California Institute of Technology

Donald S. Burnett
Professor of Nuclear Geochemistry, Emeritus
Photo of Donald S. Burnett
Phone: 626-395-6117
Office: 101 North Mudd Laboratory
Mailing Address:
MC 100-23
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
B.S., University of Chicago, 1959; Ph.D., University of California, 1963. Research Fellow in Physics, Caltech, 1963-65; Assistant Professor of Nuclear Geochemistry, 1965-68; Associate Professor, 1968-75; Professor, 1975-2006; Professor Emeritus, 2006-. Academic Officer, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, 1979-87.

Research Interests

Problems of nucleosynthesis, elemental abundances and chemical evolution of solar system; meteorite and lunar sample analyses and laboratory synthesis experiments.

search > >