Astrophysicist, Planetary Systems Laboratory
Research Area Experience 1999- 2002: P.I., Lightweight Fourier Transform Spectrometer (HTSFTS) PIDDP
1991-:96 P.I., SIRIS Spectre Ground Campaign
1990- 1998: P.I., High Tc Sensor PIDDP
1988-89: P.I., High Tc Sensor DDF
1988-: Co. I., Cassini CIRS
1984-88: Co. I., SIRIS Balloon Team
APPOINTMENTS: 1981-84 Member of the Technical Staff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1984-85 Science Systems and Applications, Seabrook, MD.
Education
1974 - A.B., Physics, Princeton University
1976 - A.M., Physics, Harvard University
1981 - Ph.D., Physics, Harvard University
Professional Memberships
AAAS, AAS, APS, OSA, AGU
Professional Services
1988-Proceedings of High-Tc Superconductors: Magnetic Interactions, Panel Moderator for Thin Film Applications, NIST/Gaithersburg.
1990-Advances in Materials Science and Applications of High Temperature Superconductor, Steering Committee and Panel Moderator for Thin film Devices, NASA/Goddard.
1990-SPIE: Superconductivity Applications for Infrared and Microwave Devices, Conference Co-Chair and Session Chair, Orlando.
1991-SPIE: Superconductivity Applications for Infrared and Microwave Devices II, Conference Co-Chair and Session Chair, Orlando.
2003-International Thermal Detectors Workshop, Session Co-Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee and Local Organizing Committee, Adelphi, MD.
· NASA Graduate Student Fellowship in Global Change Research
· Planetary Instrument Definition and Development Program
· Small Business Innovation Research
· HTSSE Program at NRL
· Applied Optics
· Journal of Geophysical Research
· Applied Physics Letters
· Journal of Applied Physics
· Applied Superconductivity Conference
Awards
National Merit Finalist
Election to Sigma Xi
A.B. magna cum laude
Smithsonian Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Listed in American Men and Women of Science
Publications
2005 "Temperatures, Winds, and Composition in the Saturnian System", F.M. Flasar, R.K. Achterberg, B.J. Conrath, J.C. Pearl, G.L. Bjoraker, D.E. Jennings, P.N. Romani, A.A. Simon-Miller, V.G. Kunde, C.A. Nixon, B. Bézard, G.S. Orton, L.J. Spilker, J.R. Spencer, P.G. Irwin, N.A. Teanby, T.C. Owen, J. Brasunas, M.E. Segura, R.C. Carlson, A. Mamoutkine, P.J. Gierasch, P.J. Schinder, M.R. Showalter, C. Ferrari, A. Barucci, R. Courtin, A. Coustenis, T. Fouchet, D. Gautier, E. Lellouch, A. Marten, R. Prangé, D.F. Strobel, S. B. Calcutt, P.L. Read, F.W. Taylor, N. Bowles, R.E. Samuelson, M.M. Abbas, F. Raulin, P. Ade, S. Edgington, S. Pilorz, B. Wallis, E.H. Wishnow, Science, 307, 1247-1251.
2005 "Titan's Atmospheric Temperatures, Winds, and Composition," F.M. Flasar, R.K. Achterberg, B.J. Conrath, P.J. Gierasch, V.G. Kunde, C.A. Nixon, G.L. Bjoraker, D.E. Jennings, P. N. Romani, A.A. Simon-Miller, B. Bézard, A. Coustenis, P.G.J. Irwin, N.A. Teenby, J. Brasunas, J.C. Pearl,. M.E. Segura, R.C. Carlson, A. Mamoutkine, P.J. Schinder, A. Barucci, R. Courtin, T. Fouchet, D. Gautier, E. Lellouch, A. Marten, R. Prangé, S. Vinatier, D.F. Strobel, S. B. Calcutt, P.L. Read, F.W. Taylor, N. Bowles, R.E. Samuelson, G.S. Orton, L.J. Spilker, T.C. Owen, J.R. Spencer, M.R. Showalter, C. Ferrari, M.M. Abbas, F. Raulin, S. Edgington, P. Ade, and E.H. Wishnow, Science, 308, 975-978.
2004 "An intense stratospheric jet on Jupiter", F.M. Flasar, V.G. Kunde, R.K. Achterberg, B.J. Conrath, A.A. Simon-Miller, C.A. Nixon, P.J. Gierasch, P.N. Romani, B. Bézard, P. Irwin, G.L. Bjoraker, J.C. Brasunas, D.E. Jennings, J.C. Pearl, M.D. Smith, G.S. Orton, L.J. Spilker, R. Carlson, S.B. Calcutt, P.L Read, F.W. Taylor, P. Parrish, A. Barucci, R. Courtin, A. Coustenis, D. Gautier, E. Lellouch, A. Marten, R. Prangé, Y. Biraud, T. Fourchet, C. Ferrari, T.C. Owen, M.M. Abbas, R.E. Samuelson, F. Raulin, P. Ade, C.J.Césarsky, K.U. Grossman, A. Coradini, Nature, 427, 132-135.
2004 "High-Tc transition-edge superconducting (TES) bolometer on a monolithic sapphire membrane - construction and performance", B. Lakew, J.C. Brasunas, S. Aslam, D.E. Pugel, Sensors Actuat. A-Phys., 114(1), 36-40.
2004 "Jupiter's Atmospheric Composition from the Cassini Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy Experiment", V.G. Kunde, F.M. Flasar, D.E. Jennings, B. Bézard, D.F. Strobel, B.J. Conrath, C.A. Nixon, G.L. Bjoraker, P.N. Romani, R.K. Achterberg, A.A. Simon-Miller, P. Irwin, J.C. Brasunas, J.C. Pearl, M.D. Smith, G.S. Orton, P.J. Gierasch, L.J. Spilker, R.C. Carlson, A.A. Mamoutkine, S.B. Calcutt, P.L. Read, F.W. Taylor, T. Fouchet, P. Parrish, A. Barucci, R. Courtin, A. Coustenis, D. Gautier, E. Lellouch, A. Marten, R. Prangé, Y. Biraud, C. Ferrarri, T.C. Owen, M.M. Abbas, R.E. Samuelson, F. Raulin, P. Ade, C.J. Céesarsky, K.U. Grossman, A. Coradini, Science, 305, 1582-1586.
2004 "Exploring the Saturn system in the thermal infared: the composite infrared spectrometer", F.M. Flasar, V.G. Kunde, M.M. Abbas, R.K. Achterberg, P. Ade, A. Barucci, B. Bézard, G.L. Bjoraker, J.C. Brasunas, S. Calcutt, R. Carlson, C.J. Césarsky, B.J. Conrath, A. Coradini, R. Courtin, A. Coustenis, S. Edberg, S. Edgington, C. Ferrari, T. Fouchet, D. Gautier, P.J. Gierasch, K Grossman, P. Irwin, D.E. Jennings, E. Lellouch, A.A. Mamoutkine, A. Marten, J.P. Meyer, C.A. Nixon, G.S. Orton, T.C. Owen, J.C. Pearl, R. Prangé, F. Raulin, P.L Read, P.N. Romani, R.E. Samuelson, M.E. Segura, M.R. Showalter, A.A. Simon-Miller, M.D. Smith, J.R. Spencer, L.J. Spilker, and F.W. Taylor, Space Science Reviews, 115, 169-297.
2002 "A comment on the reported detectivity of a new uncooled thermal infrared detector", J.C. Brasunas, B. Lakew, R. Fettig, Sensor Actuat. A-Phys. 96 (2-3): 211-213.
2002 "Phase anomalies in Fourier-transform spectrometers: an absorbing beam splitter is neither sufficient nor necessary", J.C. Brasunas, Appl. Opt. 41 (13): 2481-2487.
2002 "A simple etalon-stabilized visible laser diode", J.C. Brasunas, Meas. Sci. Technol. 13: N67-N71.
2000 "High Tc superconducting bolometer on chemically etched 7 m thick sapphire", B. Lakew, J. C. Brasunas, A. Pique, R. Fettig, B. Mott, S. Babu, G. M. Cushman, Physica C., 329, 69.
