Dr. Eric Palmer

Technology Director and Senior Scientist

Currently resides in Arizona

epalmer@psi.edu

Professional History

Honors and Awards

Targets of Interest: Bennu, DART, Icy Satellites, Moon, Vesta

Disciplines/Techniques: Stereo Photogrammetry

Missions: Cassini, DAWN, Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), Hayabusa2, OSIRIS-REx, Rosetta

Instruments: Geological Image Processing, Imaging Spectrometry

Dr. Eric Palmer is interested in the stability and transport of carbon dioxide on Iapetus, the photolytic generation of carbon dioxide, and the aqueous alteration of the CM chondrites. He is an expert in the application of spectrophotoclinometric technics to the determination of small body topography, shape and surface scattering properties. He has developed navigation software for surface rovers using only a terrain model and the horizon.`