Peter Jenniskens

Affiliation: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute

Email: Petrus.M.Jenniskens@nasa.gov

Phone: (650)810-0216

Professional Biography

2004 – Present, Research Scientist, AST, Planetary System – Planetary Systems Branch, Space Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

1995 – Present, Senior Research Scientist – SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA

1995 – 2004, Research Scientist – Exobiology Branch, Space Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

1993 – 1995, National Research Council Associate, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Education

Ph.D. in Mathematics & Physics (Astronomy & Laboratory Astrophysics), December 1992, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Thesis title: Organic Matter in Interstellar Extinction, Thesis advisors: Mayo Greenberg and Harm Habing

M.A. in Mathematics & Physics (Astronomy), 1988, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Research Interests

Peter Jenniskens is an authority on meteor showers, meteorite falls, and artificial meteors.

Select Publications

Jenniskens P., 2023. Atlas of Earth’s Meteor Showers. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 838 pp.

Popova O. P., Jenniskens P., Emel’yanenko V., et al., 2013. Chelyabinsk Airburst, Damage Assessment, Meteorite Recovery and Characterization. Science 342, 1069–1073.

Jenniskens P., Fries M. D., Yin Q.–Z., et al., 2012. Radar–enabled recovery of the Sutter’s Mill meteorite, a carbonaceous chondrite regolith breccia. Science 338, 1583–1587.

Jenniskens P., Shaddad M. H., Numan D., et al., 2009. The impact and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC3. Nature 458, 485–488.

Jenniskens P., 2006. Meteor showers and their parent comets. Cambridge University Press, 790 pp.

Jenniskens P., Blake D.F., 1994. Structural transitions in amorphous water ice and astrophysical implications. Science 265, 753–756.

NASA Missions

Principal-Investigator of the Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS) project, in support of NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission

Principal-Investigator on the 1998–2002 Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign, and the 2004 Genesis, 2006 Stardust and 2010 Hayabusa Aircraft Reentry Observing Campaigns, 2008 ATV-1 Reentry Observing Campaign

Awards and Other

2013 –NASA Ames Group Achievement Award, Team

2010 – NASA Ames Group Achievement Award, Hayabusa Re–Entry Airborne Observation Team

2009 – NASA Group Achievement Award, Jules Verne Team

2006 – NASA Ames Group Achievement Award to Airborne Observation of Stardust Entry Team

2000 – NASA Ames Honor Award for his lead of the Astrobiology Leonid Mission Project Team

1999 – NASA Ames Outstanding Research award for studies on Leonid meteor showers

1996 – NASA Ames Outstanding Research award for ice studies

1994 – Astronomical Association of Northern California, Professional Award

Websites

Project Website: http://airborne.seti.org