Bio
BioDr. Benjamin Greenhagen is a planetary scientist specializing in thermal emission spectroscopy from planetary surfaces. He is interested in the composition and physical structure of solid surfaces and what those properties can tell us about the formation and evolution of their parent bodies. Dr. Greenhagen is the deputy principal investigator of the Diviner Lunar Radiometer onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and a co-investigator on Lunar Flashlight, a new small satellite mission. His involvement as a co-investigator with the VORTICES node of SSERVI has allowed him to expand his research to cover the Moon, near-Earth objects, and the moons of Mars. He also runs the Simulated Airless Body Emission Laboratory (SABEL), where it is possible to create lunar- and asteroidal-relevant environments at APL. Dr. Greenhagen helps develop remote sensing instrumentation and has been involved in a number of proposals for missions and instruments to study a broad range of planetary bodies in the inner and outer solar systems.
Notable Awards and Leadership
Notable Awards and Leadership| Year(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Year(s) 2014 | Description Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, Strategic Action Team |
| Year(s) 2013 - 2014 | Description Keck Institute for Space Studies, New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping |
| Year(s) 2012 - Present | Description Founding Member, Young Scientists for Planetary Exploration |
| Year(s) 2012 - Present | Description Leadership Council, Next Generation Lunar Scientists and Engineers |
| Year(s) 2012 - 2016 | Description Visiting Fellow, Department of Physics (AOPP), University of Oxford |
| Year(s) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 | Description NASA Group Achievement Award, LRO Diviner |
| Year(s) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 | Description NASA Group Achievement Award, LRO |
| Year(s) 2009 - Present | Description Member, Next Generation Lunar Scientists and Engineers |
| Year(s) 2009 | Description NASA Group Achievement Award, MCS |
