Biographical Sketch

Gregory A. Neumann

Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Code 920

Cambridge, MA 02139 Greenbelt, MD 20771

email: Gregory.A.Neumann@nasa.gov (301) 614-6026

EDUCATION:

Reed College Mathematics B.A. 1969

Brown University Geophysics M.S. 1991

Brown University Geophysics Ph.D 1993

Thesis: A Geophysical, Mechanical, and Statistical Analysis of

Seafloor Spreading Processes on the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Graduate Advisor: D.W. Forsyth

APPOINTMENTS:

1996-pres. Research Scientist, Dept. Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT.

1996 Lecturer, Geology Dept., Johns Hopkins University.

1993-1996 Associate Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University.

1990-1993 Graduate Research Assistant, Brown University.

1989 Consultant, Computing and Information Services, Brown University.

1982-1989 Geophysical Field Engineer, Brown University.

1979-1982 Engineer-Structural Analysis, Corner and Lada Co., Cranston, RI.

Research Interests:

Tectonics of slow-spreading, mid-ocean ridges

Analysis of laser altimetry and gravity

Crustal structure of planetary basins

Five Publications in Marine Geophysics:

1. Neumann, G.A., and D.W. Forsyth, The paradox of the axial profile: Isostatic compensation along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 17,981-17,910, 1993.

2. Neumann, G.A., D.W. Forsyth, and D.T. Sandwell, Comparison of marine gravity from shipboard and high-density satellite altimetry along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30.5°-35.5°S, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1639-1642, 1993.

3. Michael, P.J., D.W. Forsyth, D.K. Blackman, P.J. Fox, B.B. Hanan, A.J. Harding, K. C. Macdonald, G.A. Neumann, J.A. Orcutt, M. Tolstoy, and C.M. Weiland, Mantle control of a dynamically evolving spreading center, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 121, 451-468, 1994.

4. Neumann, G.A., and D.W. Forsyth, High resolution statistical estimation of seafloor fabric: The morphology of an evolving spreading center, Mar. Geophys. Res. 17, 221-250, 1995.

5. Neumann, G.A., P.J. Michael, and B.B. Hanan, 1996, Temporal variation of crustal emplacement, 33°S Mid-Atlantic Ridge, FARA-IR Mid-Atlantic Ridge Symposium, June19-22, Reykjavik, in J. Conf. Abs. 1, 836-837, Cambridge.

Recent Planetary Publications:
  1. G.A. Neumann, D.E. Smith and M.T. Zuber, Two Mars years of clouds detected by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, J. Geophys. Res. 108(E4), 5023,doi:10.1029/2002JE001849, 2003

  2. G.A. Neumann, J.B. Abshire,O. Aharonson, J.B. Garvin, X. Sun and M.T. Zuber, Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter pulse width measurements and footprint-scale roughness, Geophys. Res. Lett., (in press) May, 2003

  3. Neumann, G.A., M.T. Zuber, D.E. Smith and F.G. Lemoine, The lunar crust: Global structure and signature of major basins, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 16,841-16,863, 1996.
  4. Smith, D.E., M.T. Zuber, G.A. Neumann, and F.G. Lemoine, Topography of the Moon from the Clementine LIDAR, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 1591-1611, 1997.

  5. Lemoine, F.G., D.E. Smith, M. T. Zuber, G.A. Neumann, and D.D. Rowlands, A 70th degree lunar gravity model (GLGM-2) from Clementine and other tracking data, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 16,339-16,359, 1997.

  6. Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T., S.C. Solomon, R.J. Phillips, J.W. Head, J.B. Garvin, W.B. Banerdt, H.V. Frey, D.O. Muhleman, G.H. Pettengill, G.A. Neumann, F.G. Lemoine, J.B. Abshire, O. Aharonson, C.D. Brown, S.A. Hauck, A.B. Ivanov, P.J. McGovern, H.J. Zwally, and T.C. Duxbury, The global topography of Mars and implications for surface evolution, Science, 284, 1495-1503, 1999.

  7. Zuber, M.T., S.C. Solomon, R.J. Phillips, D.E. Smith, G.L.,Tyler, O. Aharonson, G. Balmino, W.B. Banerdt, J.W. Head, F.G. Lemoine, P.J. McGovern, G.A. Neumann, D.D. Rowlands, W.L. Sjogren, Internal structure and early thermal evolution of Mars from Mars Global Surveyor topography and gravity, Science, 287, 1788-1793, 2000.

  8. Zuber, M.T., D.E. Smith, A.F. Cheng, J.B. Garvin, O. Aharonson, T.D. Cole, P.J. Dunn, Y. Guo, F.G. Lemoine, G.A. Neumann, D.D. Rowlands, M.H. Torrence, The shape of 433 Eros from the NEAR-Shoemaker Laser Rangefinder, Science, 289, 2097-2101, 2000.

  9. Rowlands, D.D., D.E. Pavlis, F.G. Lemoine, G.A. Neumann, and S.B. Luthke, The use of laser altimetry in the orbit and attitude determination of Mars Global Surveyor, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1191-1194, 1999.

  10. Neumann, G.A., D.D. Rowlands, F.G. Lemoine, D.E. Smith, M.T. Zuber, The crossover analysis of Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data, JGR, in press, 2001.

 

SHIPBOARD, FIELD, AND PLANETARY INVESTIGATIONS:

2000-01 Altimetry Lead, NEAR-Shoemaker Mission to 433 Eros

1997- Altimetry Leadt, Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, Mars Global Surveyor.

1996 Chief Geophysicist, R/V Knorr KN145L17. Survey and dredging, S. Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

1994 Clementine - Laser Altimeter Investigation, gravity, mapping of lunar crustal thickness.

1990 Shipboard Scientist, R/V Thomas Washington. SeaBeam, gravity, magnetics, and seismic refraction.

1988 Rio Grande Rift, Socorro, N.M. - Magnetic Variation (MV) profile.

1988 Connecticut River Basin, gravity and MV profile.

1987 Narragansett Bay, RI. - MV survey.

1985 Project EMSLAB, Southern Oregon - Magnetotelluric (MT) and MV profile.

1983 Long Valley, California - MT and MV reconnaissance

1982 Iceland Neovolcanic Zone - MT survey.

 

Professional service and awards:

Member, American Geophysical Union, 1982-

Member, 1995-2000; Chair, 1996-1997, AGU Tectonophysics Section Outstanding Student Awards Comittee.

Speaker, Millenium 2000 Program, Port Discovery, Baltimore, 2000.

Mentor, National Space Club Summer Program, 1999.

Mentor, Graduate Studies Summer Research Program, NASA-GSFC, 1996, 2000.

Guest Lecturer, Maryland Space Grant Consortium, 1995, 1997.

Mentor, summer intern, Maryland Space Grant Consortium, 1994.

Reviewer for JGR-Planets, JGR-Solid Earth, Nature, Icarus, Science, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., Geophys. Res. Lett., NASA and NSF panels

Consultant to National Geographic Magazine, 2000

Produced Topographic Globe of Mars sold by Sky and Telescope, 2000.

NASA Group Achievement Award for MOLA Team, 2000.