
David Crown
Senior Scientist
Professional History
David is a 1985 graduate (Magna Cum Laude, Honors) of Brown University, with a B.S. degree in Geology-Physics/Mathematics, and received a Ph.D. in Geology from Arizona State University in 1991. He was formerly a National Research Council Research Associate at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and member of the faculty of the Department of Geology and Planetary Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of 13 geologic maps and more than 60 other scientific publications. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Baker Demonstration School in 1977 and New Trier High School East in 1981.