Carle M. Pieters | |
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| Education | B.A. (1966) in Math Education; B.S. (1971), M.S. (1972), and Ph.D. (1977) in Planetary Science |
| Alma mater | Antioch College,Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Fields | Planetary science |
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| Thesis | Characterization and distribution of lunar mare basalt types using remote sensing techniques (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas B. McCord |
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Carle McGetchin Pieters (born 1943)[citation needed] is an Americanplanetary scientist. Pieters has published more than 150 research articles inpeer-reviewed journals and was co-author of the bookRemote Geochemical Analyses: Elemental and Mineralogical Composition along withPeter Englert. Her general research efforts include planetary exploration and evolution ofplanetary surfaces with an emphasis on remote compositional analyses.[1]
Pieters earned her B.A. fromAntioch College in 1966 in math education. After teaching high school math for one year inMassachusetts, she spent two years teaching science as aPeace Corps Volunteer inMalaysia. Upon her return to the US, she received her B.S. (1971), M.S. (1972) and Ph.D. (1977) from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology inPlanetary Science.[2] Pieters spent three years at NASAJohnson Space Center before becoming a professor atBrown University in 1980 and has remained there ever since. She is thePrincipal Investigator for theMoon Mineralogy Mapper, an imaging spectrometer (0.4-3.0 μm) designed to characterize and map the mineralogy of theMoon at high resolution, an instrument that was sent to the Moon on the IndianChandraayan-1 spacecraft. She is also a co-investigator on NASA'sDawn mission to the asteroidsVesta andCeres. Additionally, she is a sitting member of the NASA Advisory Council's Planetary Protection Subcommittee and a Fellow of both theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science and theAmerican Geophysical Union.[3]
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