EDUCATION

M.S., geology, Arizona State University, Tempe. Thesis title: "Radar Observations of Basaltic Lava Flows and Fissure Vents: Craters of the Moon, Idaho." Thesis advisor: Dr. Ronald Greeley.

B.S., geology, University of California, Davis.

Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California.

EXPERIENCE
     CURRENT WORK :: SINCE 1993 I HAVE WORKED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I ON A VARIETY OF NASA RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROJECTS RELATED TO METEORITES AND THE EXPLORATION OF THE MOON AND MARS.

     Academic Support, Planetary Geosciences, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i. (1993-present)  Work in progress: Geochemical mapping of the Moon and Mars using orbital remote sensing data. I work on image processing of Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer data and Lunar Prospector data to map and understand the surfaces and geological evolution of these bodies. Education and public outreach projects to share the value and excitement of planetary science, exploration, and space resource utilization. I work directly on the scientific and technical content, layout and design, graphics, and programming of planetary-science publications and multimedia products distributed on the web and in print. My experience includes developing hands-on science activities, working with a team of local educators to produce a 146-page teacher's guide with activities about the Moon (published by NASA), and instructing at local and national training conferences. Accomplishments include: Making multivariate classification maps of element concentrations for studies of the Moon and Mars. Writing, editing, and designing web sites and interactive, educational software in planetary geosciences for: K-14 curricula, Hawai'i Space Grant Consortium, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, NASA programs and scientists, and the public. I've been an instructor for Hawai'i Space Grant Consortium's summer courses in planetary geosciences for educators, at science symposiums at local K-12 schools, and at community outreach science programs. I serve on the selection committee for Hawai'i Space Grant Consortium's Undergraduate Fellowship Program.

NATIONAL COMMITTEES

• Member (Dec., 2006) Review Panel: NASA Postdoctoral Program.
• Subpanel Chair (August, 2003), NASA Review Panel: Office of Space Science and Office of Education--Minority University and College Education and Research Partnership Initiative in Space Science (MUCERPI-2003).
• Member (Nov., 2000), NASA Review Panel: Office of Space Science Education/Public Outreach.
• Member (Oct., 2000), NASA Review Panel: Office of Space Science Education/Public Outreach.
• Member (June, 2000), NASA Review Panel: Office of Space Science and Office of Equal Opportunity Programs--Minority University Education and Research Partnership Initiative in Space Science.

GRANTS

1996-present:  Co-Investigator. "Sharing Discoveries in Cosmochemistry and Planetary Geosciences on the Internet." PI: Dr. G. Jeffrey Taylor, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii
(NASA, Cosmochemistry Program).

     PREVIOUS WORK

Consultant - Content Reviewer, National Science Teachers Association. Worked on the SciGuides project as a content reviewer of planetary science, online educational resources.

Consultant for Curriculum Development, International Imaging Systems, Milpitas, CA. Wrote and produced a User's Course handbook, instructor notes, and computer demonstrations for a new, image processing software product.

Software Instructor, International Imaging Systems, Milpitas, CA. Developed and taught user's courses on image processing to an international clientele of geologists and engineers. Processed images on VMS and UNIX operating systems. Wrote new tutorials and user's guides; edited and/or rewrote manuals for digital image processing and GIS software. Provided general customer support on site and by phone. Installed and tested software and taught a two-week course in Beijing, China (10/86). Assumed responsibilities of training manager during his absences.

Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Div., Menlo Park, CA. Collected, processed, and helped analyze satellite-telemetric data from water wells near the San Andreas fault for earthquake prediction project. Managed data on Multics, VAX/VMS, and Prime computer systems.

Hydrologic Technician, U.S.G.S, Water Resources Div., Menlo Park, CA. Assisted in monitoring and analyzing water level data in wells near the San Andreas fault.

Physical Science Technician, U.S.G.S., Branch of Alaskan Geology, Menlo Park, CA. Drafted engineering-geologic maps, graphs, and cross-sections.

Research Assistant, Planetary Geology, Department of Geology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Conducted field and radar research of lava flows and volcanic vents in Craters of the Moon lava field, Idaho for earth-analog comparisons for Venus radar analyses. Conducted experiments in the planetary geology wind tunnel to simulate erosional and depositional processes on the surface of Mars.

Intern, NASA Planetary Geology & Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program (PGGURP), Brown University, Providence, RI. Investigated rocks at the Viking Lander 1 site on Mars using VL1 images and digital image processing.

FIELD WORK
Field party member of the 2001-2002 Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program. Since 1976, ANSMET has been recovering meteorite specimens from the East Antarctic Icesheet through grants from the Office of Polar Programs of the U.S. National Science Foundation and an additional recent grant from NASA. Classification, curation, and distribution of Antarctic meteorites are handled by NASA and the Smithsonian Institution.

Field assistant since 1982 for structural geologist, Steve Martel, during summer mapping expeditions to the fractured granite in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.

WEB EXPERTISE: Content, Design, raw html coding, Javascript, Perl
Planetary Science Research Discoveries: on-line educational science journal.
Cosmochemistry Program: of NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology: website of home institution at University of Hawaii.
Hawaii Space Grant Consortium: part of the national program for research and scholarship in science, technology, and math.
Future Flight Hawaii: a K-12 education program of Hawaii Space Grant Consortium bringing space education programs to educators, kids, and families.
Exploring Planets in the Classroom: a K-12 education program of Hawaii Space Grant Consortium with hands-on, classroom activities.
Astronaut Ellison Onizuka Science Day: co-sponsored by Hawaii Space Grant Consortium.
Astronuat Lacy Veach Day of Discovery: co-sponsored by Hawaii Space Grant Consortium.

MULTIMEDIA Educational Software for Hawaii Space Grant Consortium
MoonExplore, Terrestrial Planets, Outer Planets and Moons.

TECHNICAL MANUALS for International Imaging Systems (1985 - 1987)
Wrote these handbooks:
System 575 Digital Image Processing System User's Course Handbook
System 600 Digital Image Processing System/IVAS/BITE User's Course Handbook
System 600 User's Guide tutorial
Edited and/or rewrote these reference manuals:
Database Management Information System, Geographic Data Entry System,
Automated Mapping System, and Geographic Information System.

Linda M. V. Martel -- PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES, ABSTRACTS

Martel, L. M. V. "A Farside Geochemical Window into the Moon" PSRD. April 2008.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/April08/Dewar-Th.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. (2008) Melted Crumbs from Asteroid Vesta. Mercury, v. 37, no. 1, p. 20-23.

Taylor, G. J., Martel, L. M. V., Rogers, A. D., Karunatillake, S., Gasnault, O., and Boynton, W. V. (2008) Chemically and Mineralogically Distinct Regions on Mars Derived from GRS and TES Data (abstract #1757): Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXIX, Houston, Tx.

Martel, L. M. V. "Getting to Know Vesta" PSRD. November 2007.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Nov07/HEDs-Vesta.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Melted Crumbs from Asteroid Vesta" PSRD. September 2007.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Sept07/cosmicSpherules.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Oxidants from Pulverized Minerals" PSRD. June 2007.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June07/H2O2.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Did Martian Meteorites Come From These Sources?" PSRD. January 2007.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Jan07/MarsRayedCraters.html>.

Taylor, G. J., Stopar, J. D., Boynton, W. V., Karunatillake, S., Keller, J. M., Burckner, J. Wanke, H., Dreibus, G., Kerry, K. E., Reedy, R. C. Evans, L. G., Starr, R. D., Martel, L. M. V., Squyres, S. W., Gasnault, O., Maurice, S., d'Uston, C., Englert, P., Dohm, J. M., Baker, V. R., Hamara, D., Janes, D., Sprague, A. L., Kim, K. J., Drake, D. M., McLennan, S. M., and Hahn, B. C. (2006) Variations in K/Th on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 111, E03S06, doi: 10.1029/2006JE002676.

Martel, L. M. V. "LIBS: Remote Chemical Analysis" PSRD. October 2006.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Oct06/libs.html>.

Bottke, W. F. and Martel, L. M. V. "Iron Meteorites as the Not-So-Distant Cousins of Earth" PSRD. July 2006. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/July06/asteroidGatecrashers.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Fossil Meteorite Unearthed From Crater" PSRD. June 2006.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June06/Morokweng.html>.

Taylor, G. J., Martel, L. M. V., and Boynton, W. V. (2006) Mapping Mars Geochemically (abstract #1981): Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXVII, Houston, Tx.

Martel, L. M. V. and Taylor, G. J. "Ion Microprobe" PSRD. February 2006.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Feb06/PSRD-ion_microprobe.html>.

Lawrence, S. J., Taylor, G. J., Lentz, R. C. F., Martel, L. M., Shen, W. -M., Will, P. M., Sims, M. H., Colombano, S., Kortenkamp, D., Damer, B., and Chun, W. (2005) SuperBots on the Lunar Surface: A Habitat Operations and Maintenance System: HOMS (abstract): In Space Resources Roundtable VII: LEAG Conference on Lunar Exploration, LPI Contribution No. 1287, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, p.55.

Lentz, R. C. F., Taylor, G. J., Lawrence, S. J., Martel, L. M., Shen, W. -M., Will, P. M., Sims, M. H., Colombano, S., Kortenkamp, D., Damer, B., and Chun, W. (2005) SuperBots on the Lunar Surface: A Robotic Multi-Use Lunar Explorer: MULE (abstract): In Space Resources Roundtable VII: LEAG Conference on Lunar Exploration, LPI Contribution No. 1287, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, p. 58.

Taylor, G. J., Lentz, R. C. F., Lawrence, S. J., Martel, L. M., Shen, W. -M., Will, P. M., Sims, M. H., Colombano, S., Kortenkamp, D., Damer, B., and Chun, W. (2005) SuperBots on the Lunar Surface: Mini-Mobile Investigation System: MINI-MIS (abstract): In Space Resources Roundtable VII: LEAG Conference on Lunar Exploration, LPI Contribution No. 1287, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, p. 86.

Martel, L. M. V. "Antarctic Guide to Martian Weathering" PSRD. April 2005.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/April05/DryValleysSoils.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Recent Activity on Mars: Fire and Ice" PSRD. January 2005.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Jan05/MarsRecently.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Composition of the Moon's Crust" PSRD. December 2004.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Dec04/LunarCrust.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Lunar Crater Rays Point to a New Lunar Time Scale" PSRD. September 2004.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Sept04/LunarRays.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Meteorite Shower in Park Forest, Illinois" PSRD. August 2004.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Aug04/ParkForest.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "New Mineral Proves an Old Idea about Space Weathering" PSRD. July 2004.
<http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/July04/newMineral.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Tiny Traces of a Big Asteroid Breakup" PSRD. March 2004. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Mar04/fossilMeteorites.html>.

Taylor, G. J. and Martel, L. (2003) Lunar Prospecting: Advances in Space Research, v. 31, no. 11, p. 2403-2412.

Taylor, G. J. and Martel, L. (2003) Sharing Discoveries in Cosmochemistry and Planetary Geosciences: Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin, no. 96, p. 5.

Martel, L. M. V. "Pretty Green Mineral -- Pretty Dry Mars?" PSRD. November 2003. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Nov03/olivine.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Show Me the Carbonates" PSRD. October 2003. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Oct03/carbonatesMars.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Gullied Slopes on Mars" PSRD. August 2003. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Aug03/MartianGullies.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Ancient Floodwaters and Seas on Mars" PSRD. July 2003. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/July03/MartianSea.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "The Moon's Dark, Icy Poles" PSRD. June 2003. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June03/lunarShadows.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Gray Iron Oxide on Mars" PSRD. March 2003. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Mar03/Meridiani.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Bands on Europa" PSRD. November 2002. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Nov02/EuropanBands.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Using Chondrites to Understand the Inside of Asteroid 433 Eros" PSRD. June 2002. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June02/ErosPorosity.html>.

Taylor, G. J. and Martel, L. (2002) Lunar Prospecting (pdf abstract 3052): The Moon Beyond 2002: Next Steps in Lunar Science and Exploration, Taos, NM.

Taylor, G. J. and Martel, L. (2002) Prospecting for Lunar Resources (abstract): 34th Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Scientific Assembly/Second World Space Congress, Houston, TX.

Martel, L. M. V. "Searching Antarctic Ice for Meteorites" PSRD. February 2002. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Feb02/meteoriteSearch.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Meteorites on Ice" PSRD. November 2001. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Nov01/metsOnIce.html>.

Taylor, G. J. and Martel, L. (2001) Prospecting for Lunar and Martian Resources (abstract): Space Resources Utilization Roundtable III, Golden, CO.

Martel, L. M. V. "If Lava Mingled With Ground Ice on Mars" PSRD. June 2001. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June01/lavaIceMars.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Outflow Channels May Make a Case for a Bygone Ocean on Mars" PSRD. June 2001. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June01/MarsChryse.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "The Europa Scene in the Voyager-Galileo Era" PSRD. February 2001. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Feb01/EuropaGeology.html>.

Taylor, G. J. and Martel, L. (2000) Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PSRD): Effective Education and Outreach Website at http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu (abstract no. 1991): Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXI, Houston, TX.

Martel, L. M. V. "The Moon at its Core" PSRD. September 1999. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Sept99/MoonCore.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "For a Cup of Water on Mars" PSRD. September 1998. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Sept98/GusevMars.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Big Mountain, Big Landslide on Jupiter's Moon, Io" PSRD. April 1998. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/April98/io.html>.

Martel, L. M. V. "Damage by Impact: the case at Meteor Crater, Arizona" PSRD. Dec. 1997. <http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Dec97/impactBlast.html>.

Taylor, G. J., Martel, L., and Bays, B. (1997) Exploring the Moon: a Teacher's Guide with Activities for Earth and Space Sciences: NASA EG-1997-10-116-HQ, 146 p. [entire book]  [by chapter] (First edition published in 1994 as EP-306.)

Martel, L. and Taylor, G. J. (1997) Catching the Planetary Vibes On-line in Planetary Science Research Discoveries Web Magazine: Ad Astra, vol. 9, no. 5, p.49.

Taylor, G. J. and Martel, L. (1997) Planetary Scientists Sharing Ideas and Discoveries --On-line at www.psrd.hawaii.edu: Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin, no. 82, p. 11.

Taylor, G. J. and Martel, L. (1997) Planetary Science Research Discoveries: An On-Line Magazine of Ideas and Insights at http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu (abstract): Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXVIII, Houston, TX, p. 1419-1420.

Martel, L., and Taylor, G. J. (1994) Apollo - The Next Generation: Activities to Accompany the Lunar Sample Disk (abstract): Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXV, Houston, TX, p. 835.

Greeley, R., and Martel, L. (1988) Radar Observations of Basaltic Lava Flows, Craters of the Moon, Idaho: International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol. 9, no. 6, p. 1071-1085.

Martel, L., and Greeley, R. (1984) Radar Observations of Fissure-fed Basaltic Lava Flows, Craters of the Moon Lava Field, Idaho (abstract): In Geological Society of America Abs. with Programs, vol. 16, no. 6, p. 585.

Viglienzone, L., and Greeley, R. (1981) Remote sensing of fissure-fed basalt flows and their source areas: Craters of the Moon Volcanic Field, Idaho (abstract): In Reports of Planetary Geology Program 1981, Pasadena, NASA Technical Memorandum 84211, p. 443-445.

Garvin, J. B., Grinspoon, D., Head, J. W., Helfenstein, P., Lucey, P., Mouginis-Mark, P. J., Robinson, E. A., and Viglienzone, L. (1980) Classification and analysis of rocks at the Viking Lander sites (abstract): In Reports of Planetary Geology Program 1979-1980, Tempe, NASA Technical Memorandum 81776, p. 51-53.

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