Carle M. Pieters | |
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| Education | B.A. (1966) in Math Education; B.S. (1971), M.S. (1972), and Ph.D. (1977) in Planetary Science |
| Alma mater | Antioch College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Planetary science |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Characterization and distribution of lunar mare basalt types using remote sensing techniques (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas B. McCord |
| Doctoral students | |
Carle McGetchin Pieters (born 1943) is an American planetary scientist. Pieters has published more than 150 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and was co-author of the book Remote Geochemical Analyses: Elemental and Mineralogical Composition along with Peter Englert. Her general research efforts include planetary exploration and evolution of planetary surfaces with an emphasis on remote compositional analyses.[1]
Career
Pieters earned her B.A. from Antioch College in 1966 in math education. After teaching high school math for one year in Massachusetts, she spent two years teaching science as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Malaysia. Upon her return to the US, she received her B.S. (1971), M.S. (1972) and Ph.D. (1977) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Planetary Science.[2] Pieters spent three years at NASA Johnson Space Center before becoming a professor at Brown University in 1980 and has remained there ever since. She is the Principal Investigator for the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, an imaging spectrometer (0.4-3.0 µm) designed to characterize and map the mineralogy of the Moon at high resolution, an instrument that was sent to the Moon on the Indian Chandraayan-1 spacecraft. She is also a co-investigator on NASA's Dawn mission to the asteroids Vesta and Ceres. Additionally, she is a sitting member of the NASA Advisory Council's Planetary Protection Subcommittee and a Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Geophysical Union.[3]
Awards and honors
- Asteroid 3713 Pieters
- Awarded the 2015 Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal for lifetime dedication and impact to the planetary science research community, awarded by NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI)
- Awarded the 2010 GK Gilbert Award, the highest award given by the Geological Society of America's Division for Planetary Sciences[4]
- Awarded the Kuiper Prize in 2004, the most distinguished award given by the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences[5]
- Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2007[6]
- Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2001
- Elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020. [7]
References
- ↑ "Geology Dept Faculty: Carle Pieters". Brown University. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ↑ Pieters, Carle (1977). Characterization and distribution of lunar mare basalt types using remote sensing techniques (Ph.D. thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. OCLC 1303275346. ProQuest 302871743.
- ↑ "NAC Science Committee Member Biographies". NASA.
- ↑ "2010 GK Gilbert Award". Geological Society of America. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ↑ "2004 DPS prize recipients". Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ↑ "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows 2007". Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ↑ "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 30 September 2020.