Targets of Interest: Europa, Moon, Asteroids, Iapetus, Titan, Vesta, Mercury
Disciplines/Techniques: Reflectance Spectroscopy, Ftir Spectroscopy, NIR Spectroscopy, Vis Spectroscopy, Laboratory Measurements, Remote Sensing, 3D Printing, Spectroscopy (Radio, Infrared, Visible, Ultra-Violet), GIS
Missions: LRO, Europa Clipper, TREX
Facilities: Psi Spectroscopy Lab, University Of Arizona Spectroscopy Lab
I conduct research from with Reflectance Spectroscopy from the ultraviolet to thermal infrared of rocks, minerals, and man made materials. Recent studies have included meteorites, ultraviolet spectroscopy of common solar system minerals, and spacecraft materials.
Active Projects
Extended Mission Support for the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT-Ext)
NASA Earth Ventures-Instrument Program
Project Team
External Partners
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Laboratory Support Services for Building, Operation and Training of a Vacuum Spectroscopy Facility
UA
Institutional PI
External Partners
- University of Arizona
Testing Alternative Hypotheses to Olivine on Vesta with Multiple Data from the Dawn Mission: Implications on its Internal Structure, Origin and Evo...
NASA Discovery Data Analysis Program
Principal Investigator
Project Team
External Partners
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
