Astrochemistry Laboratory
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Reggie Hudson
Astrochemistry Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 691 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone in Maryland: (301) 286-9631, Florida: (727) 864-8457 Email: Reggie Hudson |
Current Position
- Visiting Scientist NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Astrochemistry Laboratory
Professor of Chemistry, Eckerd College
Education
1978 - Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Tennessee
1974 - A.B., Chemistry and Mathematics, Pfeiffer University (Misenheimer, NC)
Research Areas:
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
Teaching Areas:
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)
Professional Societies:
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)
Recent Professional Activities:
Member of the astrobiology team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Manuscript reviewer for Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Physics, Journal of Chemical Education, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Icarus, Spectrochemica Acta, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, and the Astrophysical Journal
Proposal reviewer for NASA programs in planetary geology, exobiology, 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), space weathering (San Francisco), and solar-system ices (Maryland)
Grant Support
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
Selected Publications
2006 "Infrared Spectra and Radiation Stability of H2O2 Ices Relevant to Europa", R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, Astrobiology, 6, 483-489.
2006 "Astrochemistry Examples in the Classroom", R. L. Hudson. Journal of Chemical Education, 83, 1611-1615.
2005 "Laboratory Evidence for Solid-Phase Protonation of HNCO in Interstellar Ices", R. L. Hudson, R. K. Khanna, and M. H. Moore, Astrophysical Journal - Supplement Series, 159, 277-281.
2005 "Laboratory Experiments on Cometary Materials", L. Colangeli, J. R. Brucato, A. Bar-Nun, R. L. Hudson, and M. H. Moore, Chapter in Comets II, University of Arizona Press.
2004 "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.
2004 "Ultraviolet Photolysis and Proton Irradiation of Astrophysical Ice Analogs Containing Hydrogen Cyanide", P. A. Gerakines, M. H. Moore, and R. L. Hudson, Icarus, 170, 204-213.
2003 "Radiation Products in Processed Ices Relevant to Edgeworth-Kuiper-Belt Objects", M. H. Moore, R. L. Hudson, and R. F. Ferrante, Earth, Moon, and Planets, 92, 291-306.
2003 "Solid-Phase Formation of Interstellar Vinyl Alcohol", R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, Astrophysical Journal, 586, L107-L110.
2002 "The N3 Radical as a Discriminator Between Ion-Irradiated and UV-Photolyzed Astronomical Ices", R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, Astrophysical Journal, 568, 1095-1099.
2001 "Radiation Chemical Alterations in Solar System Ices: An Overview", R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, 106, 33275 - 33284.
2001 "The Formation of Cyanate Ion (OCN-) in Interstellar Ice Analogs", R. L. Hudson, M. H. Moore, and P. A. Gerakines, Astrophysical Journal, 550, 1140 - 1150.
2001 "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, Spectrochimica Acta, 57, 843 - 858
2000 "IR Spectra of Irradiated Cometary Ice Analogues Containing Methanol: A New Assignment, a Reassignment, and a Nonassignment" , R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, Icarus, 145, 661 - 663
2000 "IR Detection of H2O2 at 80 K in Ion-Irradiated Laboratory Ices Relevant to Europa", M. H. Moore and R. L.Hudson, Icarus, 145, 282 - 288
2000 "Carbonic Acid Production in H2O:CO2 Ices. UV Photolysis vs. Proton Bombardment", P. A. Gerakines, M. H. Moore, and R. L.Hudson, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 357, 793 - 800
2000 "New Experiments and Interpretations Concerning the XCN Band in Interstellar Ice Analogues", R. L. Hudson and M. H. Moore, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 357, 787 - 792
1999 "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, Icarus, 140, 451 - 461
