Science - Planetary Science: People: Isik Kanik

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1992-Present)

Principal Scientist (2002-Present)
Element Lead (2002-Present)
Scientist (1995-2002)

California Institute of Technology, The Atomic and Molecular Collision Research Element, Research Scientist and Team Leader (1995-2002)
California State University, Fullerton, Adjunct Professor of Physics (1996-Present)
National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, Research Associate (1990-1992)
Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, Assistant Professor of Physics (1989-1990)
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, Postdoctoral Research Associate (1988-1989)

"Investigation of Drift Gas Selectivity in High Resolution Ion Mobility Spectrometry with Mass Spectrometry Detection," Matz, L. Hill, H. H., Beegle, L. W. and Kanik, I., J. Amer. Soc. Mass Spect, 13, 300 (2002)
"Differential Cross-Sections for the Electron-Impact Excitation of Molecular Hydrogen," Wrkich, J. Mathews, D. Kanik, I., Trajmar., S. and Khakoo, M., J. Phys. B, 35, 4695 (2002)
"Effects of Drift-Gas Polarizability on Glycine Peptides in Ion Mobility Spectrometry," L. W., Kanik, I., Markowski, L. and Hill Jr., H. H., Int. J. of Mass Spect, 216, 257 (2002)
"A Nanoscale Soft-ionization Membrane: A Novel Ionizer for Ion Mobility Spectrometers for Space Applications," Hartley, F. T. and I. Kanik, SPIE Proceedings, 4946, 4936-64 (2003)
"Electron-Impact Emission Cross Section of Atomic Oxygen in the Ultraviolet Spectral Region," Johnson, P. V., Kanik, I., Shemansky, D. E. and Xiaming, L., J. Phys. B, 36, 3203 (2003)
"Electron Impact Dissociative Excitation of O₂.I: Kinetic Energy Distributions of Fast Oxygen Atoms," Makarov, O., Kanik, I., and Ajello, J. M., J. Geophys. Res., 108, 11,029 (2003)
"Electron Impact Dissociative Excitation of O₂.II: Emission Cross Sections of OI (130.4 nm) and OI (135.6 nm)," Kanik, I., Noren, C., Makarov, O., and Ajello, J. M., J. Geophys. Res, 108, 11,040 (2003)
"Electrospray Ionization Ion Mobility Spectrometry of Amino Acids: Ion Mobilities and a Mass-Mobility Correlation," Johnson, P.V., Kim, H. I., Beegle, L. W., and Kanik, I., In Press, J. of Chem. Phys. (2004)
"Mass Spectrometers and Other Analytical Separation Devices for Planetary Applications: A Critical Review," Kanik, I., Beegle, Johnson, P. V., Young, D. T., Laughlin, B., Cooks, R. G., (Submitted to Review of Sci. Inst. (2004)
"An Equilibrium Partitioning Model for Analyte Response in Electrospray Ionization as a Function of Electrolyte Concentration," Kim, H. I, Johnson, P. V., Beegle, L. W. and Kanik, I., (Submitted to Anal. Chem. (2004)
"N₂ Lyman-Birge-Hopfield Band System Re-visited: Absolute Electron-Impact Emission Cross Section of the a ¹[pi]_g State," Kanik, I., Noren, C. and Ajello, J. M. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. (2004)