Julian Chesnutt, PhD, Col (ret), USAF

Multi-faceted science, defense, and aviation professional with global experience and combat-tested leader. Security Clearance: Currently Holds a DOE Q clearance (Sept 2023); formerly held TS/SCI w/LS Polygraph (expired 2015).

• Project Liaison on Polaris Dawn – SpaceX Experiment for an OHSNAP Solid-State Neutron Detector – 2023 to present
• Project Manager for Lithium Resources in the US Project – 2023
• Researcher on the Hillfort Glass Project: Support for Vitrification Project—2023to present
• Project Adviser for the Low Yield Nuclear Monitoring Program – 2022 to present
• Investigator on the DoD Installation Energy and Water Plans (IEWPs) Project – 2021
• Researcher on the DoS Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Decarbonization Project—2021
• Recipient of two U.S. Geological Survey Educational Mapping Project Grants – 2017 & 2018
• Recipient of a Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant – 2016
• Graduate of the Research Intern Program at the U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory – 1988
• Geologic Map of the Mesa Lakes Quadrangle, Grand Mesa Colorado – Colorado Geological Survey – 2019
• Landscape Evolution Comparison between Valles Marineris, Mars, and the Rio Chama Canyon, New Mexico, USA – Lunar Planetary Science Conference Annual Meeting Poster and Abstract – 2019
• Landscape Evolution Comparison between Sacra Mensa, Mars, and the Grand Mesa, Colorado, USA – American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting Poster and Abstract – 2018
• Surficial, Bedrock, and Geohazard Map of the Mesa Lakes Quadrangle, Grand Mesa Colorado – Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Poster and Abstract – 2017
• Defeating the U.S. with Radiological Weapons in 4th Generation Warfare; BiblioScholar – 2012
• Forces of Attraction: The Army, the Air Force, and Airpower; BiblioScholar – 2012
• The Missions of the United States. Air Force in the 22nd Century; World Future Review – 2011

• Veteran of Eight Combat Operation Deployments (Iraq x 2, Afghanistan x 2, Bosnia x 2, Kosovo, and Haiti)
• Recipient of the Silver Star
• Bronze Star
• Defense Superior Service Medal
• Jabara Aviation Award

• FAA-Certified Airline Transport Pilot, Multi-Engine Land (Obtained 1996)
• FAA Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine Land (Obtained 1996)
• Graduate of the Laboratory Operations Supervisor Academy (LOSA)—2023
• Graduate of Leading, Engaging, and Developing Staff (LEADS) Training – 2021
• Graduate of USAF Chief of Safety Course—2005
• MATLAB
• ArcMap
• Origin
• GRASS
• JMARS
• NASA-ISIS

• American Geophysical Union Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologist
• Geological Society of America
• The Planetary Society
• Blacks in Government
• Veterans of Foreign Wars
• The Planetary Society