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Isik Kanik

Education

Professional Experience

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)

Selected Awards

NASA Group Achievement Award Electron Collisions Team (2011)
JPL Explorer Award (2008)
Elected Fellow of The Institute of Physics (2001)
NASA Certificate of Recognition (2001) for a new technique called "Proton-Transfer-Reaction-Ion-Mobility Spectrometry" (2001)
JPL Exceptional Technical Excellence Award (Individual) (1999)
JPL Technology and Applications Programs Group Achievement Award (1997)
National Research Council, Resident Research Fellowship Award (1990-1992)

Selected Publications

"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)