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Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory

Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory

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Paul D. Lowman Jr.

Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 698

Greenbelt, MD 20771

Phone: (301) 614-6453

FAX: (301) 614-6522

Email: Paul.D.Lowman@nasa.gov

CURRENT POSITION

    Geophysicist, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory

RESEARCH AREAS

    Lunar geology, comparative planetology, global tectonics, remote sensing, petrology

EDUCATION

    1953 - BS (Geology) Rutgers University
    1963 - PhD (Geology) University of Colorado
      [Thesis: Geology of the Pine Creek Area, Gilpin County, Colorado]

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

    1953-1955 U.S. Army, 1/Lt, CO, 664TH Ordnance Company
    1956-1959 Consulting geologist, Boulder, Colorado
    1959-1962 Geologist,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    1963-1964 Staff Scientist, NASA Headquarters
    1964-1970 Geologist,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    1970-1970 Visiting professor, University of California (Sabbatical)
    1970-1989 Geophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    1989-1991 Exploration Program Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    1991-2004 Geophysicist, Geodynamics Branch,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    2004-present Geophysicist, Solar System Exploration Division,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    2004 Lowman, P.D.,Jr., LSPECS: A proposed robotic astronomy mission to the lunar south polar regions, Proceedings, International Lunar Conference 2003, V. 108, Science and Technology Series, American Astronautical Society,p.71-75.

    2004 Lowman, P.D.,Jr., Field trip to the Moon, The Science Teacher, 71,26-32.

    2003 Lowman,P.D.,Jr. , Life in the Universe, The Science Teacher, 70,40-45.

    2002 Lowman,P.D.,Jr., Exploring Space, Exploring Earth, Cambridge University Press, 362 p.

    1999 Lowman,P.D.,Jr., Yates, J., Masuoka, P., Montgomery,B.,O'Leary, J., and Salisbury, D., A digital tectonic activity map of the Earth, Journal of Geoscience Education, 47, 430-437.

    1997 Lowman, P.D.,Jr. Extraterrestrial impact craters, Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 100, 55-81.

    1992 Lowman,P.D.,Jr. The Sudbury Structure as a terrestrial mare basin, Reviews of Geophysics, 30, 227-243, 1992.

    1991 Lowman,P.D.,Jr. Original shape of the Sudbury Structure, Canada: A study with airborne imaging radar, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 17,152-161

    1989 Lowman,P.D.,Jr., Comparative planetology and the origin of continental crust, Precambrian Research, 44, 171-195.

    1969 Lowman,P.D.,Jr., Lunar Panorama: A Photographic Guide to the Geology of the Moon, WELTFLUGBILD Reinhold A. Muller, Zurich, 172 p.

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