• PhD, Geological Sciences - 2008 - Arizona State University
• M.S., Geology - 2002 - Arizona State University
• B.S., Earth Sciences –1998 - University of California, Santa Cruz

My research interests are currently focused on two broad subjects: 1) understanding the past and current processes that have shaped planetary surfaces and 2) comparing laboratory, field and remote spectroscopic data to solve various problems in Earth and planetary science. More specifically, the primary goals of my past and current research activities are to understand the role of water in shaping the surface of Mars especially in terms of mineralogy and geomorphology in analog evaporitic environments.

• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2008-present)
• NASA Postdoctoral Fellow

• Mesa Community College, Physical Sciences (2005-2007)
• Adjunct Faculty, (Astronomy, Geology)

• Arizona State University, Department of Geological Sciences (1999-2008)
• Payload Upload/Downlink Lead, Mini-TES and Science Collaborator (2004-2007) Mars Exploration Rover Project
• Graduate Research Associate (2002-2007)
• Graduate Research Assistant (2000-2002)
• Teaching Assistant and Laboratory Instructor (1999-2002)

• University of Nevada, Reno (Summer 2002)
• Research Assistant

• University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Earth Sciences (1997-1998)
• Laboratory Assistant II, Mineral Physics Laboratory

• Discovery Workshop Presenter, Sally Ride Science Festivals, 2003, 2006
• Field Assistant, National Remote Sensing Educator Workshop field trip to Granite Wash Mountains, AZ, 2001, 2005, 2007
• President, ASU Geology Club, 2000-2001
• NASA Group Achievement Awards:
• Mars Exploration Rover 3rd and 4th Extended Mission, 2008
• Mars Exploration Rover 2nd Extended Mission, 2005
• Mars Exploration Rover 1st Extended Mission, 2004
• Mars Odyssey THEMIS, 2005
• Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image of the Day Outreach Website, 2003

• University Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University, 2006
• Graduate Academic Scholarship, Arizona State University 2001
• Dean’s Recognition Award for Research in the Natural Sciences at University of California, Santa Cruz, 1998

1. Baldridge, A. M., S. J. Hook, C. I. Grove, and G. Rivera (in press, corrected proof), The ASTER Spectral Library Version 2.0, Remote Sens Environ.
2. Baldridge, A.M., P.R. Christensen, in review. A laboratory technique for the thermal infrared emission measurement of hydrated minerals. Applied Spectroscopy.
3. Baldridge, A.M., S.J. Hook, J.S. Kargel, G.M. Marion, J.L. Michalski, C.R. de Souza Filho, J.K. Crowley, N.T. Bridges, A.J. Brown, B. Ribeiro da Luz, in review. Using Australian Acidic Saline Playa Lake Deposits to Describe Geochemical Variability on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters.
4. Hulley, G.L., S.J. Hook, A.M. Baldridge, 2008. The ASTER land surface emissivity database of California and Nevada, Geophysical Research Letters, 35,13, L13401.
5. Osterloo, M.M., V. E. Hamilton, J.L. Bandfield, T. D. Glotch, A.M. Baldridge, P. R. Christensen, L.L Tornabene, F. S. Anderson, 2008. Chloride-bearing materials in the southern highlands of Mars, Science, 319, 1651-1654.
6. Baldridge, A.M., M.M. Osterloo, P.R. Christensen, 2007. Thermal Infrared Studies of Chloride Salts; Applications for Mars. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 13, 04.
7. Baldridge, A.M., P.R. Christensen, 2007. Thermal Infrared Studies of Salt Cements; Implications for Mars, LPI Contributions 1353, 3221.
8. Baldridge, A.M., P.R. Christensen, 2006. Detection of the Hydration Phase of Martian Sulfates Using Emission Spectroscopy of Magnesium and Calcium Sulfates, LPI Contributions 1331, 9.
9. Stockstill, K.R., J.E. Moersch, S.W. Ruff, A.M. Baldridge and J.D. Farmer, 2005. Thermal Emission Spectrometer hyperspectral analyses of proposed paleolake basins on Mars: No evidence for in-place carbonates, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E10004.
10. Baldridge, A.M. and W. M. Calvin, 2004. Hydration of the Martian coarse-grained hematite exposures: Implications for their origin and evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, E04S90.
11. Baldridge, A.M., J.D. Farmer and J.E. Moersch, 2004. Mars remote sensing analog studies in Badwater Basin, Death Valley, CA. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, E12006.