Dr. Marc Caffee

Courtesy Appointment, Associate Professor of Physics

E-mail: mcaffee@purdue.edu

Associated Website(s): http://www.physics.purdue.edu/people/faculty/mcaffee.shtml

Education

B.S., Mathematics California State

B.S., Physics California State

M.S., Physics Washington State

Ph.D., Washington University

Research Interests

Application of stable- and radio-nuclides to problems in the geosciences including Quaternary landform evolution, cosmochronology, hydrology and atmospheric processes. The development of techniques to enable the measurement of new cosmogenic nuclides.

Professional Experience

  • Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 2001-present

  • Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1988-2001

  • Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1986-1988.

  • Research Assistant, Washington University, 1979-1981

Selected Publications

  • Swindle, T.D., M.W. Caffee, C.M. Hohenberg, G.B. Hudson, J.C. Laul, S.B. Simon, and J.J. Papike, Noble gas component organization in Apollo 14 breccia 14318; 129 I and 244 Pu regolith.

  • Swindle, T.D., M.W. Caffee, and C.M. Hohenberg, Radiometric ages of chondrules , in Chondrules and Their Origins , E. King, Editor. 1983, Lunar and Planetary Institute: Houston, Texas. P. 246-261.

  • Caffee, M.W., J.M. Goswami, C.M. Hohenberg, and T.D. Swindle, Cosmogenic neon from precompaction irradiation of Kapoeta and Murchison. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1983.: p. B267-B273.

  • Swindle, T.D., M.W. Caffee, C.M. Hohenberg, and M.M. Lindstrom, I-Xe studies of individual Allende chondrules. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1983. 47 : p. 2157-2177.

  • Caffee, M.W., C.M. Hohenberg, T.D. Swindle, and B. Hudson, I-Xe ages of individual Bjurbole chondrules. Journal of Geophysical Research, 1982. 87 (suppl.): p. 303-17.

  • Caffee, M.W., C.M. Hohenberg, F. Horz, G.B. Hudson, and T.D. Swindle, Shock disturbance of the I-Xe system. Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 13th, J. Geophys. Res., 1982. 87 : p. A318-A330.

  • Caffee, M.W., C.M. Hohenberg, and G.B. Hudson. Troctolite 76535: A Study in the preservation of early isotopic records. in Proceedings of the 12th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1981. Houston, Texas.