Lucy McFadden

About Lucy McFadden

Emerita scientist, Planetary Systems Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center worked on robotic space missions related to the study of asteroids and comets in the Solar System. Co-Investigator, NASA\'s Dawn mission. 2017 chair of the Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society. March 2010- May 2013, Chief for Higher Education and University Programs, Goddard Space Flight Center responsible for Center\'s internship program (http://intern.nasa.gov) for undergraduate and graduate students. Liaison between scientists and engineers working with students through the Office of Education\'s programs. The portfolio included the NASA Postdoctoral Program (http://npp.usra.edu). Managed and directed research programs in the Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, focusing on the physical and chemical properties of asteroids and comets in the Solar System for 16 years, working with students and post-doctoral scientists interpreting data returned from robotic spacecraft and Earth orbiting telescopes with the goal of determining the nature of the early Solar System and how it evolved into its present state. Member of the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission science team, Co-Investigator of NASA\'s Deep Impact, EPOXI and Dawn missions. Developed materials for teachers and informal educators with a team of education specialists, using themes of NASA\'s space research to engage students and the public in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Past-editor of The Encyclopedia of the Solar System with colleagues Paul Weissman and Torrence Johnson, its second edition published in 2007 by Elsevier/Academic Press. Specialties: Leadership and mentoring in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math disciplines. Design of scientific experiments Design of educational material for K-12 grades Program development Editing scientific literature Image processing Interpretation of spectral reflectance and photometric data

Experience

1. Scientist, Emerita

   Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center

   Jan 2017 — Present

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Master of Science (MS), Earth and Planetary Sciences

  1974 — 1977

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Master of Science - MS, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences

  1974 — 1977

• Hampshire College

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Natural Sciences: Astronomy and Geology

  1970 — 1974

• Concord Academy

  High School Diploma

  1967 — 1970

• University of Hawaii at Manoa

  PhD, Geology & Geophysics

  1978 — 1983