+ G'day!
Welcome to my
website. I am a planetary scientist
working at the SETI
Institute and NASA
Ames Research Center in
Mountain View, California. My fields of research
include Mars, astrobiology and remote sensing spectroscopy. On this
website you'll
find an introduction to my research,
including my
community
products, as well as my research
papers and
projects.
My current research
focuses on the analysis of
data from the Mars instrument "CRISM"
which is onboard the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter (Mister
Oh). My CRISM releated research
page is here.
Here is a Wordle map showing the frequency of usage of
words in the abstrats of my first 10 scientific papers.
For the CRISM
project, I am helping choose targets
and
analysing data from the North
and South
Poles of Mars. I am working with
other researchers to
study seasonal changes in the surface and atmosphere in the
polar regions of Mars. The poles are the most dynamic regions on Mars
and
they may hold the history of past
water on
Mars.
On the community
page, you'll find datasets I've
generated that may be useful to other members of the planetary science
community.
On the education
and Outreach side, I am the
coordinator of the SETI
Institute Seminar series - a
weekly science
talk from cutting edge researchers in the Northern California region.
I also help teach
an online planetary science
course at the Astronomy
Department of Swinburne University
in Melbourne, Australia.
I am involved in
the running of the Australian Space Prize, which is an annual prize for
undergraduates who have completed an Honours thesis related to space in
science or engineering. The winner each year travels to a NASA Center
in the United States to take part in a 10-week summer program. More
details can be found here.
My scientific work
involves
understanding the way
light
interacts with solid surfaces. I'm interested in furthering our
understanding of all aspects of the way electromagnetic waves interact
with particulate surfaces (like snow or soils).
I completed my PhD
studies at the Australian Centre for
Astrobiology.
If you are interested in my PhD research on hyperspectral mapping of
ancient hydrothermal systems in the Pilbara region of Western
Australia, you will find the web site, and many linked resources, here.
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CRISM
latest
results
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The Compact
Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM)
opened its cover in
September of 2006 and has been taking images ever since. Check out the
latest
images here!
New
CRISM
polar data!
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I prepared
seasonal mosaics for the 2006 Mars southern polar recession, you can
find them here.
Pilbara
related research
•
To visit my old
website, detailing my investigation of ancient hydrothermal systems in
the Pilbara region of Western Australia, click here.
Looking
for
something?
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If you are
looking for a download of one of my papers please have a look here.
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If you are
interested in my PhD
research on hyperspectral mapping of ancient hydrothermal systems in
Western Australia, you will find it here.
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