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Blackburn, James Kent was born on July 15, 1957 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Son of James McKinley Blackburn and Myra Sue (Douglas) Martin.
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James Kent Blackburn, American Astrophysicist. Recipient National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center Special Act Group award, 1993; DSR research fellow U. Florida, 1987, 88. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physics Society, American Astronomical Society.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics, U. North Carolina, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Florida, 1990.
Career
Senior engineer, physicist, Rudolph Research, Inc., Flanders, New Jersey, 1990-1991; senior scientist, Data Link, Inc., Herndon, Virginia, 1991; senior scientist, Hughes STX, Inc., Lanham, Maryland., 1991-1992; principal scientist, Hughes STX, Inc., Lanham, Maryland., since 1992. Science consultant Rudolph Research, Inc., Flanders, 1990. Support scientist National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., since 1991.
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Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physics Society, American Astronomical Society.
