B.S., Duke University, 1981; Ph.D., Caltech, 1986. Assistant Professor of Cosmochemistry, 1987-93; Associate Professor of Cosmochemistry and Planetary Sciences, 1993-97; Professor, 1997-99; Professor of Cosmochemistry and Planetary Sciences and Professor of Chemistry, 1999-. Deputy Director, Owens Valley Radio Observatory, 2000-06; Master of Student Houses, 2009-.

Observational analyses of stellar and planetary genesis; in situ characterization of the Earth's atmosphere and biogeochemical cycles; laser spectroscopic and ab initio characterization of weakly bonded clusters and reactive intermediates

Chemistry

Ioppolo, S., McGuire, B.A., Allodi, M.A., & Blake, G.A., "THz and mid-IR spectroscopy of interstellar ice analogs: methyl and carboxylic acid groups," Faraday Discussions, 2014, 168, in press.

Lockwood, A.C., Johnson, J.A., Bender, C.F., Carr, J.S., Barman, T., Richert, A.J.W., & Blake, G.A., "Near-IR direct detection of water vapor in Tau Bootis b," Astrophys. J. Letters, 2014, 783, L29.

McGuire, B.A., Carroll, P.B., Gratier, P., Guzman, V., Pety, J., Roueff, E., Gerin, M., Blake, G.A., & Remijan, A.J., "An observational investigation of the identity of B11244(l-C3H+/C3H-)," Astrophys J., 2014, 783, 36.

Allodi, M.A., Ioppolo, S.I., Kelley, M.J., McGuire, B.A., and Blake, G.A., "The structure and dynamics of carbon dioxide and water containing ices investigated via THz and mid-IR spectroscopy," Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 3442.

Qi, C., Oberg, K.I., Wilner, D.J., D'Alessio, P., Bergin, E., Andrews, S.M., Blake, G.A., Hogerheijde, M.R., & van Dishoeck, E.F., "Imaging of the CO snow line in a solar nebula analog," Science, 2013, 341, 630.

Finneran, I.A., Holland, D.B., Carroll, P.B., and Blake, G.A., "A direct digital synthesis chirped pulse Fourier transform microwave spectrometer,"Review of Scientific Instruments, 2013,083104, 84.

McGuire, B.A., Carroll, P.B., Blake, G.A., Hollis, J.M., Lovas, F., Jewell, P.R., and Remijan, A.J., "A search for l-C3H+ in Sgr B2(N), SgrB2(OH), and the Dark Cloud TMC-1," The Astrophysical Journal, 2013, 774, 56.