Joshua Cahill

Dr. Joshua Cahill has experience in lunar and terrestrial remote sensing, with a primary focus on applying radiative transfer modeling in analysis of visible/near-infrared spectra to determine crustal composition in the context of Apollo soils and samples. He has contributed to terrestrial studies using a variety of airborne and portable field sensors for hyperspectral (visible, near, and thermal infrared) analyses of many targets. More recent activities include supporting the Mini-RF S-band radar and Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) payloads on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, including observation targeting, calibration, validation, and scientific analysis. Dr. Cahill’s research for this mission has focused on characterizing the physical properties of lunar surface and subsurface geology. He is also a co-investigator on the NASA/APL SSERVI Node VORTICES, studying volatile detection and processes on a variety of airless bodies.