Luke Sollitt, Assistant Professor

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Luke Sollitt

Luke Sollitt, Assistant Professor

Dr. Luke Sollitt

Assistant Professor

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Curriculum Vitae (.pdf)

Education:

BA, Germanic Language and Literature, University of Maryland, College Park, 1990
BS, Physics, with High Honors, University of Maryland, College Park, 1997

MS, Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1999
PhD, Physics, California Institute of Technology, 2004

Specialties:

Space Physics
Planetary Science
Astrobiology

Interests:

Research interests: planetary soils, solar energetic particles, the search for complex organic molecules on other planets, lunar polar ice

Personal interests: private pilot (approximately 250 hours), hiking, scuba diving, sailing, history; and of course the family: wife Marie, four-year-old daughter Georgia, and baby Tristan

Why did I pursue physics as a career?

I get to smash things onto the Moon. What more need I say? Forty years after man first walked on the Moon, space is still the final frontier. As a physicist and space scientist I get a chance to do some of the exploring.