Reggie L. Hudson Astrochemistry Branch, Code 691 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone in Maryland: (301) 286-6961 Phone in Florida: (727) 864-8457 reggie.hudson@nasa.gov hudsonrl@eckerd.edu

Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Astrochemistry Branch
Professor of Chemistry, Eckerd College (currently on leave)

1978 - Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Tennessee
1974 - A.B., Chemistry and Mathematics, Pfeiffer University (Misenheimer, NC)

Chemistry and physics of cosmic ices (cometary, icy satellite, and interstellar)
Radiation chemistry and photochemistry applied to astrochemical problems
Molecular spectroscopy, especially as applied to free radical structure and reactions

Courses in physical chemistry, astrobiology, and astronomy
Courses in introductory chemistry and in the history and methods of science
Courses in Eckerd College's Honors Program (served as program's first director)

American Chemical Society: Chemical Education, Physical, and History Divisions
Royal Society of Chemistry (U.K.): Education and Faraday Divisions
American Astronomical Society: Division for Planetary Sciences
American Geophysical Union
Sigma Xi (Life Member)

Member of the astrobiology team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Manuscript reviewer for Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics Letters, Molecular Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Education, The Astrophysical Journal, Planetary and Space Science, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Icarus, Astrobiology, Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, and Spectrochemica Acta
Proposal reviewer for NASA programs in planetary geology and geophysics, exobiology, outer planets, astronomy and physics research and analysis, and planetary atmospheres
Presentations at meetings of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, and American Astronomical Society
Presentations at meetings of the Congress of Space Researchers (COSPAR)
Presentations at "Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors" meetings
Presentations at workshops on Kuiper-Belt objects (Paris), solid-state astrochemistry (Holland), outer planets (Boulder), space weathering (San Francisco), and solar-system ices (Maryland)

"Amino Acids from Ion-Irradiated Nitrile-Containing Ices", R. L. Hudson, M. H. Moore, J. P. Dworkin, M. P. Martin, and Z. D. Pozun, 2008, Astrobiology, 8, 771-779

R. L. Hudson, M. E. Palumbo, G. Strazzulla, M. H. Moore, J. Cooper, S. J. Sturmer, S. J., 2008, "Laboratory Studies of the Chemistry of TNO Surface Materials", Chapter in The Solar System Beyond Neptune, University of Arizona Press

"The Radiolysis of SO2 and H2S in Water Ice: Implications for the Icy Jovian Satellites", M. H. Moore, R. L. Hudson, and R. W. Carlson, 2007, Icarus, 189, 409-423.

"Infrared Spectra and Radiation Stability of H₂O₂ Ices Relevant to Europa", R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, 2006, Astrobiology, 6, 483-489

"Astrochemistry Examples in the Classroom", R. L. Hudson, 2006. Journal of Chemical Education, 83, 1611-1615

"Laboratory Evidence for Solid-Phase Protonation of HNCO in Interstellar Ices", R. L. Hudson, R. K. Khanna, and M. H. Moore, 2005, Astrophysical Journal - Supplement Series, 159, 277-281

"Laboratory Experiments on Cometary Materials", L. Colangeli, J. R. Brucato, A. Bar-Nun, R. L. Hudson, and M. H. Moore, 2005, Chapter in Comets II, University of Arizona Press.

"Reactions of Nitriles in Ices Relevant to Titan, Comets, and the Interstellar Medium: Formation of Cyanate Ion, Ketenimines, and Isonitriles", R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, 2004, Icarus 172, 466-478

"Ultraviolet Photolysis and Proton Irradiation of Astrophysical Ice Analogs Containing Hydrogen Cyanide", P. A. Gerakines, M. H. Moore, and R. L. Hudson, 2004, Icarus, 170, 204-213

"Radiation Products in Processed Ices Relevant to Edgeworth-Kuiper-Belt Objects", M. H. Moore, R. L. Hudson, and R. F. Ferrante, 2003, Earth, Moon, and Planets, 92, 291-306

"Solid-Phase Formation of Interstellar Vinyl Alcohol", R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, 2003, Astrophysical Journal, 586, L107-L110

"The N₃ Radical as a Discriminator Between Ion-Irradiated and UV-Photolyzed Astronomical Ices", R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, 2002, Astrophysical Journal, 568, 1095-1099

"Radiation Chemical Alterations in Solar System Ices: An Overview", R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, 2001, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, 106, 33275 - 33284

"The Formation of Cyanate Ion (OCN^-) in Interstellar Ice Analogs", R. L. Hudson, M. H. Moore, and P. A. Gerakines, 2001, Astrophysical Journal, 550, 1140 - 1150.

"Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of the Influence of Temperature and Ultraviolet Photolysis and Ion Irradiation on Cosmic-Type Ices", M. H. Moore, R. L. Hudson, and P. A. Gerakines, 2001, Spectrochimica Acta, 57, 843 - 858

"IR Spectra of Irradiated Cometary Ice Analogues Containing Methanol: A New Assignment, a Reassignment, and a Nonassignment" , R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, 2000, Icarus, 145, 661 - 663

"IR Detection of H₂O₂ at 80 K in Ion-Irradiated Laboratory Ices Relevant to Europa", M. H. Moore and R. L.Hudson, 2000, Icarus, 145, 282 - 288

"Carbonic Acid Production in H₂O:CO₂ Ices. UV Photolysis vs. Proton Bombardment", P. A. Gerakines, M. H. Moore, and R. L.Hudson, 2000, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 357, 793 - 800

"New Experiments and Interpretations Concerning the XCN Band in Interstellar Ice Analogues", R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, 2000, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 357, 787 - 792

"Laboratory Studies of the Formation of Methanol and Other Organic Molecules by H₂O + CO Radiolysis: Relevance to Comets, Icy Satellites, and Interstellar Ices" , R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, 1999, Icarus, 140, 451 - 461

Teaching - Support from the NSF Instrumentation Program and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; numerous internal grants from Eckerd College

Research - Continuous grant support from NASA for research from 1991 to the present; most recent grant support from NASA Astrobiology Program