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Evolution: From the Fossil Record to Genomic Revolution

Charles R. Marshall

Probing the Origin of the Planets from Spacecraft

Maria T. Zuber: June 9, 2001; Running Time: 1:12:37

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Evolution: From the Fossil Record to Genomic Revolution

Probing the Origin of the Planets from Spacecraft

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Location: Kresge Auditorium

About the Speakers

Charles R. Marshall

Professor of Geology and Biology Curator, Invertebrate Paleontology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Maria T. Zuber

E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics
Head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT

Maria Zuber studies the structure and evolution of planets and has been an innovator in the application of spacecraft laser ranging and radio tracking systems to map the topography and gravity fields of the planets. Zuber has led or co-led spacecraft instrument investigations to the Moon and Mars, and she is involved in future missions to Mars, Mercury, and the asteroids Ceres and Vesta. The topographic map of Mars produced by her laser altimeter on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft is the most accurate topography model for any planet, including Earth.

Zuber received her B.A. in Astrophysics (honors) and Geology, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1980, her Sc.M. in Geophysics in 1983, and her Ph.D. in Geophysics in 1986, both from Brown University. She is a fellow of the AAAS and the Geological Society of America.

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