Louis Allamandola is an American space scientist. He is the founder and director of NASA's Astrophysics & Astrochemistry Laboratory, and an Elected Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science.[1][2]

Lou Allamandola at Leiden University in the early 1980s

He studied chemistry at St. Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey.[2] He was trained in low temperature spectroscopic techniques under the tutelage of Professor G. C. Pimentel at the University of California at Berkeley. He has been based at the Ames Research Center for 35 years.[2]

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  1. ^ "Allamandola, Louis". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Louis Allamandola". Astrophysics & Astrochemistry Lab. NASA Ames Research Center. Retrieved April 16, 2017.