Biography:Amanda Hendrix

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Short description: American planetary scientist
Amanda R. Hendrix
AmandaHendrix CassiniPSG.jpg
Born (1968-05-21) May 21, 1968 (age 55)
CitizenshipUS
Alma materCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
University of Colorado, Boulder
Known forultraviolet spectroscopy
AwardsJPL Lew Allen Award for Excellence, 2006
Scientific career
Fieldsplanetary science, solar system astronomy
InstitutionsPlanetary Science Institute
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado
Doctoral advisorCharles A. Barth

Amanda R. Hendrix (May 21, 1968) is an American planetary scientist known for her pioneering studies of solar system bodies at ultraviolet wavelengths.[1][2] She is a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. Her research interests include moon and asteroid surface composition, space weathering effects and radiation products.[3] She is a co-investigator on the Cassini UVIS instrument,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] was a co-investigator on the Galileo UVS instrument, is a Participating Scientist on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LAMP instrument[12] and is a Principal Investigator[13] on Hubble Space Telescope observing programs. As of 2019, she is also the co-lead of the NASA Roadmaps to Oceans World Group.[14]

Before moving to PSI, Hendrix worked for 12 years at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Comets, Asteroids and Satellites Group. She was the Deputy Project Scientist[15] for the Cassini–Huygens mission (2010-2012).

Hendrix was a NASA astronaut candidate finalist in 2000.[16]

She received a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Awards and honors

Hendrix was awarded the Lew Allen Award for Excellence in 2006.[17] Asteroid 6813 Amandahendrix was named in her honor.[18] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 (M.P.C. 111797).[19]

Media and Outreach

While at JPL, Hendrix wrote several blog posts on Cassini results[20] and participated in Cassini Scientist for a Day on several occasions.[21][22][23][24] Hendrix gave a Von Karman lecture (Enceladus: The newest wrinkle from Saturn's tiger-striped moon)[25] in Pasadena in 2008 and the Kepler lecture (Lunar Exploration: From the Apollo Era to the Future) at Mt. San Antonio College in 2013.[26] She has appeared on several episodes of the History Channel's The Universe[27] and the Discovery Channel's How the Universe Works. She spoke at the Griffith Observatory's Cassini Program in 2009[28] and has written for the Planetary Report[29]

Hendrix has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses at Cal Poly, Pomona, Mt. San Antonio College and University of Colorado Boulder.

References

  1. ↑ Niebur, Susan (April 2011). "Amanda Hendrix, Cassini/Huygens DPS". https://womeninplanetaryscience.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/amanda-hendrix-cassinihuygens-dps/. 
  2. ↑ "Google Scholar". https://scholar.google.com/scholar. 
  3. ↑ "Exploration Stories: Favorite Historical Moments". http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/history/stories.cfm. 
  4. ↑ "Cassini Team Members". http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/team. 
  5. ↑ "Signs of Europa Plumes Remain Elusive in Search of Cassini Data". http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4417. 
  6. ↑ "NASA - Cassini Prepares to Fly by Walnut-Shaped Moon" (in en). http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/media/cassini20070905.html. 
  7. ↑ "Spacecraft zips over Saturn's geyser-spurting moon". http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-32452320080312. 
  8. ↑ "Passing Saturn's geyser-spouting moon - Science - Specials - smh.com.au". 13 March 2008. http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/saturns-geyserspouting-moon/2008/03/13/1205126080947.html. 
  9. ↑ Chang, Kenneth (2008-03-13). "Cassini Gets a Cool Shower From an Ice-Spewing Moon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/science/space/13plumew.html. 
  10. ↑ "Cassini Nears Strange Saturn Moon". http://www.africaspeaks.com/reasoning/index.php?topic=2002.0;wap2. 
  11. ↑ "Jupiter Moon Europa's Giant Geysers Are Missing". http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jupiter-moon-europa-s-giant-geysers-are-missing/?amp. 
  12. ↑ "LAMP Educational Site". http://www.boulder.swri.edu/lamp/ProjectTeam.html. 
  13. ↑ "Hubble Cycle 22 Proposal Selection". https://blogs.stsci.edu/newsletter/files/2015/02/NL-TAC-2014c.pdf. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  14. ↑ NASA Ocean Worlds mission: NASA's space program to search for alien life. Tom Fish, UK Express. 5 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "Saturn and its Largest Moon Reflect Their True Colors". http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=3495. 
  16. ↑ "NASA - Third Interview Group Begins Astronaut Selection Process" (in en). http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/1999_2001/j99-47.html. 
  17. ↑ "Science and Technology: The Lew Allen Award for Excellence Recipients". http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/community/awardsachievements/laAward/pastrecepients/. 
  18. ↑ "6813 Amandahendrix (1978 VV9)". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=6813. Retrieved 17 October 2018. 
  19. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 17 October 2018. 
  20. ↑ "JPL Blogs". http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/blog/author/amanda-hendrix/. 
  21. ↑ "Cassini Scientist for a Day 2014". http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientistforaday13thedition/. 
  22. ↑ "Scientist for a Day - 11th Edition". http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientistforaday11thedition/. 
  23. ↑ "Scientist for a Day - 10th Edition". http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientistforaday10thedition/. 
  24. ↑ Universe Odyssey (2014-02-08), Cassini Scientist for a Day 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIrG9j7-35w, retrieved 2016-01-21 
  25. ↑ Universe Odyssey (2014-01-01), Enceladus: The Newest Wrinkle from Saturn's Tiger-Striped Moon, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA502WNm6xI, retrieved 2016-01-21 
  26. ↑ "Mt. San Antonio College | 2013 Kepler Lecture & Scholarship Awards Ceremony". http://www.mtsac.edu/foundation/kepler.html. 
  27. ↑ "Amanda Hendrix". https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3603574/. 
  28. ↑ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2010-01-06), Cassini's Roadmap to Saturn: An Evening with the Scientists (Lecture), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPKy_hRE5rA, retrieved 2016-01-21 
  29. ↑ "Amanda Hendrix". http://www.planetary.org/connect/our-experts/profiles/amanda-hendrix.html. 



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