Isaac Smith

2023-Pres Associate Professor: York University, Toronto, Canada Lassonde School of Engineering, Earth and Space Science and Engineering
Canada Research Chair
PI on several Canadian Space Agency and NSERC grants.
Co-I on two NASA selected ROSES grants
2023 – pres Senior Scientist: Planetary Science Institute, Lakewood, Colorado
2018 – 2023 Assistant Professor: York University, Toronto, Canada
2017 – 2023 Research Scientist: Planetary Science Institute, Denver, Colorado
PI on two NASA selected ROSES grants
Co-Investigator on SHARAD instrument of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
2016 – 2017 Postdoctoral Researcher: Planetary Science Institute, Lakewood, Colorado
System Scientist for the US SHARAD team’s radar processing center
2014 – 2016 Postdoctoral Researcher: Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Co
Conducted research on sedimentary systems on Mars
2013 – 2014 J. William Fulbright Doctoral Fellow: Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Modeled atmosphere-surface interactions at Mars’ polar ice caps
2010 – 2013 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow: University of Texas at Austin
Combined observations from multiple instruments and simulations
Created process model to understand surface evolution of Mars’ polar caps
2008 – 2010 Graduate Research Assistant: University of Texas, Austin, TX
2007 – 2012 Technician: Paleomagnetics Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin, TX