Dr. Pamela Clark

Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Code 691
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771

Phone: (301) 286-7457

email: Pamela.Clark@gsfc.nasa.gov

Present Position:
Catholic University, Research Faculty
Research Area Experience:
Development of geochemical instruments, analysis and interpretation of geochemical/geophysical measurements for planetary missions, theoretical modeling.
Education:
1973 - BA, Chemistry, St. Joseph College, W. Hartford, CT
1979 - PhD, Geochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park
Previous Positions:
1993- : Research faculty, Physics, Catholic University

1990-93: Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Albright College;
'The Professor', World of Science
1984-90: Member of technical staff, NASA/JPL

1982-84: Assistant Professor, Geosciences, Murray State University

1980-82: Post-doctoral Resident Research Associate, NASA/JPL

1974-79: Graduate Research Assistant, NASA/GSFC;
Geologist, USGS, Flagstaff
Professional Societies:
American Geophysical Union
American Astronomical Society - Division of Planetary Sciences
IEEE
Honors:
Honors at St. Joseph College

Connecticut State Scholarship

American Chemical Society (ACS) Section Award

NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Research Fellowship,
NASA/JPL (1984); NASA/GSFC (1991, 1992)
Distinguished Alumna Award, St. Joseph College (1985)
Selected Publications:

P.E. Clark, Ed. MERCURY MESSENGER, one to two editions of newsletter per year, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, 1986-present.

P.E. Clark "Counting Down: The last one hundred hours before the launch of the NASA Mission NEAR," OUTLOOK, The Magazine of St. Joseph College, 1996-2, West Hartford, CT

P.E. Clark "The physical properties of the planet Mercury," in THE PHYSICS OF THE PLANETS, R. Runcorn, ed. Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1988, 77-108.

P.E. Clark, M.A. Leake, R.F. Jurgens "Characterization of Mercury's surface with ground-based radar data," in MERCURY, C. Chapman and F. Vilas, ed. University of Arizona Press 1988, 77-100.

P.E. Clark, A. Basu, B.R. Hawke "The relationship between orbital, ground-based and sample data for lunar landing sites," PROC LUN PLAN SCI CONF 20TH, 1990,147-160.

P.E. Clark, B.R. Hawke "The lunar farside: the nature of the highlands east of Smythii," EARTH, MOON, AND PLANETS 1991, 53, 93-107.

P.E. Clark, S. Joerg, R. De Hon "Searching the Sinus Amoris: Using profiles of geological units, impact and volcanic features to characterize a major terrane interface on the Moon," EARTH, MOON, AND PLANETS 1994, 64, 165-185.

P.E. Clark, J. Trombka "X-ray fluorescence experiments for future Mercury orbital missions," PLAN AND SPACE SCI 1997, 45, 1, 57-65.

P.E. Clark "Future exploration of the Moon and Mercury with remote X-ray measurements," ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH 1997, 19, 10, 1539-1549.

P.E. Clark, J. Trombka "Remote X-ray spectrometry for NEAR and future missions: Dealing with solar source variation and data analysis," JGR 1997, 102, E7, 16361-1638
Last Updated:
Thursday, 21 August 2003 at 09:47:28 EST