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Dariusz C. (Darek) Lis
Scientist, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory
dclis @ jpl.caltech.edu
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1989. Research Fellow in Physics,
Caltech 1989 - 1992; Senior Research Fellow in Physics (Research
Assistant Professor) 1992 - 1998; Senior Research Associate in
Physics (Research Professor) 1998 - 2015; Deputy Director, Caltech
Submillimeter Observatory 2009 - 2014; Visiting Associate in Physics
2015 - 2020. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Scientist 2019 - ;
Assistant Section Manager, Astrophysics and Space Sciences
2025.
Biography
Darek Lis joined the submillimeter group at Caltech in 1989 after
obtaining his PhD from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He
was Co-Principal Investigator and Deputy Director of the Caltech
Submillimeter Observatory, as well as a member of the US Herschel HIFI
Science Team. From 2014 to 2019 he was Professor at Sorbonne
University in Paris and Director of the Laboratory for Studies of
Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics and Atmospheres, a scientific
department of Paris Observatory. He returned to Caltech in 2019 as
Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He was a recipient of NASA
Group Achievement Awards in 2010 and 2014 and NASA Exceptional
Scientific Achievement Medal in 2021. In 2021 he was elected to the
Organizing Committee of the International Astronomical Union,
Commission H2 Astrochemistry.
Research
Darek Lis's research interests include star formation, astrochemistry
and high-resolution molecular spectroscopy of the interstellar medium
and Solar System small bodies, as well as submillimeter heterodyne
instrumentation. Using ground-based and space-borne far-infrared
facilities, including Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, Infrared
Space Observatory, Herschel Space Observatory, Stratospheric
Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, Atacama Large
Millimeter/submillimeter Array, James Webb Space Telescope, and Deep
Space Network he has studied molecules and their isotopic composition
to understand the physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium, as
well as the origin of Earth's oceans. Currently he is a Science
Affiliate for The PRobe far-infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) and
a co-Investigator for Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High
Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths (ASTHROS).
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