Dr. Catherine Johnson
Senior Scientist
Currently resides in Canada
Targets of Interest: Asteroids, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Small Satellites, Venus
Disciplines/Techniques: Tectonics, Volcanism, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Magnetospherics
Missions: MESSENGER, OSIRIS-REx
Dr. Catherine Johnson's research encompasses a variety of geophysical studies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon and Mars. Most of her work focuses on modeling and interpretation of geophysical data sets: global and regional topography, gravity, and magnetic data, and (lunar) seismic data. The common goal of these investigations is to understand the internal structure and the long-term evolution of these bodies.
Active Projects
Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder (LMS)
NASA Lunar Surface Instrument and Technology Payloads Program
External Partners
- Southwest Research Institute
The Lunar Interior Temperature and Materials Suite (LITMS)
NASA Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon
Principal Investigator
Project Team
Geophysical Evolution of the Martian Crust from Magnetic Source Depth Analyses of MAVEN Data
NASA Mars Data Analysis Program
Institutional PI
External Partners
- University of Alabama
Geophysical Characterization of Surface and Near-Surface Structure on Venus with VenSAR
NASA EnVision Mission
Principal Investigator
Project Team
External Partners
- UCSD
