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Brett W. Denevi | |
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 Brett W. Denevi speaking on the discoveries provided by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft on Thursday, June 16, 2011, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. | |
| Born | 1980 (age 45–46) |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University, University of Hawaiʻi |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Arizona State University, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
Brett W. Denevi (born 1980) is a Planetary Geologist at theJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. She is currently serving as the Deputy Principal Investigator for theLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera.[1] In 2014, Asteroid 9026 was named Denevi in her honor.[2] She is the recipient of sevenNASA group achievement awards and in 2014 she was awarded a NASA Early Career Fellowship. In 2015, she received a Maryland Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist Award.
She obtained her B.A. inGeological Sciences in 2002 fromNorthwestern University, and her Ph.D. in Geology andGeophysics in 2007 from theUniversity of Hawaiʻi.
From 2007 to 2010 she was part ofArizona State University, where she served as the Deputy Instrument Scientist for the Mercury Dual Imaging System on board theMESSENGER spacecraft at Mercury leading the in-flight calibration and co-leading the Geology Discipline Group. Dr. Denevi was also a Participating Scientist on theDawn mission at Vesta investigating pitted terrain and the presence of volatiles.She is a Planetary Geologist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.[1]
In an interview, she described her career as "following the traditional path". She also emphasized the need to "saying yes to the opportunities that you come across".[3]
She has two children.[citation needed]
| 2015 | Maryland Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist |
| 2015 | NASA Group Achievement Award, LRO Extended Science Mission Team |
| 2014 | NASA Early Career Fellowship |
| 2014 | Asteroid 9026 Denevi named in honor |
| 2013 | NASA Group Achievement Award, Dawn Science Team |
| 2013 | NASA R. H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement for Science - Team, LRO Science Mission Team |
| 2011 | NASA Group Achievement Award, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Exploration Mission |
| 2011 | NASA Group Achievement Award, LRO Mission Operations Team |
| 2010 | NASA Group Achievement Award, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Team |
| 2007 | University of Hawaii Watumull Merit Scholarship |
| 2002 | Northwestern University Schlanger Undergraduate Earth Sciences Award |
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