Background
Sandford, Scott Alan was born on May 3, 1957 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas A. and Marilyn Nadine (Davis) Sandford.
Sandford, Scott Alan was born on May 3, 1957 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas A. and Marilyn Nadine (Davis) Sandford.
Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, New Mexico Institute Mining & Technology, 1978. Master of Arts in Physics, Washington University, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Washington University, 1985.
Research assistant Department Geophysical Society New Mexico Institute of Microtechnology, Socorro, 1976-1979, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Meson Physics Facility, 1977-1981. Fellow, research associate McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, St. Louis, 1980-1985. National Research Council postdoctoral fellow National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1986, research astrophysicist, since 1986.
Co-investigator, member science team National Aeronautics and Space Administration's STARDUST Comet Sample Return Mission.
Active member United Methodist Church, Palo Alto, California, since 1986. Member International Astronomical Union, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society, Meteoritical Society, Antarctican Society.
Married Betsy Ann Ross, July 20, 1985.