Dr. Amara Graps
Senior Scientist
Currently resides in Latvia
Targets of Interest: Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf Planets, Enceladus, Icy Satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Io, Io Torus, Jupiter, Meteorites, Moon, Planetary Rings, Saturn, Small Satellites, Solar Particles, Solar Wind, Uranus, Vesta
Disciplines/Techniques: Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-Based Observing, Magnetospherics, Numerical Modeling, Photometry, Remote Sensing, Shape Modeling, Space-Based Observing, Volcanism
Missions: Cassini, DAWN, Galileo, Iras, New Horizons, Rosetta, Ulysses, Voyager
Instruments: Cameras, Dust Counters
Facilities: IRTF, Palomar
Dr. Amara Graps' current research focuses on Saturn’s magnetosphere, asteroid surface regoliths, and comet dust electrostatic fragmentation. She is also studying the origin of Earth's water. She is engaged in education and public outreach, developing materials for teaching young children about climate. She is also building a Wavelet Library for Astronomers.
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External Partners
- Columbia U.
- UC Boulder
- U. Winnipeg
- CMU
- GSFC
- USRA
- DLR
- Illinois U.
- JSC
