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Luther Beegle
Group Supervisor

Education
  • B.S., Physics/Astronomy, University of Delaware (1990)
  • M.S., Physics University of Alabama at Birmingham (1995)
  • Ph.D., Astrophysics University of Alabama at Birmingham (1997)
Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2001 - Present)
    • Group Supervisor, Advanced Instrumentation & Spectroscopy Group (2005-present)
    • Research Scientist (2003-present)
    • Scientist (2001 - 2003)
    • Postdoctoral Scholar (1999-2001)
    • National Research Council Post-Doctoral Scholar (1999-2001)
  • The University of Alabama at Birmingham (1991-1996)
    • Instructor, PHS110, An Overview of Space Exploration (1996)
    • Research Assistant, under NASA programs: Origins of Solar Systems, Exobiology, UV Astronomy, and IR Astronomy (1993-1997)
    • Teaching Assistant (1991-1993)
Selected Awards
  • NASA Group Achievement Award for development of the NASA Instrument Cost Model (2007)
  • Team Bonus Award: 2005 (Mars Roadmapping Support Team)
  • Team Bonus Award: 2004 (Mars Next Decade Study Team, In situ Sample Processing Team)
  • Outstanding Physics Graduate Student (1996-97) The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Selected Publications
  1. Beegle, L.W., G. H. Peters, R. C. Anderson, R. Bhartia, A. G. Ball, and L. Sollitt. “Particle Sieving and Sorting Under Simulated Martian Conditions.” Submitted to Icarus 2009.
  2. Kim, H. I., H. Kim, E. Pang, L. W. Beegle, J. Loo, W. A. Goddard and I. Kanik, “Structural Characterization of Phospholipids Using Traveling Wave Ion Mobility Spectrometry in N2,” Submitted to Analytical Chemistry (2009).
  3. Kim, H. I., Y. Shin, H. Kim, L. W. Beegle, J. Heath, W. Goddard, I. Kanik, and J. L. Beauchamp, “Investigation of Air-Liquid Interfacial Activities of Surfactant Lipids: Chemical and Physical Alteration of Surfactant under Oxidative Stress.” Submitted to Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, (2009).
  4. Anderson R. C., L. W. Beegle, Gregory H. Peters, G. Fleming, L.Jandura, K. Kriechbaum, K. Manatt, A. Okon, E. Pounders, L. Sollitt, and D. Sunshine, Particle Transport and Distribution on the Mars Science Laboratory Mission: Effects of Triboelectric charging. Submitted to Icarus (2009).
  5. Peters, G.H., G. S. Mungas, G. H. Bearman, S. Douglas, W. Abbey, R.C. Anderson, and L. W. Beegle (2008). Mojave Mars Simulant – a New Approach to Martian Soil Simulants. Icarus 197( 2): 470-479.
  6. Liu, D., L. W. Beegle, and I. Kanik. (2008). Analysis of Underivatized Amino Acids of Geological Interest using Ion-Pairing Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Ionization/Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Astrobiology 8(2), 229-241 doi: 10.1089/ast.2007.0176.
  7. Kim, H, H. I. Kim, P. V. Johnson, L. W. Beegle, J. L. Beauchamp, W. A. Goddard, and I. Kanik (2008). An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation into the Correlation between Mass and Ion Mobility for Choline and Other Ammonium Cations in N2. Analytical Chemistry 80 (6), 1928-1936 doi: 10.1021/ac701888e.
  8. Peters, G. H., J. A. Smith, G. S. Mungas, G. H. Bearman, L. Shiraishi and L. W. Beegle (2008). RASP based sample acquisition of analogue Martian permafrost samples: Implications for NASA’s Phoenix scout mission, Planetary and Space Science 56 (3-4), 303-309 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2007.10.001.
  9. Beegle, L. W. , M. G. Wilson, F. Abilleira, J. F. Jordan and G. R. Wilson (2007). A concept for NASA's mars 2016 astrobiology field laboratory. Astrobiology 7 (4): 545-577.
  10. Johnson, P. V., L. W. Beegle, H. I. Kim, G. A. Eiceman and I. Kanik (2007). Ion mobility spectrometry in space exploration. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 262 (1-2): 1-15.
  11. Kim, H. I., P. V. Johnson, L. W. Beegle, J. L. Beauchamp and I. Kanik (2005). Electrospray ionization ion mobility spectrometry of carboxylate anions: Ion mobilities and a mass-mobility correlation. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 109 (35): 7888-7895.
  12. Boynton, J. G. Mungas, C. Sepulveda, M. Balzer, L. W. Beegle, H. Hobel, T. Fisher, D. Klein, M. Deans, and P. Lee. CHAMP: Camera Hand lens, and Microscope Probe. IEEEAC paper 1510, 2005.
  13. Johnson, P. V., H. I. Kim, L. W. Beegle and I. Kanik (2004). Electrospray ionization ion mobility spectrometry of amino acids: Ion mobilities and a mass-mobility correlation. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108 (27): 5785-5792.
  14. Beegle, L. W. , I. Kanik, L. Matz and H. H. Hill (2002). Effects of drift-gas polarizability on glycine peptides in ion mobility spectrometry. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 216 (3): 257-268.
  15. Beegle, L. W. , I. Kanik, L. Matz and H. H. Hill (2001). Electrospray ionization nigh-resolution ion mobility spectrometry for the detection of organic compounds, 1. Amino acids. Analytical Chemistry 73 (13): 3028-3034.
  16. Beegle, L. W. , T. J. Wdowiak and J. G. Harrison (2001). Hydrogenation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as a factor affecting the cosmic 6.2 micron emission band. Spectrochimica Acta Part a-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 57 (4): 737-744.
  17. Kanik, I., L. W. Beegle, J. M. Ajello and S. C. Solomon (2000). Electron-impact excitation/emission and photoabsorption cross sections important in the terrestrial airglow and auroral analysis of rocket and satellite observations. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Part C-Solar-Terrestial and Planetary Science 25 (5-6): 573-581.
  18. Arnoult, K. M., T. J. Wdowiak and L. W. Beegle (2000). Laboratory investigation of the contribution of complex aromatic/aliphatic polycyclic hybrid molecular structures to interstellar ultraviolet extinction and infrared emission. Astrophysical Journal 535 (2): 815-822.
  19. Beegle, L. W. , J. M. Ajello, G. K. James, D. Dziczek and M. Alvarez (1999). High resolution emission spectroscopy of the A (1)Pi-X (1)Sigma(+) fourth positive band system of CO excited by electron impact. Astronomy and Astrophysics 347 (1): 375-390.
  20. Kanik, I., L. Beegle, C. Noren, S. M. Ahmed and R. Link (1997). Temperature-dependent photoabsorption cross section measurements of O-2 at the NI airglow and auroral emission Lines. Chemical Physics Letters 279 (5-6): 297-302.
  21. Beegle, L. W. , T. J. Wdowiak, M. S. Robinson, J. R. Cronin, M. D. McGehee, S. J. Clemett and S. Gillette (1997). Experimental indication of a naphthalene-base molecular aggregate for the carrier of the 2175 angstrom interstellar extinction feature. Astrophysical Journal 487 (2): 976-982.
  22. Beegle, L. W. , T. J. Wdowiak and K. M. Arnoult (1997). A laboratory analog for the carrier of the 3 micron emission of the protoplanetary nebula IRAS 05341+0852. Astrophysical Journal 486 (2): L153-L155.
  23. Robinson, M. S., L. W. Beegle and T. J. Wdowiak (1997). Inference of a 7.75 eV lower limit in the ultraviolet pumping of interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon cations with resulting unidentified infrared emissions. Astrophysical Journal 474 (1): 474-478.
  24. Wdowiak, T. J., W. Lee, J. Cronin, L. W. Beegle and M. S. Robinson (1995). Plasma Processing of Interstellar Pahs into Solar-System Kerogen. Planetary and Space Science 43 (10-11): 1175-1182.
  25. Robinson, M. S., L. W. Beegle and T. J. Wdowiak (1995). Spectroscopy of PAH Species in the Gas-Phase. Planetary and Space Science 43 (10-11): 1293-1296.
  26. Wdowiak, T. J., L. W. Beegle, M. S. Robinson and W. Lee (1995). Dibs in Captivity. Planetary and Space Science 43 (10-11): 1429-1435.

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