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)

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