Craig Benson, Research Associate

GSFC Code:

610.1

Mailing Address:

Bldg 33 Room F220
NASA GSFC, Code 610.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 614-6177

Fax:

Email:

craig.benson@nasa.gov

URL:

Research Interests:

Biography:

Dr. Craig Benson received a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (2002) from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, following a BA in Chemistry (1997) from Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. His doctoral dissertation concerns simulations of water droplet behavior in extreme conditions. Subsequent to his Ph.D. studies, Craig worked for three years as a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Naval Research Laboratory Remote Sensing Department in Washington, DC. During this time, Craig investigated numerical modeling of PSC formation mechanisms while a member of the POAM science team. Craig joined the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, as a research faculty member in 2006. He continues to study polar stratospheric clouds using NASA's GEOS-4 and GEOS-5 global climate models.