SUMMARY
OF DIVISION 20 STAFF INTEREST AND EXPERTISE IN PLANETARY SCIENCES
|
Staff Member |
Degrees |
Position |
Areas of
Interest/Expertise |
Project/Proposal
Activity |
|
Shannon
Colton |
M.S., Earth
& Planetary Sciences B.S., Geology |
Scientist |
Planetary sciences,
Earth Vision, geographical information system development and applications |
"Stress
and Deformation on Mars" (SwIM) |
|
Cynthia
Dinwiddie |
Ph.D.
Environ- mental Engineering & Science M.S.
Environ-mental Systems Engineering B.S.
Mechanical Engineering |
Research
Engineer |
Quantitative
and field hydrogeology; quantitative investigation of Martian outflow
channels; geophysical characterization of terrestrial analogs for
Mars |
"Numerical
Simulation of the Hydrological and Geochemical Environment of the Martian
Subsurface" (SwIM) “Ground-Penetrating
Radar Investigations of
Terrestrial Analogs to the Martian Crust” (SwIM QL) “Broadband
GPR Field and Laboratory Investigations of Mars Analogs: Calibration and Blind
Studies of Well-Characterized Sites in the Western United States” (NASA
proposal in preparation) “Ground-Penetrating
Radar Investigations of
Terrestrial Analogs to the Martian Crust for 2011 Mars Scout Mission”
(Regular IR&D) |
|
Darrell Dunn |
M.S.,
Metallurgical Engineering B.S.
Metallurgical Engineering |
Principal
Engineer |
Application
of Raman spectroscopy to planetary exploration, material sciences, corrosion
and related effects on engineered systems |
“Development
of Probe for In Situ Analysis of Mars Samples” (SwIM QL) “Mars Raman
Spectrophotometry” (NASA) |
|
David Ferrill |
Ph. D.,
Geology M.S., Geology B.S., Geology |
Senior
Program Manager |
Structural
geology, tectonics, crustal evolution of Ganymede and Venus, faulting of Europa
and other icy satellites |
"Stress
and Deformation on Mars" (SwIM) |
|
Sarah
Gonzalez |
M.S.,
Geological Sciences B.S.,
Geological Sciences |
Research
Scientist |
Seismology
and geophysics; geophysical characterization of
terrestrial analogs for Mars |
“Ground-Penetrating
Radar Investigations of
Terrestrial Analogs to the Martian Crust” (SwIM QL) “Broadband
GPR Field and Laboratory Investigations of Mars Analogs: Calibration and Blind
Studies of Well-Characterized Sites in the Western United States” (NASA
proposal in preparation) “Ground-Penetrating
Radar Investigations of
Terrestrial Analogs to the Martian Crust for 2011 Mars Scout Mission”
(Regular IR&D) |
|
Brittain Hill |
Ph. D.,
Geology M.S., Geology B.S., Geology |
Senior
Research Scientist |
Volcanology,
petrological evaluation of igneous systems, analogs of disparate igneous
centers, probability and consequences of volcanisms |
None to date |
|
Donald Hooper |
Ph.D., M.S., B.S., Geology |
Research
Scientist |
Assessment
of spatial distribution and origin of surficial features on Mars
and numerical modeling of the degradation of lunar craters |
|
|
Marius
Necsoiu |
Ph.D., Environ
Science M.S., Environ
Science B.S. Applied
Electronics |
Research
Scientist |
Geophysics,
remote sensing, data interpretation, application of interferometric synthetic
aperture radar to interpretation of fault displacement |
“Pre-, Syn-,
and Post-Seismic Ground Deformation from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture
Radar” (Regular IR&D) |
|
Scott Painter |
Ph.D.,
Nuclear Engineering M.S., Nuclear
Engineering B.S., Nuclear
Engineering |
Principal
Scientist |
Computational
science; quantitative hydrology; multiphase coupled chemical and hydrological
modeling |
"Numerical
Simulation of the Hydrological and Geochemical Environment of the Martian
Subsurface" (SwIM) |
|
David Pickett |
Ph.D.,Geology M.S., Geology B.S., Geology |
Senior
Research Scientist |
Quantitative
investigation of geochemistry |
"Numerical
Simulation of the Hydrological and Geochemical Environment of the Martian
Subsurface" (SwIM) |
|
Darrell Sims |
M.S.,Geology B.S., Applied
Science |
Research
Scientist |
Structural
geology, tectonics, physical analog modeling of crustal processes, crustal
evolution of Ganymede and Venus |
"Stress
and Deformation on Mars" (SwIM) |
|
Kevin Smart |
Ph.D.,Geology M.S., Geology B.S., Geology |
Research
Scientist |
Numerical modeling
of deformation processes |
Stress and
Deformation on Mars" (SwIM) |
|
John
Stamatakos |
Ph.D.,
Geology M.S., Geology B.A., Geology |
Principal
Scientist |
Structural
geology, seismology and seismic risk assessment, geophysical measurements and
interpretation, paleomagnetism, fluid inclusion studies |
“Ground-Penetrating
Radar Investigations of
Terrestrial Analogs to the Martian Crust” (SwIM QL) |
|
Danielle
Wyrick |
M.S. in
pro-gress, geology B.S.,
Multi-Disciplinary Science |
Scientist |
Structural
geology |
"Stress
and Deformation on Mars" (SwIM) |