Dr. Andrew Richard Jones

Senior Research Scientist and Project Manager, Space Sciences Center,

University of Southern California

arjones@usc.edu

SUMMARY

Extensive experience in design and development of instrumentation for space and ground-based scientific measurements-including electronic, mechanical and optical specifications. Development of data reduction techniques, image processing and display algorithms. Scientific expert to European Space Agency for asteroseismology and high precision photometry.

EDUCATION

B.Sc BioPhysics, University of York: (1981–1983)

• Including medical physics and imaging, electron microscopy, ultra high resolution spectroscopy.

Ph.D. Experimental Physics, Birmingham: (1983–1986)

• Developed very high resolution spectrometers for detecting solar/stellar oscillations, and extra solar planets.
• Development of a tunable laser heterodyne spectrometer for basic atomic physics measurements.

University of Southern California: Senior Research Scientist (1996–2000, 2003–present)

• USC Sounding Rocket Payload Manager.
• USC/EVE Project Manager.
• EVE-ESP Instrument Scientist.
• Develop Instruments for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
• Develop double-grating EUV monochromator.
• Develop instrumentation and analyze solar UV/EUV data.
• Providing ground Support for Sounding Rocket and Space Shuttle Missions (NASA Appreciation award for STS-95 mission).
• Develop new techniques to study subsurface solar dynamics.
• Debug high-speed CCD cameras.
• Advise graduate student (C-H. Lin)

Kyocera Solar Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ): Senior Engineer (2001–2003)

• New product design, specification and development
• Solar electric systems design for commercial and residential customers
• Product testing
• Sales support

ETA Engineering Inc. (Tempe, AZ): Systems and Product developer (2000–2001)

• Design and develop high reliability high power charge controllers for solar-electric, and other commercial applications.
• Provide warranty and non-warranty repair for Trace Engineering/ Xantrex inverters

Amundsen-Scott South Pole station: (1994–1996)

• Served as `winter-over' scientist with responsibility for four high energy astrophysics experiments.
• Received fire fighting and extreme environment medicine training.

Bartol Research Institute: (1994)

• Designed and constructed a multi-color solar imaging photometer for deployment at the geographic South pole. It proved one of the most reliable experiments at the South Pole, working continuously, fully exposed to the environment for the entire 3 month Summer season.
• Developed image restoration and multidimensional data fitting algorithms.

Universities of Aarhus (Denmark) and Groningen(Netherlands): (1991–1993)

• Developed optical analysis software to model complex interferometric systems.
• Designed a very small high-resolution holographic heterodyne spectrometer.
• Lead observation campaign of delta-Scuti stars.
• Advised graduate students (H. Kjeldsen, M. Sodemaan, M. Viscum, E. Pottasch).

Institute D'Astrophysique Spatiale (France): (1991)

• Calibrated and developed the GOLF experiment for ESA/NASA SoHO spacecraft.
• Trained IAS staff in the alignment and use of Ar Ion and dye laser systems.
• Advised graduate students (P. Boumier, C. Gravel).

Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain): (1989–1990)

• Developed of a very high precision multi-star, multi-color photometer.
• Worked on Commissioning of the 4.2m Isaac Newton Telescope on La Palma.
• Worked on Transputer based data acquisition and analysis systems.
• Advised graduate students (A. Jimenez, J .A. Belmonte).

European Space Agency - ESTEC (Netherlands): (1986–1989,1991)

• Designed and developmeed the LOI now flying on NASA-ESA's SoHO spacecraft.
• Specified and designed radiation-hard ASIC. The ASIC was used to space-qualify the ABB-HAFO production facility. The ASIC is now commercially available, and is flying on SoHO, WIND satellites and was used on Cluster spacecraft (ESA outstanding achievement award given for development).
• Developed Chip-and-Wire analogue hybrid circuits for spacecraft systems.