing Gamma-Ray Spectrometer

Member of Instrument Design Science Team X-Ray/Gamma-Ray Remote Sensing Gamma-Ray Spectrometer

Member of NASA Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby Science Working Group

Member of Mercury Orbiter Project Working Group

Member of the National Academy of Sciences Primitive Body Working Group (European and USA) on Cooperative Planetary Exploration Programs

Co-Investigator Gamma-Ray Spectrometer WIND Mission

Guest Investigator Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Solar Maximum Mission

Guest Investigator X-Ray Fluorescence Experiment Viking Mission

Member Terrestrial Bodies Science Working Group

Principal Investigator United States/Russian Program for the Development of Remote Sensing X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Sensing Techniques

Member Editorial Advisory Board, Nuclear Technology

Co-Investigator NATO Project on Non-Destructive Testing of Historic Monuments (Venice)

Principal Investigator for Apollo-Soyuz Crystal Activation Experiment

Co-investigator Apollo Gamma-Ray Spectrometer

Co-investigator Apollo X-Ray Spectrometer.

Chairman of the Aerospace Group of the Isotopes and Radiation Division of the American Nuclear Society
Professional Societies:
American Physics
American Nuclear Society
Sigma Xi
New York Academy of Science
Honors:
John Lindsay Award, Most Significant Scientific Achievement, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1972

Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, NASA, 1971

Group Achievement Award, Lunar Orbit Experiments Team, NASA, 1971

Group Achievement Award, Lunar Science Working Panel, NASA, 1973

Group Achievement Award, Apollo-Soyuz Experimenters Group, NASA, 1976

Member of Sigma Xi

Outstanding Graduate, Nuclear Department, University of Michigan, 1979

Exceptional Scientific Achievement Award, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1993

Senior Goddard Fellows Program Award, 1994.
Patents:

"Neutron/Gamma Ray Methods for Mapping Distribution of Contamination in Building Materials", patent Number 4,483,817, November 20, 1984.

Books:

A.C. Rester and J.I. Trombka, "High Energy Radiation Background in Space", ed. A. Rester, Jr. and J.I. Trombka, American Institute of Physics, New York, 1989.

I. Adler and J.I. Trombka, "Geochemical Exploration of the Moon and Planets," Physics and Chemistry in Space, 3, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg and New York, 1970.

C. Fichtel and J.I. Trombka, "Gamma-Ray Astrophysics: A New Insight Into the Universe," NASA SP-453, 1981, Second Edition revised NASA Reference Publication 1386, 1997.

Selected Publications:

J. I. Trombka, S. R. Floyd, W. V. Boynton, S.Bailey, J. Bruckner, S. W. Squyres, L. G. Evans, P. E. Clark, R. Starr, E. Fiore, R. Gold, J. Goldsten, and R. McNutt, "The NEAR X-Ray Gamma-Ray Spectrometer", Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 102, NO. E10, 23,729-23,750, 1997.

L. G. Evans, R. C. Reedy and J. I. Trombka, "Introduction to Planetary Remote Sensing", in Remote Geochemical Analysis: Elemental and Mineralogical Composition, ed. C. Pieters and P. Englert, Cambridge University Press, 167-198, 1993.

L. I.Yin, J. I. Trombka, I. Adler and M. Bielefeld, "X-Ray Remote Sensing Techniques for Geochemical Analysis of Planetary Surfaces", in Remote Geochemical Analysis: Elemental and Mineralogical Composition, ed. C. Pieters and P. Englert, Cambridge University Press, 199-212, 1993.

W. V. Boynton, L. G. Evans, R.C. Reedy and J. I. Trombka, "Determination of Planetary Composition by In-situ and Remote Gamma-Ray Spectrometry", in Remote Geochemical Analysis: Elemental and Mineralogical Composition, ed. C. Pieters and P. Englert, Cambridge University Press, 395-411, 1993.

Boynton, W.V., J. I. Trombka, W.C. Feldman, J.R. Arnold, P.A. Englert, A.E. Metzger, R.C. Reedy, S.W. Squyres, H. Wanke, S.H. Bailey, J. Bruckner, J.L. Callas, D.M. Drake, P. Duke, L.G. Evans, E.L. Haines, F.C.McCloskey, H. Mills, G. Shiorohara, and R. Starr, "Science Applications of the Mars Observer Gamma Ray Spectrometer", J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 97, no. E5, 7681-98,1992.

"The Composition of Mars and Comets by Remote and In-Situ Gamma-Ray Spectrometry", W. V. Boynton, L. G. Evans, R. C. Reedy, and J. I. Trombka, in Remote Geochemical Analysis: Geochemical and Mineralogical Composition, ed. C. Pieters and P. Englert, Cambridge University press, New York, 1993, pp. 395-412.

J. I. Trombka, L. G. Evans, R. Starr, S. R. Floyd, S. W. Squyres, J. T. Whelan, G. J. Bamford, R. L. Coldwell, A. C. Rester, Yu. A. Surkov, L. P. Moskaleva, V. P. Kharyukova, O. S. Manvelyan, S. Ye. Zaitseva, and G. G. Smirnov, "Analysis of Phobos Mission Gamma Ray Spectra from Mars", Proc. Lun. and Plan. Sci., Vol. 22, 22-39, 1992.

L. G. Evans, J. I. Trombka, R. A. Livingston, and T. H. Taylor, Sr., "Neutron/GammaRay Techniques for Investigating the Deterioration of Historic Buildings", Nucl. Instr. and Methods Phys. Res. Sect A., Vol A242, No. 2, p. 346-51, 15 January, 1986.

L. I. Yin, J. I. Trombka, S. M. Seltzer, R. Webber, M. Farr and J. Rennie, "The Lixiscope," Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 143, 106, 1978; NASA TM 79634.

J. I. Trombka, J. R. Arnold, I. Adler, A. E. Metzger and R. C. Reedy, "Lunar Elemental Analysis Obtained from the Apollo Gamma-Ray and X-Ray Remote Sensing Experiment," The Soviet American Conference on the Cosmochemistry of the Moon and Planets, NASA SP-370,Part. 1, 153-182, 1977.

J.I. Trombka, E.L. Eller, R.L. Schmadebeck, I. Adler, A.E. Metzger, D. Gilman, P. Gorenstein and P. Bjorkholm, "Observations of a Cosmic Gamma-Ray Burst on Apollo 16, Part II: X-Ray Time Profile and Source Location," Ap.J., Vol. 194, No. 1, Part 2, p. L27, 1974.

J.I. Trombka, A.E. Metzger, J.R. Amold, J.L. Matteson, R.C. Reedy and L.E. Peterson, "The Cosmic Gamma-Ray Spectrum Between 0.3 and 27 MeV Measured on Apollo 15," X-641-72-421 and Ap. J., 181, No. 3, Part I, 737, 1973.


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