Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
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Noah Petro (NPP)
Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 698 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (301) 614-6498 FAX: (301) 614-6522 Email: Noah.E.Petro@nasa.gov |
CURRENT POSITION:
- NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Research Associate, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Lunar geology, impact cratering, remote sensing, planetary regoliths, education and public outreach
EDUCATION:
- 2001 - BS - Geology Department, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
[Honors Thesis: Analysis of the Lunar Farside Crater Oppenheimer Pyroclastic Deposits Using Clementine Multispectral Data]
- 2003 - ScM - Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI
- 2007 - PhD - Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI. Advisor: Dr. Carlé Pieters
[Dissertation: Provenance of Lunar Regolith Components: Redistribution of Material by Craters From the Heavy Bombardment Period Through the Copernican Era]
PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
| Sept 1998 - April 2000 | Teaching assistant, Bates College, ME | June 1999 - Aug 1999 | Planetary Geology and Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program intern, US Geological Survey, Astrogeology Branch, Flagstaff, AZ | June 2004 - Aug 2004 | Rhode Island Space Grant Fellow, Brown University, RI | Sep 2001 - December 2006 | Teaching Assistant/Research Associate, Brown University, RI | December 2006 - April 2007 | Brown University, Research Staff | April 2007 - Present | NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Research Associate |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Petro, N. E., and C. M. Pieters (2006), The Lunar-wide Effects of Basin Formation on the Lunar Crust. Submitted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
Petro, N. E., and C. M. Pieters (2006), Modeling the provenance of the Apollo 16 regolith, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 111, E09005, doi:10.1029/2005JE002559.
Petro, N. E., and C. M. Pieters (2004), Surviving the heavy bombardment: Ancient material at the surface of South Pole-Aitken Basin, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 109(E6), E06004, doi:06010.01029/02003JE002182.
Gaddis, L. R., M. I. Staid, J. A. Tyburczy, B. R. Hawke, and N. E. Petro (2003), Compositional analyses of lunar pyroclastic deposits, Icarus, 161, 262-280.
Conference Abstracts:
Petro N. E. and Pieters C. M. (2006) The Effects of Basin Formation on the Lunar Geochemical Terranes. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 37, pp. 1868.
Prabhat, Forsberg A., Morgan G., Petro N., Levy J. and Head J. W. (2006) Virtual Field Trip to Mars: Experiences with a Virtual Reality Lab for Undergraduate Students. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 37, 1319.
Petro N. E. and Pieters C. M. (2005) The Lunar-wide Effects of the Formation of Basins on the Megaregolith. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 36, pp. 1209.
Calvin C., Rager A., Balint T., Santiago D., Anderson J., Cassidy T., Chavez-Clemente D., Corbett B. M., Hammerstein H., Hanley T. R., Letcher A., McGowan E. M., McMenamin D. S., Murphy N., Obland M. D., Parker J. S., Perron T., Petro N., Pulupa M., Sschofiled R. and Sizemore H. G. (2005) Endurance: The rewards and challenges of landing a spacecraft on Europa. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 11, 0113.
Petro N. E. and Pieters C. M. (2004) Comparison of the Geologic Setting of the South Pole-Aitken Basin Interior with Apollo 16: Implications for Regolith Components. In Lunar and Planetary Science 35, pp. 1345.
Petro N. E. and Pieters C. M. (2003) How Much Melt Breccia Can be Found in South Pole-Aitken Basin? In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 34, 1427.
Petro N. E. and Pieters C. M. (2002) Reconstructing the Stratigraphy of the Ancient South Pole-Aitken Basin Interior. In The Moon Beyond 2002: Next Steps in Lunar Science and Exploration, p. 47, pp. 47.
Petro N. E. and Pieters C. M. (2002) The Size and Location of the Transient Crater of the South Pole-Aitken Basin. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 32, pp. 1848.
Petro N. E., Gaddis L. R. and Staid M. I. (2001) Analysis of the Oppenheimer Pyroclastic Deposits Using Clementine UVVIS Data. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 31, pp. 1953.
Gaddis L., Staid M. and Petro N. E. (2001) Compositions of Lunar Pyroclastic Deposits. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 32, pp. 1372.
