Summary
Alfred McEwen is a professor of planetary geology at the University of Arizona. McEwen is a member of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory where he directs the director of the Planetary Image Research Laboratory. He is a member of the imaging science team on the Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn, co-investigator on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbit Camera team, and principal investigator of the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.[1]
Alfred McEwen | |
|---|---|
| Education | Ph.D |
| Alma mater | Arizona State University |
| Known for | HiRISE |
| Awards | Whipple Award, G. K. Gilbert Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Planetary Geology |
| Institutions | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory |
| Doctoral students | |
| Website | www |
He earned a Ph.D. in Planetary Geology in 1988 from Arizona State University.[1]
McEwen participated in the Mars Odyssey, Mars Global Surveyor, and Galileo science teams.[1]
In 2015, McEwen received the Whipple Award for his work on HiRISE.[2] In 2019, he received the G. K. Gilbert Award.[3]
Bibliography edit
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- McEwen, Alfred S. (May 2013). "Mars in motion". Planetary Science. Scientific American. 308 (5): 44–51. Bibcode:2013SciAm.308e..58M. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0513-58. PMID 23627221. Retrieved 2016-02-09.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Biography". University of Arizona, Lunar Planetary Laboratory.
- ^ "2015 Whipple Award Winner". LPL.
- ^ "2019 G. K. Gilbert Award: Presented to Alfred McEwen". GSA Awards. Geological Society of America. 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
- ^ Scientific American often changes the title of a print article when it is published online. This article is titled "The Long and Arduous Quest to Find Flowing Water on Mars May Be Over" online.