David Kring

Dr. David A. Kring is a K10 scientist and field geology principal investigator for the "Lunar Electric Rover". He is also the principal investigator of a core team in NASA’s Lunar Science Institute, which has a special interest in lunar sample analyses and the impact cratering evolution of the lunar surface. Dr. Kring is perhaps best known for his work with the discovery of the Chicxulub impact crater, which he linked to the K-T boundary mass extinction of dinosaurs and over half of the plants and animals that existed on Earth 65 million years ago. He specializes in impact cratering processes produced when asteroids and comets collide with planetary surfaces. Dr. Kring received his B.S. in Geology and Astrophysics from Indiana University and his Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Harvard University.