This is first in the 2022 Monthly Online Presentation Series!
Presented By:
Dr. Timothy Glotch
Department of Geosciences Professor at Stony Brook University
Abstract: This talk will focus on the decade of science discoveries and exploration of the Moon made possible by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). LRO has enabled fundamentally new discoveries about the lunar surface environment and geologic history while providing the necessary high resolution data to begin planning for the return of robotic landers and rovers, and eventually humans to the Moon. This talk will cover some of the major discoveries made using data provided by LRO and look forward to the next generation of robotic landers through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program and human exploration planned as part of the Artemis program. https://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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*Bio: Professor Glotch is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Remote, In Situ, and Synchrotron Studies for Science and Exploration 2 (RISE2) node of NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute. The RISE2 team is composed of over 50 researchers and students utilizing state of the art laboratory, theory, and field techniques to further NASA's science and human exploration goals at the Moon, near Earth asteroids, and the Moons of Mars. In addition to his role as PI of RISE2, Professor Glotch is also a Co-Investigator on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner Lunar Radiometer instrument and, along with Professor Rogers, a Participating Scientist on the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission.
Professor Glotch's research interests include (1) laboratory spectroscopic measurements of minerals, extraterrestrial samples and their analogs under appropriate environmental conditions (i.e, simulated lunar or asteroid environments), (2) micro-Raman and nano-infrared spectroscopy of terrestrial and extraterrestrial samples, (3) development of light scattering models for analysis of planetary regolith, and (4) quantitative remote sensing at infrared wavelengths of the surfaces of Mars, the Moon, and small bodies. More information on the laboratory facilities available in the Center for Planetary Exploration and the research projects that Prof. Glotch and his group are working on can be found here.
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