John Olson

John E. Olson is s staff engineer and scientist at Idaho National Laboratory, specializing in applications and fundamentals of mass spectrometry and, most recently, the development of instrumentation for performing wide isotope ratio measurements. He has been one of the primary researchers in transitioning the iodine analysis to Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for performing isotopic ratio measurements on environmental samples. His responsibilities include electronic and hardware design as well as  the software development necessary for mass spectrometry instrumentation. He holds a master’s in measurement and control engineering from Idaho State University, where he also earned his bachelor’s in engineering. From 1993 to 1996 he was a post-master’s fellow, helping develop the instrumentation and software necessary for computer control of instruments involved in SIMS analysis of various surfaces.