John Lucas

(b. 1942 London, England)

John Lucas studied physics at Bristol and Sussex Universities in the United Kingdom. He subsequently received a doctorate in materials science, and in 1970 left England for Canada to continue research into magnetic materials. He then became a scientist for the resource sector where he contributed numerous patented inventions for process sensing. Subsequently, he consulted for the Canadian Space Agency, evaluating the application of the laser spectroscopy techniques he had developed for factories to Martian exploration.