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Curriculum Vitae:

Rosaly Lopes
Deputy Section Manager

Education
  • Ph.D.: Planetary Science, University College, University of London, UK (1986)
  • B.Sc. (Hons: Astronomy, University College, University of London, UK (1978)
Research Interests
Use of remote sensing data collected from spacecraft to further develop theoretical models of surface processes, in close collaboration with instrument investigations. Recent research efforts have been directed towards:
  • Analysis of Io's infrared spectra obtained by Galileo's Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) and New Horizons Data and
  • Analysis of geologic features on Titan using the Cassini Radar Mapper, with particular emphasis on cryovolcanic features.
Projects

Cassini-Huygens Icon Cassini-Huygens
The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is currently exploring the ringed planet, its mysterious moons, the stunning rings and its complex magnetic environment.

Professional Experience
  • Deputy Manager, Planetary Science (2011-present)
  • Senior Research Scientist, JPL, Earth and Space Sciences Division (2009-present)
    • Lead Scientist and Group Supervisor, Geophysics and Planetary Geosciences (2005-2011)
    • Investigation Scientist, Cassini Radar Team (2002-present)
    • Co-Investigator on 4 instrument proposals for Europa Jupiter System Mission (2010-present)
    • Co-Investigator, Jupiter System Data Analysis Program (2008-present)
    • Principal Investigator, Cassini Data Analysis Program (2007-present)
    • Co-Investigator on 2 instrument proposals for Europa Jupiter System Mission (IR spectrometer, mass spectrometer, 2010-present))
Community Service
  • Vice-Chair, Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society (2011-2012)
  • Public lectures: Over 150 (U.S., England, Canada, Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Mexico, Morocco, Singapore, Bermuda, Spain).
  • Member, The National Academies Committee on Planetary Protection Standards for Icy Bodies in the Outer Solar System (2010-2012)
  • Member, Senior Research Scientist Council, JPL (elected 2010)
  • Member (elected), AAS Division for Planetary Sciences Committee (2007-2009)
  • Chair, Outer Solar System Task Group, IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (2006-present), Member (2005-2006)
  • Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, Division for Planetary Sciences meeting( 2010).
  • Associate Graduate Faculty, University of Nevada Las Vegas (2009-2010)
  • Member, Advisory Council, The Planetary Society (2007-present)
Selected Awards
  • Wings WorldQuest: Women of Discovery Award, (2009)
  • NASA Exceptional Service Award (2007)
  • Girl Scouts of America WINGS (Women Inspiring Next Generations) Award, (2007)
  • Fellow - American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007)
  • Women at Work Medal of Excellence (2006)
  • Carl Sagan Medal - from the American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences (2005)
  • JPL Exceptional Technical Excellence, Galileo Science Planning and Operations Team (2002)
  • GEMS Woman of the Year in Science and Technology - from GEMS Television, Miami (1997)
  • Latinas in Science Award - From the Comision Feminil Mexicana Nacional (1990)
  • NASA Group Acievement Awards
    • Galileo Gaspra Encounter Team (1993)
    • Project Galileo Team (1996)
    • Galileo Ida Encounter/Dactyl Discovery Team (1995)
    • Galileo Orbital Operations Recovery Team (1997)
    • Galileo Project Team (1998)
    • Galileo Orbital Operations Recovery Team (2000)
    • Galileo Millenium Mission Operations Team (2003)
    • Group Achievement Award, Cassini Flight Team, 2005
    • Group Achievement Award, MER 3rd and 4th Extended Mission Team, 2008
    • Group Achievement Award, Cassini RADAR Team, 2009
    • Group Achievement Award, Cassini Satellite Orbiter Science Team, 2009
    • Group Achievement Award, Cassini Saturn Target Working Team, 2009
    • Group Achievement Award, Cassini Titan Orbiter Science Team, 2009
    • Group Achievement Award, Cassini Saturn Tour Flight Team, 2009
Selected Publications
Books
  • Caroll, M., and R. Lopes (Editors). Alien Seas. Springer Publishing Co., in preparation. Popular-level book about the many "seas" in the solar system, from seas of congealed lava on the Moon to sand seas and methane seas on Saturn's moon Titan. Springer Publishing Co., in preparation.
  • Fagents, S.A., T.K.P. Gregg, and R.M.C. Lopes (Editors). Modeling Volcanic Processes: The Physics and Mathematics of Volcanism. Cambridge University Press, in press. Graduate-level book on physical volcanology.
  • Lopes, R. Volcanoes. OneWorld Publications, Oxford, England. Undergraduate-level book about volcanism on Earth and the solar system (2011).
  • Lopes, R. and M. Carroll: Alien Volcanoes. Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke. John Hopkins University Press. Popular-level book about volcanoes on Earth and in the Solar System (2008).
  • Lopes, R. and J.R. Spencer (Eds): Io After Galileo. Praxis Publishing Company Springer-Verlag ( 2007).
  • Lopes, R. and T.K. Gregg (Eds) Volcanic Worlds: Exploring the Solar System Volcanoes. Praxis Publishing Company, Springer-Verlag, September (2004).
  • Lopes, R. The Volcano Adventure Guide. Cambridge University Press (December 2004).

Papers, Book Chapters, and Encyclopedia Articles (from a list of 97 publications)
  1. Le Gall, A., M.A. Janssen, L.C. Wye, A.G. Hayes, H. Zebker, R.D. Lorenz, J. Radebaugh, J.I. Lunine, R.L. Kirk, R.M.C. Lopes, S. Wall, P. Callahan, T. Farr, E. Stofan, T. Farr and the Cassini Radar Team. Cassini SAR, radiometry, scatterometry and altimetry over Titan's dune fields. Submitted to Icarus (2010).
  2. E.P. Turtle, J.E. Perry, A.G. Hayes, R.D. Lorenz, J.W., Barnes, A.S. McEwen, R.A. West, A.D. Del Genio, J.M. Barbara, E.L. Schaller, T.L. Ray, J.I. Lunine, R.M.C. Lopes, E.R. Stofan. Rapid and extensive surface changes near Titan's equator: Evidence of April showers. Submitted to Science (2010).
  3. Howell, R.R., and R.M.C. Lopes: Morphology, temperature, and eruption dynamics at Pele. Submitted to Icarus (2010).
  4. Williams, D., J. Radebaugh, R. Lopes, E. Stofan. Geologic Mapping of the Menrva Region of Titan using Cassini RADAR data. Icarus, in press (2010).
  5. Wall, S., A. Hayes, C. Bristow, R. Lorenz, E. Stofan, J. Lunine, A. Le Gall, M. Janssen, R. Lopes, L. Wye, L. Soderblom, P. Paillou, O. Aharonson, H. Zebker, T. Farr, G. Mitri, R. Kirk, K. Mitchell, C.Notarnicola, D. Casarano, and B. Ventura . The active shoreline of Ontario Lacus, Titan: a morphological study of the lake and its surroundings. Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 37, L05202, doi:10.1029/2009GL041821 (2010).
  6. Tobie, G., B. Giese, T.A. Hurford, R.M. Lopes, F. Nimmo, R.T. Pappalardo, F. Postberg, K. Retherford, J. Schmidt, J.R. Spencer, T. Tokano, and E.P. Turtle. Surface, subsurface, and atmospheric exchanges. In: "Moons of the Outer Solar System: exchange processes involving the interiors". Edited by O. Grasset. Space Science Reviews, 153:375-410, doi:10.1007/s11214-010-9641-3 (2010).
  7. Prockter, LM., R.M.C. Lopes, B. Giese, R. Jaumann, R. D. Lorenz, R. T. Pappalardo, G.W. Patterson, P.C. Thomas, E.P. Turtle, R.J. Wagne. Characteristics of Icy Surfaces. In: "Moons of the Outer Solar System: exchange processes involving the interiors". Edited by O. Grasset. Space Science Reviews, 153:63-111, doi:10.1007/s11214-010-9649-8 (2010).
  8. Coustenis, A., T. Tokano, M. Blanc, M. H. Burger, T. A. Cassidy, R. M. Lopes, R.D. Lorenz, K. D. Retherford, G. Schubert. Atmospheres/Exospheres Characteristics of Icy Satellites. In: "Moons of the Outer Solar System: exchange processes involving the interiors". Edited by O. Grasset. Space Science Reviews, DOI:10.1007/s11214-009-9615-5 (2010).
  9. Lopes, R.M.C., E.R. Stofan, R. Peckyno, J. Radebaugh, K.L. Mitchell, G. Mitri, C. A. Wood, R.L. Kirk, S.D. Wall, J. I. Lunine , A. Hayes , R. Lorenz, T. Farr, L. Wye, J. Craig, R.J. Ollerenshaw, M. Janssen, A. LeGall, F. Paganelli, R. West, B. Stiles, P. Callahan, Y. Anderson, P. Valora, L. Soderblom, and the Cassini RADAR Team. Distribution and Interplay of Geologic Processes on Titan from Cassini RADAR Data. Icarus, 205, 540-588, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.010 (2010)
  10. Kirk, R.L., E. Howington-Kraus, B.L. Redding, T.L. Becker, E.M. Lee, B.W. Stiles, S. Hensley, A.G. Hayes, R.M.C. Lopes, R.D. Lorenz, K.L. Mitchell, J. Radebaugh, F. Paganelli, L.A. Soderblom, E.R. Stofan, C.A. Wood, S.D. Wall, and the Cassini RADAR Team. High Resolution Topographic Models of Titan's Surface Derived by Radar Stereogrammetry with a Rigorous Sensor Model. Submitted to Icarus. (2010).
  11. Mitri, G., M.T. Bland, A.P. Showman, J. Radebaugh, B. Stiles, R.M.C. Lopes, J. Lunine, and R.T. Pappalardo. Mountains on Titan: Modeling and observations. J. Geophys. Res., Planets, vol. 115, E10002, doi:10.1029/2010JE003592 (2010).
  12. Radebaugh, J., R. D. Lorenz, S. D. Wall, R. L. Kirk, C. A. Wood, J. I. Lunine, E. R. Stofan, R. M. C. Lopes, P. Valora, T. G. Farr, A. G. Hayes, B. Stiles, G. Mitri, H. Zebker, M. Janssen, L. Wye, A. LeGall, K. L. Mitchell and the Cassini Radar Team. Regional geomorphology and history of Titan's Xanadu province. Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus2010.07.022 (2010).
  13. Lopes, R.M.C., Mitchell, K.L., Williams, D.A., and Mitri, G.: Beyond Earth: How extra-terrestrial volcanism has changed our definition of a volcano. In: "What's a volcano? New answers to an old question". Geological Society of America Special Paper 470 (Eds. E. Canon and A. Szakacs). Pp. 11-30 (2010).
  14. Mitchell, K.L., E. Stofan, J. Radebaugh, P. Paillou, A. Hayes, J.I. Lunine, R.D. Lorenz, B.W. Stiles, R.M. Lopes, S.D. Wall, B. Ventura, C. Notarnicola, D. Caserano, G. Mitri, M. Janssen, T.G. Farr, and S.J. Ostro. Titan's north polar lake district: Insights from the Cassini Titan Radar Mapper. Submitted to Icarus (2010).
  15. Wood, C.A., R. Lorenz, R. Kirk, R. Lopes, K. Mitchell, E. Stofan. Impact Craters on Titan. Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.21, 334-344 (2010).
  16. Wall, S.D., R.M. Lopes, E.R. Stofan, C.A. Wood, J. L. Radebaugh, B. W. Stiles, R.M. Nelson, L.W. Kamp, M. A. Janssen, R.L. Lorenz, J.I. Lunine, T.G. Farr, G. Mitri, P. Paillou, F. Paganelli, and K.L. Mitchell . Cassini RADAR Images at Hotei Arcus and Western Xanadu, Titan: Evidence for recent cryovolcanic activity. Geophys. Res. Lett, 36, L04203, doi:1029/2008GL036415 (2009).
  17. Nelson, R.M., Kamp. L.W., Lopes, R.M.C. , Matson, D.L., Kirk, R.L., Hapke, B.W., Wall, S.D., Boryta, M.D., Leader, F.E., Smythe, W.D., Mitchell, K.L., Baines, K.H., Jaumann, R., Sotin, C., Clark, R.N., Cruikshank, D.P., Drossart, P., Lunine, J.I., Combes, M., Bellucci, G., Bibring, J-P., Capaccioni, F., Cerroni, P., Coradini, A., Formisano, V., Filacchione, G., Langevin, Y., McCord, T.B., Mennella, V., Nicholson, P.D., Sicardy, B., Irwin, P.G.J.. Photometric Changes on Saturn's Moon Titan: Evidence for Cryovolcanism. Geophys. Res. Lett, 36, L04202, doi:10.1029/2008GL036206 (2009).
  18. Jaumann, R., Kirk, R., Lorenz, R., Lopes, R., E. Stofan, Uwe Keller, H., Wood, C., Turtle, E., Sotin, C., Soderblom, L.A., and Tomasko, M.: Geology and Surface Processes on Titan. In: Titan after Cassini-Huygens (Eds R. Brown, Michele Dougherty, Larry Esposito, Tom Krimigis, Jean-Pierre Lebreton and Hunter Waite), Springer, pp. 75-140 (2009).
  19. M.A. Janssen, R.D. Lorenz, R. West, F. Paganelli, R. M. Lopes, R.L. Kirk, C. Elachi, S.D. Wall, W.T.K. Johnson, Y. Anderson, R.A. Boehmer, P. Callahan, Y. Gim, L. Roth, B. Stiles, and the Cassini Radar Team. Titan's Surface at 2.2-cm Wavelength Imaged by the Cassini RADAR Radiometer: Calibration and first results. Icarus, 200, 222-239, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.017 (2009).
  20. Coustenis, A., and 156 authors including R.M. Lopes: TandEM: Titan and Enceladus Mission. Experimental Astronomy, Vol. 23, issue 3, pp. 893-946, DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9103-z (2009).
See CV for complete publication list.

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