John Fredrich Asmus has been an research physicist at the Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Science at the University of California, San Diego since 1974.
Education
Having earned his Doctor of Philosophy from the California Institute of Technology, he initially applied his knowledge of high-energy excimer lasers in private sector organizations such as General Atomic, where he contributed to the ORION nuclear spaceship program
Career
He is widely published, with 125 articles published in professional journals and 25 patents to his name. Asmus then pioneered the use of holography, lasers, ultrasonic imaging, digital image processing, and nuclear magnetic resonance in art conservation. His application of complex scientific devices to art has enabled Asmus to work on many of the world most famous cultural objects, including the Mona Lisa.