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Jeffrey Hein

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Address:

4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S 183-601

Pasadena, CA 91109

Curriculum Vitae:

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Member of:

Laboratory Studies

Biography

Technologist – develops test facilities for R&D and flight hardware. Software, electronics, instrumentation, and operation.

Education

  • PhD in Physics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (2010)

Professional Experience

  • 2012-2015 – Postdoctoral Researcher, JPL
  • 2010-2012 – Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Windsor

Community Service

  • Volunteer/videographer/web designer – Zooh Corner Rabbit Rescue

Research Interests

  • Electron interactions with gases of atmospheric relevance
  • Electron- and photon-driven processes in icy surfaces
  • Development of instrumentation for in situ measurement of organic and inorganic analysis

Selected Awards

  • JPL Discovery Award (July 2021)
  • JPL Voyager Award (April 2020)
  • JPL Voyager Award (August 2017)

Selected Publications

  1. A Deep Ultraviolet Raman and Fluorescence Spectral Library of 51 Organic Compounds for the SHERLOC Instrument Onboard Mars 2020
    Hollis, JR; Sharma, S; et al.
    ASTROBIOLOGY doi: 10.1089/ast.2022.0023
  2. Perseverance’s Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) Investigation
    Bhartia, R; Beegle, L.W.; et al.
    SPACE SCI REV doi:10.1007/s11214-021-00812-z
  3. A.C. Noell, T. Ely, D.K. Bolser, H. Darrach, R. Hodyss, P.V. Johnson, J.D. Hein, and A. Ponce, Spectroscopy and Viability of Bacillus subtilis Spores after Ultraviolet Irradiation: Implications for the Detection of Potential Bacterial Life on Europa. Astrobiology, 15(1): p. 20-31 (2015).
  4. W. Kedzierski, J.D. Hein, C.J. Tiessen, D. Lukic, J.A. Trocchi, T.Z. Mlinaric, and J.W. McConkey, Production of O(1D) following electron impact on CO2, Can J. Phys., 91, 1044 (2013).
  5. J.D. Hein, H. Al-Khazraji, C.J. Tiessen, D. Lukic, J.A. Trocchi, and J.W. McConkey, Excited atomic fragments following electron dissociation of pyrimidine, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 46, 045202 (2013).
  6. J.D. Hein, P.W. Zetner, C.J. Bostock, D.V. Fursa, I. Bray, T. Das, and R. Srivastava, Differential cross sections and electron-impact coherence parameters for elastic electron scattering from laser-excited 138Ba , J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 45, 115202 (2012).
  7. J.D. Hein, S. Kidwai, P.W. Zetner, C.J. Bostock, D.V. Fursa, I. Bray, L. Sharma, R. Srivastava, and A. Stauffer, Electron-impact coherence parameters for electron-impact excitation of laser-excited 174Yb (…6s6p 3P1), J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 44, 075201 (2011).
  8. J.D. Hein, S. Kidwai, P.W. Zetner, C.J. Bostock, D.V. Fursa, I. Bray, L. Sharma, R. Srivastava, and A. Stauffer, Differential cross sections for electron-impact excitation of laser-excited 174Yb (…6s6p 3P1), J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 44, 015202 (2011).
  9. J.D. Hein, C. Ududec, D.K. Sasaki, and P.W. Zetner, Integral cross sections for electron-impact ionization-excitation of laser-excited barium, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 43, 0185206 (2010).