Dr. Matthew Perry
Research Scientist
Currently resides in Colorado
Targets of Interest: Mars, Moon
Disciplines/Techniques: Geophysics, Subsurface Radar, Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing And Algorithm Design
Missions: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Instruments: Shallow Radar (Sharad)
Facilities: Colorado Shallow Radar Processing System (Co-Sharps)
Matthew R. Perry is a Research Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. His research involves the interpretation of subsurface radar sounding data specifically as it pertains to the presence of near-surface water ice deposits. He is also involved in numerous NASA-funded research projects aimed at developing high-resolution 3D radargrams from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Shallow Radar (SHARAD) and Mars Express Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) observations. He is a Co-Investigator on MRO SHARAD and serves as the System Manager for the Colorado SHARAD Processing System, which is primarily responsible for processing and delivering SHARAD data to the SHARAD Science Team. CO-SHARPS also provides parameterized processing for end-users around the world. He also serves as the System Manager for the MARSTHERM web-application.
Active Projects
3D subsurface imaging and analysis of the Martian polar regions with MARSIS data (MARSIS 3D)
NASA Mars Data Analysis Program
Institutional PI
Project Team
SWIM 4 MIM: Advance prospecting for the Mars Ice Mapper Mission (SWIM4)
NASA Mars Exploration Program
Project Team
External Partners
- NASA GSFC
- USGS Flagstaff
Planetary Orbital Radar Processing and Simulation System (PORPASS)
NASA Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools Program
Principal Investigator
Project Team
External Partners
- Colorado School of Mines
- Smithsonian Institution
- US Naval Observatory
