Caleb I. Fassett
NASA / Marshall Space Flight Center
320 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, AL, 35805
256-961-7446 (work)
401-307-1776 (mobile)
[email protected]
Experience:
2016-present
2011-2016
2008-2011
2003-2008
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
Heliophysics and Planetary Science Office
Planetary Scientist (Research AST)
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Research Associate, Five College Postdoctoral Fellow, Visiting Asst. Professor
Supervisor: M. Darby Dyar
Brown University, Providence, RI
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Supervisor: James W. Head III
Brown University, Providence, RI
Graduate Student
Advisor: James W. Head III
Education:
2008
2005
2002
Ph.D., Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI.
M.S., Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI.
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Geology and Astrophysics, Williams College,
Williamstown, MA.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:
Hirabayashi, M., Minton, D.A., Fassett, C.I., 2017. An analytical model of crater count equilibrium,
Icarus, in press, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.12.032.
Buhler, P.B., Ingersoll, A.P., Ehlmann, B.L., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2017. How the Martian Residual
South Polar Cap Develops Quasi-Circular and Heart-Shaped Pits, Troughs, and Moats. Icarus, in
press.
Goudge, T.A., Milliken, R.E., Head, J.W., Mustard, J.F., Fassett, C.I., 2017. Sedimentological evidence
for a deltaic origin of the western fan deposit in Jezero crater, Mars and implications for future
exploration, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 458, 357–365, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.056.
Fassett, C.I., 2016. Analysis of Impact Crater Populations and the Geochronology of Planetary Surfaces
in the Inner Solar System, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 121, 1900–1926, doi:
10.1002/2016JE005094.
Levy, J.S., Goudge, T.A., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., 2016. Candidate Volcanic and Impact-Induced Ice
Depressions on Mars, Icarus, in press, 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.10.021.
Fassett, C.I., 2016. Ames Stereo Pipeline-derived Digital Terrain Models of Mercury from
MESSENGER Stereo Imaging, Planetary and Space Science, 134, 19–28, doi:
10.1016/j.pss.2016.10.001.
Ehlmann, B.L., and 46-co-authors, 2016. The Sustainability of Habitability on Terrestrial Planets:
Insights, Questions, and Needed Measurements from Mars for Understanding the Evolution of Earth‐
like Worlds, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 121, 1927–1961, doi:
10.1002/2016JE005134.
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Dyar, M.D., Fassett, C.I., Giguere, S., Lepore, K., Byrne, S., Boucher, T., Carey, C.J., Mahadevan, S.,
2016. Comparison of univariate and multivariate models for prediction of major and minor elements
from laser-induced breakdown spectra with and without masking, Spectrochimica Acta Part B:
Atomic Spectroscopy, 123, 93–104, doi:10.1016/j.sab.2016.07.010.
Byrne, P.K., Ostrach, L.R., Fassett, C.I., Chapman, C.R., Denevi, B.W., Evans, A.J., Klimczak, C.,
Banks, M.E., Head, J.W., Solomon, S.C., 2016. Widespread effusive volcanism on Mercury likely
ended by about 3.5 Ga, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 7408–7416, 10.1002/2016GL069412.
Goudge, T.A., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Mustard, J.F., Aureli, K.L., 2016. Insights into Surface Runoff
on Early Mars from Paleolake Basin Morphology and Stratigraphy, Geology, 44, 419–422, doi:
10.1130/G37734.1.
Levy, J.S., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2016. Enhanced erosion rates on Mars during Amazonian glaciation,
Icarus, 264, 213–219, 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.09.037.
Goudge, T.A., Aureli, K.L., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., Mustard, J.F., 2015. Classification and analysis of
candidate impact crater-hosted closed-basin lakes on Mars, Icarus, 260, 346-367,
10.1016/j.icarus.2015.07.026.
Goudge, T.A., Mustard, J.F., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., Wiseman, S.M., 2015. Assessing the Mineralogy
of the Watershed and Fan Deposits of the Jezero Crater Paleolake System, Mars, Journal of
Geophysical Research: Planets, 120, 775–808, 10.1002/2014JE004782.
Tye, A.R., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Mazarico, E., Basilevsky, A.T., Neumann, G.A., Smith, D.E.,
Zuber, M.T., 2015. The age of lunar south circumpolar craters Haworth, Shoemaker, Faustini, and
Shackleton: Implications for regional geology, surface processes, and volatile sequestration, Icarus,
255, 70–77, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.016.
Ostrach, L.R., Robinson, M.S., Whitten, J.L., Fassett, C.I., Strom, R.G., Head, J.W., Solomon, S.C.,
2015. Extent, age, and resurfacing history of the northern smooth plains on Mercury from
MESSENGER observations, Icarus, 250, 602–622, 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.11.010.
Minton, D.A., Richardson, J.E, Fassett, C.I., 2015. Re-examining the main asteroid belt as the primary
source of ancient lunar craters, Icarus, 247, 172–190, 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.10.018.
Jawin, E., Kiefer, W., Fassett, C., Bussey, D., Cahill, J., Dyar, M., Lawrence, S., Spudis, P., 2014. The
relationship between radar scattering and surface roughness of lunar volcanic features, Journal of
Geophysical Research: Planets, 119, 2331–2348. doi:10.1002/2014JE004668.
Fassett, C.I., Thomson, B.J., 2014. Crater degradation on the lunar maria: Topographic diffusion and the
rate of erosion on the Moon, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 119, 2255–2271,
10.1002/2014JE004698.
Levy, J.S., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Schwartz, C., Watters, J.L., 2014. Sequestered glacial ice
contribution to the global martian water budget: geometric constraints on the volume of
remnant, mid-latitude debris covered glaciers, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 119,
2188–2196, 10.1002/2014JE004685.
Fassett, C.I., Levy, J.S., Dickson, J.L., Head, J.W., 2014. An extended period of episodic northern midlatitude glaciation on Mars during the Middle to Late Amazonian: Implications for long-term
obliquity history, Geology, 42, 763–766, 10.1130/G35798.1.
Buhler, P.B., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Lamb, M.P., 2014. Timescales of Fluvial Activity and
Intermittency in Milna Crater, Mars, Icarus, 241, 130–147, 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.06.028.
Giacomini, L., Massironi, M., Marchi, S., Fassett, C.I., Di Achille, G., Cremonese, G., 2014. Age dating
of an extensive thrust system on Mercury: implications for the planet’s thermal evolution, in
Volcanism and Tectonism Across the Inner Solar System, Geological Society of London Special
Publication, 401, 10.1144/SP401.21.
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Robbins, S.J., Antonenko, I., Kirchoff, M.R., Chapman, C.R., Fassett, C.I., Herrick, R., Singer, K.,
Zanetti, M., Lehan, C., Huang, D., Gay, P.L., 2014. The variability of crater identification among
expert and community crater analysts, Icarus, 234, 109–131, 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.02.022.
Fassett, C.I., Minton, D.A., 2013. Impact Bombardment of the Terrestrial Planets and the Early History
of the Solar System, Nature Geoscience, 6, 520–524, 10.1038/ngeo1841.
Marchi, S., Chapman, C.R., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Bottke, W.F., Strom, R.G., 2013. Global
resurfacing of Mercury 4.0–4.1 billion years ago by heavy bombardment and volcanism, Nature, 499,
59–61, 10.1038/nature12280.
Peel, S.E., Fassett, C.I., 2013. Valleys in Pit Craters on Mars: Characteristics, Distribution, and
Formation Mechanisms, Icarus, 225, 272–282, 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.03.031.
Kite, E.S., Lucas, A., Fassett, C.I., 2013. Pacing Early Mars river activity: Embedded craters in the
Aeolis Dorsa region imply river activity spanned ≳(1-20) Myr, Icarus, 225, 850–865,
10.1016/j.icarus.2013.03.029.
Penido, J.C., Fassett, C.I., Som, S.J., 2012. Scaling Relationships and Concavity of Small Valley
Networks on Mars, Planetary and Space Science, 75, 105–116, 10.1016/j.pss.2012.09.009.
Goudge, T.A., Mustard, J.F., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., 2012. Constraints on the history of open-basin
lakes on Mars from the composition and timing of volcanic resurfacing, Journal of Geophysical
Research: Planets, 117, E00J21, 10.1029/2012JE004115.
Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Baker, D.M.H., Zuber, M.T., Smith, D.E., Neumann, G.A., Solomon, S.C.,
Klimczak, C., Strom, R.G., Chapman, C.R., Prockter, L.M., Phillips, R.J., Oberst, J., Preusker, F.,
2012. Large impact basins on Mercury: Global distribution, characteristics, and modification history
from MESSENGER orbital data, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 117, E00L08,
10.1029/2012JE004154.
Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Kadish, S.J., Mazarico, E., Neumann, G.A, Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T., 2012.
Lunar Impact Basins: Stratigraphy, Sequence and Ages from Superposed Impact Crater Populations
Measured from Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Data, Journal of Geophysical Research:
Planets, 117, E00H06, 10.1029/2011JE003951.
Zuber, M.T., Head, J.W., Smith, D.E., Neumann, G.A., Mazarico, E., Torrence, M.H., Aharonson, O.,
Tye, A.R., Fassett, C.I., Rosenburg, M.A., Melosh, H.J., 2012. Constraints on the volatile
distribution within Shackleton crater at the lunar South Pole, Nature, 486, 378–381,
10.1038/nature11216.
Schon, S.C., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., 2012. An overfilled lacustrine system and progradational delta in
Jezero crater, Mars: Implications for Noachian climate, Planetary and Space Science, 67, 28–45,
10.1016/j.pss.2012.02.003.
Schon, S.C., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., 2012. Recent high-latitude resurfacing by a climate-related
latitude-dependent mantle: Constraining age of emplacement from counts of small craters, Planetary
and Space Science, 69, 49–61, 10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.015.
Dickson, J.L., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., 2012. Patterns of Accumulation and Flow of Ice in the MidLatitudes of Mars During the Late Amazonian, Icarus, 219, 723–732.
Goudge, T.A., Head, J.W., Mustard, J.F., Fassett, C.I., 2012. An analysis of open-basin lake deposits on
Mars: Evidence for the nature of associated lacustrine deposits and post-lacustrine modification
processes, Icarus, 219, 211–229.
Blewett, D.T., Chabot, N.L., Denevi, B.W., Ernst, C.M., Head, J.W., Izenberg, N.R., Murchie, S.L.,
Solomon, S.C., Nittler, L.R., McCoy, T.J., Xiao, Z., Baker, D.M.H., Fassett, C.I., Braden, S.E.,
Oberst, J., Scholten, F., Preusker, F., Hurwitz, D.M., 2011. Hollows on Mercury: MESSENGER
Evidence for Geologically Recent Volatile-Related Activity, Science, 333, 1856–1859,
10.1126/science.1211681.
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Head, J.W., Chapman, C.R., Strom, R.G., Fassett, C.I., Denevi, B.W., Blewett, D.T., Ernst, C.M.,
Watters, T.R., Solomon, S.C., Murchie, S.L., Prockter, L.M., Chabot, N.L., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Whitten,
J.L., Goudge, T.A., Baker, D.M.H., Hurwitz, D.M., Ostrach, L.R., Xiao, Z., Merline, W.J., Kerber, L.,
Dickson, J.L., Oberst, J., Byrne, P., Klimczak, C., Nittler, L.R., 2011. Flood Volcanism in the
Northern High Latitudes of Mercury Revealed by MESSENGER, Science, 333, 1853–1856,
10.1126/science.1211997.
Strom, R.G., Banks, M.E., Chapman, C.R., Fassett, C.I., Forde, J.A., Head, J.W., Merline, W.J., Prockter,
L.M., Solomon, S.C., 2011. Mercury crater statistics from MESSENGER flybys: Implications for
stratigraphy and resurfacing history, Planetary and Space Sciences, 59, 1960–1967.
Baker, D.M.H., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., Kadish, S.J., Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T., Neumann, G.E., 2011.
The Transition from Complex Crater to Peak-ring Basin on the Moon: New Observations from the
Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Instrument, Icarus, 214, 377–393.
Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T., Neumann, G.A., 2011. Thickness of proximal ejecta
from the Orientale Basin from Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data: Implications for multiring basin formation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L17201, 10.1029/2011GL048502.
Fassett, C.I., Kadish, S.J., Head, J.W., Solomon, S.C.,Strom, R.G, 2011. The global population of large
craters on Mercury and comparison with the Moon, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L10202,
10.1029/2011GL047294.
Buhler, P.B., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Lamb, M.P., 2011. Evidence for Paleolakes in Erythraea Fossa,
Mars: Implications for an Ancient Hydrological Cycle, Icarus, 213, 104–115,
10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.004.
Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2011. Sequence and Timing of Conditions on Early Mars, Icarus, 211, 1204–
1214, 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.014.
Basilevsky, A.T., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., Michael, G., 2011. History of Tectonic Deformation in the
Interior Plains of the Caloris Basin, Mercury, Solar System Research, 45, 471–497.
Hurwitz, D.M., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Wilson, L., 2010. Formation of an Eroded Lava Channel within
an Elysium Planitia Impact Crater: Distinguishing Between a Mechanical and Thermal Origin,
Icarus, 210, 626–634, 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.07.024.
Huffman, J., Forsberg, A., Loomis, A., Head, J., Dickson, J., Fassett, C., 2010. Integrating advanced
visualization technology into the planetary Geoscience workflow, Planetary and Space Science, 59,
1273–1279, 10.1016/j.pss.2010.07.015.
Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., Kadish, S.J., Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T., Neumann, G.A., Mazarico, E., 2010.
The Distribution of Large Lunar Craters: Implications for Resurfacing and Impactor Populations,
Science, 329, 1504–1507, 10.1126/science.1195050.
Prockter, L.M., Ernst, C.M., Denevi, B.W., Chapman, C.R., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., Merline, W.J.,
Solomon, S.C., Watters, T.R., Strom, R.G., Cremonese, G., Marchi, S., Massironi, M., 2010.
Evidence for Young Volcanism on Mercury from the Third MESSENGER Flyby, Science, 329, 668–
671, 10.1126/science.1188186.
Fassett, C.I., Dickson, J.L., Head, J.W., Levy, J.S, Marchant, D.R., 2010. Supraglacial and proglacial
valleys on Amazonian Mars, Icarus, 208, 86–100.
Levy, J.S., Head, J.W., Dickson, J.L., Fassett, C.I., Morgan, G.A., Schon, S.C., 2009. Identification of
gully debris flow deposits in Protonilus Mensae, Mars: Characterization of a water-bearing, energetic
gully-forming process, Earth Planet. Sci. Letters, 294, 368–377.
Watters, T.R., Head, J.W., Solomon, S.C., Robinson, M.S., Chapman, C.R., Denevi, B.W., Fassett, C.I.,
Murchie, S.L., Strom, R.G., 2009. The Evolution and Tectonics of the Rembrandt Basin on Mercury,
Science, 324, 618–621.
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Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Blewett, D.T., Chapman, C.R., Dickson, J.L., Murchie, S.L., Solomon, S.C.,
Watters, T.R., 2009. Caloris Impact Basin: Exterior Geomorphology, Stratigraphy, Morphometry,
Radial Sculpture, and Smooth Plains Deposits, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 285, 297–308.
Dickson, J.L., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2009. Amazonian-Aged Fluvial Valley Systems in a Climatic
Micro-environment on Mars: Melting of Ice Deposits on the Interior of Lyot Crater, Geophysical
Research Letters, 36, L08201.
Head, J.W., Murchie, S.L., Prockter, L.M., Solomon, S.C, Chapman, C.R., Strom, R.G, Watters, T.R.,
Blewett, D.T., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Fassett, C.I., Dickson, J.L., Morgan, G.A., Kerber, L., 2009.
Volcanism on Mercury: Evidence from the First MESSENGER Flyby for Extrusive and Explosive
Activity and the Volcanic Origin of Plains, Earth Pl. Sci. Lett., 285, 227–242.
Head, J.W., Murchie, S.L., Prockter, L.M., Solomon, S.C., Strom, R.G., Chapman, C.R., Watters, T.R.,
Blewett, D.T., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Fassett, C.I., Dickson, J.L., Hurwitz, D.M., Ostrach, L.R., 2009.
Evidence for Intrusive Activity on Mercury from the First MESSENGER Flyby, Earth and
Planetary Science Letters, 285, 251–262.
Schon, S.C., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., 2008. Unique Chronostratigraphic Marker in Depositional Fan
Stratigraphy on Mars: Evidence for ~1.25 Ma Old Gully Activity and Surficial Meltwater Origin,
Geology, 37, 207–210.
Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2008. Valley network-fed, open-basin lakes on Mars: Distribution and
implications for Noachian surface and subsurface hydrology, Icarus, 198, 37–56.
Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2008. The Timing of Martian Valley Network Activity: Constraints from
Buffered Crater Counting, Icarus, 195, 61–89.
Ehlmann, B.L., Mustard, J.F., Fassett, C.I., Schon, S.C., Head, J.W., Des Marais, D.J., Grant, J.A.,
Murchie, S.L., and the CRISM team, 2008. Fluvially transported clays and potential for organic
matter preservation on Mars, Jezero Crater Lake, Nature Geoscience, 1, 355–358.
Fassett, C.I., Head, J. W., 2007. Valley formation on Martian volcanoes in the Hesperian: Evidence for
melting of summit snowpack, caldera lake formation, drainage and erosion on Ceraunius Tholus,
Icarus, 189, 118–135.
Mangold, N., Poulet, F., Mustard, J.F., Bibring, J-P., Gondet, B., Langevin, Y., Ansan, V., Masson, P.,
Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Hoffmann, H., Neukum, G., 2007. Mineralogy of the Nili Fossae region
with OMEGA/Mars Express data: 2. Aqueous alteration of the crust, Journal of Geophysical
Research: Planets, 112, E08S04.
Mustard, J.F., Poulet, F., Head, J.W., Mangold, N., Bibring, J-P., Pelkey, S.M., Fassett, C.I., Langevin,
Y., Neukum, G., 2007. Mineralogy of the Nili Fossae region with OMEGA/Mars Express data: 1.
Ancient impact melt in the Isidis Basin and implications for the transition from the Noachian to
Hesperian, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 112, E08S03.
Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2007. Layered mantling deposits in northeast Arabia Terra, Mars: NoachianHesperian sedimentation, erosion, and terrain inversion, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets,
112, E08002.
Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2006. Valleys on Hecates Tholus, Mars: origin by basal melting of summit
snowpack, Planetary and Space Science, 54, 370–378.
Head, J.W., Marchant, D.R., Agnew, M.C., Fassett, C.I., Kreslavsky, M.A., 2006. Extensive valley
glacier deposits in the northern mid-latitudes of Mars: Evidence for Late Amazonian obliquity-driven
climate change, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 241, 663–671.
Forsberg, A., Prabhat, Haley, G., Bragdon, A., Levy, J., Fassett, C.I., Shean, D., Head, J.W., Milkovich,
S., Duchaineau, M., 2006. Adviser: Immersive Field Work for Planetary Geoscientists, IEEE
Computer Graphics and Applications, 26, 46–54.
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Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2005. Fluvial sedimentary deposits on Mars: Ancient deltas in a crater lake in
the Nili Fossae region, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L14201.
Graham, J.A., Fassett, C.I., 2002. Star Formation Associated with the X-Ray Jet in Centaurus A,
Astrophysical Journal, 575, 712–720.
Fassett, C.I., Graham, J.A., 2000. Age, Evolution, and Dispersion of the Loose Groups of Blue Stars in
the North East Radio Lobe of Centaurus A, Astrophysical Journal, 538, 594–607.
Gibson, B.K., Stetson, P.B., Freedman, W.L, Mould, J.R., Kennicutt, Jr., R.C., Huchra, J.P., Sakai, S.,
Graham. J.A., Fassett, C.I., Kelson, D.D., Ferrarese, L., Hughes, S.M.G., Illingworth, G.D., Macri,
L.M., Madore, B.F., Sebo, K.M., Silbermann, N.A., 2000. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic
Distance Scale XXV. A Recalibration of Cepheid Distances to Type Ia Supernovae and the Value of
the Hubble Constant, Astrophysical Journal, 529, 723–744.
Research Grants:
Principal Investigator, Lunar Data Analysis Program, NASA, High resolution topography and radar
observations of lunar craters & cratered surfaces, 2017-2020.
Principal Investigator, Mars Fundamental Research Program, NASA, Impact History and Meteoritic
Contributions to the Martian Upper Crust, 2014-2017 (PI changed to Darby Dyar, 2016).
Principal Investigator, Planetary Mission Data Analysis Program, NASA, Creating and Interpreting
New Stereo Digital Terrain Models of Mercury, 2014-2016 (PI changed to Darby Dyar, 2016).
Co-Investigator, Mars Data Analysis Program, NASA, Measuring the Thickness, Extent, and Age of
Ice-Rich Soils and Mantling Deposits in the Martian High Latitude, 2016-2019.
Co-Investigator, Mars Data Analysis Program, NASA, Impact crater modification in diverse
environments on Mars, 2015-2018.
Co-Investigator, Mars Data Analysis Program, NASA, Revealing the Pre-Noachian Crust of Mars,
2014-2016.
Co-Investigator, Mars Data Analysis Program, NASA, Glacial Ice Contribution to Global Martian
Water Budgets, 2013-2016.
Invited Talks and Colloquia:
2016
2016
2016
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2012
2011
2011
University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics (colloquium)
UC-Santa Cruz, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences (colloquium)
University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (colloquium)
University of Western Ontario, Dept. of Earth Sciences (colloquium)
Deep Springs College (community address)
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Dept. of Geosciences (colloquium)
Purdue University, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science
(colloquium)
Southwest Research Institute (Boulder) (colloquium)
University of Padua (Italy), Dept. of Geoscience (colloquium)
Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences (colloquium)
Williams College, Dept. of Geological Sciences (colloquium)
Smith College, Dept. of Astronomy (lunch talk)
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Dept. of Astronomy (colloquium)
Brown University, Dept. of Geological Sciences (colloquium)
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2009
2008
2008
Pardee Session, Geological Soc. of America Fall Meeting (conference)
UC-Santa Cruz, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences (colloquium)
Univ. of Tennessee, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences (colloquium)
Fellowships, Honors, and Awards:
2015
2014
2013
2010
2007
2004-2007
2003
2002
2001-2002
Certificate, Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Icarus;
Certificate, Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Advances in Space Research
Certificate, Excellence in Reviewing, Icarus;
Certificate, Excellence in Reviewing, Planetary and Space Sciences
American Geophysical Union Editor’s 2012 Citation for Excellence in
Reviewing (for outstanding service to the authors and readers of GRL)
Smithsonian Secretary's Research Prize for the co-authors of Watters et al., 2009,
The Evolution and Tectonics of Rembrandt Basin on Mercury
Stephen E. Dwornik Award, Honorable Mention (38th LPSC)
NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship
Brown University Fellowship
David N. Major ‘81 Prize, Best Student in Geosciences, Williams College
Class of 1960 Scholar, Geosciences and Physics, Williams College
Service, Public Outreach, and Societies:
Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets, 2015-2017.
Editorial Advisory Board: Geology, 2013-2015.
Peer Review: Chance; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Geological Society of London; Geology;
Geomorphology; Geophysical Research Letters; GSA Special Paper; Icarus; Italian Journal of
Geosciences; Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets; Meteoritics and Planetary Science;
Planetary and Space Sciences; Advances in Space Research; Science; Nature. NASA panelist
and external reviewer.
Scientific organizing committee for CraterStats2015 meeting (2015). Co-Convener of Special
Sessions at Fall AGU (2009, 2011);
Public talks: Arunah Hills Natural Science Center (2012), RI Skyscrapers (2007), Astronomical
Society of Southern New England (2006). Docent, Mars in 3-D exhibit at the Rhode Island
Museum of Natural History (2007). Outreach event, US Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville,
AL (2016).
Groups and Societies: Co-president of the GeoClub, Brown Geology Graduate Student Organization
(2004-2005). Member, American Geophysical Union (2000-). Geological Society of America
(2009-). Elected to Sigma Xi (2008).
Technical Skills and Training:
Expertise in the use of geographical information systems (GIS), particularly ArcMap. Extensive
background in data analysis and image processing (GMT, ISIS, GDAL, Ames Stereo Pipeline).
Programming Experience: FORTRAN; Unix shell scripting; Python; MATLAB; Visual Basic; R.
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