E-mail: lbleamas at psi
dot edu
Ph.D., Geology. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (2003), Dissertation: "The Ix-Chel,
Kuanja, Vir-ava Chasmata System, Venus: Geologic History, Crustal Structure,
and Magma Production & Transport," 154 pp. (Faculty Advisor: Vicki L.
Hansen).
Remote Sensing Curriculum, University of Texas at
Dallas, Richardson, TX (00-02)
Field Geology (G429), Indiana University, Mead Field Station, MT (1999)
B.S., Geosciences, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX (1998)
Douglas MacArthur High School, San Antonio, TX (1988)
Aug 2005 -- Research
Scientist, Planetary Science Institute (Tucson, AZ)
2003 - 2005 Post-doctoral
Research Scientist, Planetary Science Institute (Research advisors: David A.
Crown and Bruce Betts)
2002 - 2003 Graduate Research Assistant,
Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University
1998 - 2002 Graduate
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist
University
1997 NASA
Planetary Geology and Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program summer intern,
US Geological Survey (Flagstaff, AZ)
1996 - 1998 Laboratory
Assistant, Department of Geosciences, Trinity University
1996 - 1998 Alamo Area
Aquatics Association age group swimming coach (San Antonio, TX)
1994 - 1996 US Navy
Reserve
1988 - 1994 US Navy
(Navy SEAL, Little Creek, VA 90-94)
Research Interests:
á
Planetary geology,
structural geology, tectonics, remote sensing, science education
á
Use of spacecraft and
airborne remote sensing data for geologic analyses of planetary surface
features and processes
á
Geologic mapping of Mars
and Venus
á
Numerical heat flow
modeling, rheological studies
Grants,
current:
2005 Principal Investigator-NASA Planetary
Geology and Geophysics: "Volcano-Tectonism of Helen Planitia, Venus."
2004 Principal Investigator-NASA
Mars Data Analysis Program: "Arabia Terra Dichotomy Boundary: Structurally
Controlled Dissection and Modification."
2004 Co-Principal
Investigator--NSF Major Research Instrumentation: "Acquisition of
Equipment for an Interdisciplinary Research Center at the Planetary Science
Institute." (PI-Steve Kortenkamp, PSI)
2004 Co-Investigator-NASA Mars
Data Analysis Program: "Pseudokarst on Mars: The Evolution of the
Hephaestus Fossae and Hebrus Vallis Systems." (PI-Mary Bourke, PSI)
2004 Co-Investigator--NASA
Planetary Geology and Geophysics E/PO supplement: "Mapping Planetary
Surfaces (MAPS)." (PI-David Crown, PSI)
2005 Collaborator-NASA Mars Data
Analysis Program: Hydrogeologic significance of the association of chasmata,
chaotic terrains and surface flow landforms." (PI-Alexis Rodriguez, PSI)
2004 Collaborator-NASA Mars Data
Analysis Program: "Investigations of Ice-driven degradation styles on
Mars." (PI-David Crown, PSI)
Pending:
2006
Principal
Investigator-NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics: "Geologic Mapping
Along the Arabia Terra Dichotomy Boundary: Mawrth Vallis and Nili Fossae, Mars"
(Submitted May, 2005)
2006
Collaborator-NASA
Planetary Geology and Geophysics: "Geology of the Southern Utopia
Highland-Lowland Boundary, Mars" (Submitted May, 2005; PI-James Skinner,
USGS)
2006
Collaborator-NASA
Planetary Geology and Geophysics: "Geologic Mapping of Reull Vallis and SE
Hesperia Planum, Mars" (Submitted May, 2005; PI-David Crown, PSI)
2004
Certificate of Achievement, NASA/JPL
2001-2002
NASA Texas Space Grant Consortium Fellow
99-00 & 01-02 Richards-Goodell Award for
Excellence in Graduate Teaching, Southern Methodist University
1999 Thomas E. Williams Award for Excellence in Field
Research, Southern Methodist University
1998 Department of Geosciences' Outstanding Senior Award,
Trinity University
1998 Tinker Family Scholarship for Geology, Trinity
University
1996 & 1997 Edwin E. Eckert Scholarship for
Geology, Trinity University
Professional
activities:
2005 -- Review Panel - Mars Odyssey Participating
Scientist
2005 -- Mars Crater Consortium
2004 -- Geologic Mapping Sub-committee of Cartography
and Geologic Mapping Working Group, NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics
Program
2001 --
Scientific Reviewer (Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets; Icarus;
International Journal of Remote Sensing; US Geological Survey)
2002 - 2003
Southern Methodist University Graduate Student Assembly President
2001 - 2002
Southern Methodist University Graduate Student Assembly Rep.
Membership in
Professional Societies:
2004 -- Member, Geological Society of America
2002 -- Member, Sigma Xi Science Research Honor
Society
1999 -- Member, American Geophysical Union
1998 - 2000 Member, Association of American Petroleum
Geologists
1998 -- Member, The Planetary Society
1997 -- Member, Sigma Gamma Epsilon Geological Honor
Society
Invited Lectures:
2006
"Martian Hillside Gullies: Morphologies. Distributions! And Multiple Working
Hypotheses?" University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN
2004
"Evolution of Circum-Hellas Valles Systems, Mars." Southwest Research
Institute's Planets Seminar, San Antonio, TX
2003 "PSI's E/PO Infancy, What's
Next?" PSI Seminar, Tucson, AZ
2003 "Exploring Space, Using
Geo-Logic." Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
2003 "Geology in Space."
SERTOMA (Service To Man) of Dallas, Dallas, TX
2003 "Venus, A structural
volcanologist's dream, a glaciologist's nightmare." Guilford College,
Greensboro, NC
2001 "Venus -- That Other
Terrestrial Planet." Trinity University Geosciences Department, San
Antonio, TX