Curriculum
Vitae
Shawn P. Wright
Address/Phone
Shawn Wright
Mars Space Flight Facility
office: (480) 727-8928
fax: (480) 965-1787
email: Shawn.P.Wright@asu.edu
impact_craters@yahoo.com
Publications
S.P. Wright, P.R. Christensen, and T.G. Sharp, Thermal emission spectroscopy of shocked basalt from the Earth and Mars: A review plus new insights, Lun. Plan. Sci. Conf. XXXVII, #1786, 2006.
S.P. Wright, M.A. Vesconi, A. Gustin, K.K. Williams, A.C. Ocampo, and W.A. Cassidy, Revisiting the Campo del Cielo, Argentina crater field: A new data point from a natural laboratory of multiple low velocity, oblique impacts, Lun. Plan. Sci. Conf. XXXVII, #1102, 2006.
Wright, S.P. and M.S. Ramsey, Thermal infrared data analyses of Meteor Crater, Arizona: Implications for Mars spaceborne data from the Thermal Emission Imaging System, J. Geophys. Res., 111(E1), doi:10.1029/2005JE002472, 2006.
Grant, J. A., et al., including S.P. Wright, Crater gradation in Gusev crater and Meridiani Planum, Mars,
J. Geophys. Res., 111(E02S08), doi:10.1029/2005JE002465, 2006.Tornabene, L.L., J.E. Moersch, G. Osinski, P. Lee, and S.P. Wright, Spaceborne visible and thermal infrared lithologic mapping of impact-exposed subsurface lithologies at the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic: Applications to Mars, Met. Plan. Sci., 40, 1835-1858, 2005.
Wright, S.P., W.H. Farrand, D. Rogers, and E. Merιnyi, The nature of the Mars Pathfinder "Black Rock" Lithology: Comparisons with SNC Meteorites and OMEGA spectral images of Chryse Planitia, AGU Fall Meeting, P21B-0145, 2005.
Ramsey, M.S. and S.P. Wright, Mapping stratigraphy from space: Analysis of thermal infrared data of impact crater ejecta on Mars and Earth from the THEMIS and ASTER instruments, AGU Fall Meeting, P24A-07 Invited, 2005.
Wright, S.P., J.L. Bandfield, P.R Christensen, and J.R. Johnson, Removing the shock from the thermal emission spectra of shocked terrestrial and martian basalts, AGU Fall Meeting, P11A-0954, 2004.
Wright, S.P., W.H. Farrand, H.E. Newsom, S. Misra, and V.L. Narasimham, Visible, near-, and thermal infrared spectroscopy of shocked and hydrothermally altered basalt from Lonar Crater, India: Implications for current and future Mars data sets, 2nd Conference on Early Mars, #8067, 2004.
Wright, S.P. and H.E. Newsom, Thermal infrared spectroscopy of basalt from Lonar Crater, India: Implications for the remote sensing of impact craters on Mars., 7th Mars Crater Consortium, #0709, 2004.
Wright, S.P., J.R. Johnson, and P.R. Christensen, Thermal emission spectra of impact glass and shocked Deccan basalt from Lonar Crater, India and implications for remote sensing of Mars, LPSC XXXV, #2072, 2004.
Ashley, J.W. and S.P. Wright, Iron oxidation products in martian ordinary chondrite finds as possible indicators of liquid water exposure at Mars Exploration Rover landing sites, LPSC XXXV, #1750, 2004.
Wright, S.P. and M.S. Ramsey, Thermal infrared
remote sensing of terrestrial impact craters as analogs for Mars, 6th
workshop of the Mars Crater Morphology Consortium,
Wright, S.P., Thermal infrared data analysis of Meteor Crater, Arizona: Implications for Mars spaceborne data from the Thermal Emission Imaging System, Ms. Sc. Thesis, 105 pp., University of Pittsburgh, August 2003.
Wright, S.P. and M.S. Ramsey, End member analyses of spaceborne thermal infrared data of Meteor Crater, Arizona and application to future Mars data sets, Solar System Remote Sensing Symposium, LPI Contribution No. 1129, Sept. 2002 (extended abstract).
Cassidy, W.A. and S.P. Wright, Small impact craters in Argentine loess: A step-up from modeling experiments, Bridging the Gap: Modeling vs. Observations, #8004, 2003.
Wright, S.P. and M.S. Ramsey, Spaceborne thermal infrared data analysis of Meteor Crater, Arizona: Analog for THEMIS data of a small impact crater in Syrtis Major, LPSC XXXIV, #1495, 2003.
Education
Arizona State University (Fall 2003 present)
Department of Geological Sciences
Advisor: Philip R. Christensen
Dissertation Research: Using laboratory instrumental analyses of terrestrial and martian basaltic impactites for insight into
remote thermal infrared data of Mars from rovers and orbiters
Department of Geology and Planetary Science
Degree/Date: M.S. in August 2003
Advisor: Dr. Michael S. Ramsey
Thesis Title: Thermal infrared data analysis of Meteor Crater, Arizona:
Implications for Mars spaceborne data from the
Thermal Emission Imaging System
Sul Ross State University (Fall 1998 Fall 2000)
Department of Earth and Physical Sciences
Degree/Date: B.S. in Geology, Chemistry Minor in December 2000.
Advisor: Dr. James Whitford-Stark
Angelo State University (Fall 1996 Spring 1998)
Department of Physics, Department of Mathematics (A.A. Mathematics)
Advisor: Dr. Mark Sonntag
Employment/Teaching
Experience
Department of
Geological Sciences, Arizona State University (Fall 2003 - present)
Teaching Assistant, Remote Sensing in Geology (Fall 2004)
Hydrogeology (Spring 2004)
Volcanology (Fall 2003)
Subduction Zones (Fall 2003)
Department of Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh
Teaching Assistant for Freshman Planetary Science (Fall 2001 Summer 2003)
Department of Earth and Physical Sciences, Sul Ross State University
Teaching Assistant, Field Geology (Summer 2001)
Laboratory Instructor for Freshman Geology (Fall 2000 Spring 2001)
Laboratory Instructor for Freshman Astronomy (Spring 1999 Spring 2001)
Planetarium Director (Spring 1999 Spring 2001)
Department of Physics, Angelo State University
Planetarium Assistant (Spring 1997 Summer 1998)
Honors/Organizations
Sul Ross State University (Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001)
for the Earth Sciences (1999 present)
Field Experience
Computer Expertice