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Karen Magee-Sauer

  • 2517 Citations
  • 29 h-Index
1985 …2019
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Personal profile

Research interests

Research Expertise:
Cometary atmospheres | Infrared spectroscopy | Physics education

I also am the Principal Investigator for the PhysTEC comprehensive site award to Rowan University. The goals of Rowan’s PhysTEC work is to recruit, retain, and train future high school physics teachers. As Dean, I continue my work leading the PhysTEC grant and also am committed to evidence-based instruction in math and science.

Prior to becoming the Dean, my research field in planetary sciences was supported by the National Science Foundation’s Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) program and NASA’s Planetary Astronomy program for 13 years. I collaborated with scientists at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. This collaboration involved the composition and behavior of comets by observing the infrared emission of cometary molecules. The telescopes for these investigations were the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility and the W.M. Keck telescope, both atop of Mauna Kea (14,000 ft) on the Big Island of Hawaii. 

Honors and Awards: 
Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award, 2007
PhysTEC, Comprehensive Site Award: Recruiting and Training of High School Physics Teachers

Member of: 
American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Science, International Astronomical Union, American Association of Physics Teachers

Education/Academic qualification

Master of Science, Master

Doctor of Philosophy, doctorate

Bachelor of Science, Bachelor

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Projects 2015 2019

PhysTEC Comprehensive Site at Rowan University

Magee-Sauer, K.

PhysTEC Coalition

9/1/15 → 3/31/19

Project: Research project

Research Output 1985 2013

  • 2517 Citations
  • 29 h-Index
  • 48 Article
  • 1 Conference contribution
  • 1 Review article
11 Citations (Scopus)

Modeling of nitrogen compounds in cometary atmospheres: Fluorescence models of ammonia (NH3), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), hydrogen isocyanide (HNC) and cyanoacetylene (HC3N)

Villanueva, G. L., Magee-Sauer, K. & Mumma, M. J., Nov 1 2013, In : Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 129, p. 158-168 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

cometary atmospheres
cyanoacetylene
Hydrogen Cyanide
Nitrogen Compounds
nitrogen compounds
74 Citations (Scopus)

EPOXI: Comet 103P/Hartley 2 observations from a worldwide campaign

Meech, K. J., A'Hearn, M. F., Adams, J. A., Bacci, P., Bai, J., Barrera, L., Battelino, M., Bauer, J. M., Becklin, E., Bhatt, B., Biver, N., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Bodewits, D., Böhnhardt, H., Boissier, J., Bonev, B. P., Borghini, W., Brucato, J. R., Bryssinck, E., Buie, M. W. & 177 others, Canovas, H., Castellano, D., Charnley, S. B., Chen, W. P., Chiang, P., Choi, Y. J., Christian, D. J., Chuang, Y. L., Cochran, A. L., Colom, P., Combi, M. R., Coulson, I. M., Crovisier, J., Dello Russo, N., Dennerl, K., DeWahl, K., DiSanti, M. A., Facchini, M., Farnham, T. L., Fernández, Y., Florén, H. G., Frisk, U., Fujiyoshi, T., Furusho, R., Fuse, T., Galli, G., García-Hernández, D. A., Gersch, A., Getu, Z., Gibb, E. L., Gillon, M., Guido, E., Guillermo, R. A., Hadamcik, E., Hainaut, O., Hammel, H. B., Harker, D. E., Harmon, J. K., Harris, W. M., Hartogh, P., Hashimoto, M., Ḧausler, B., Herter, T., Hjalmarson, A., Holland, S. T., Honda, M., Hosseini, S., Howell, E. S., Howes, N., Hsieh, H. H., Hsiao, H. Y., Hutsemékers, D., Immler, S. M., Jackson, W. M., Jeffers, S. V., Jehin, E., Jones, T. J., De Juan Ovelar, M., Kaluna, H. M., Karlsson, T., Kawakita, H., Keane, J. V., Keller, L. D., Kelley, M. S., Kinoshita, D., Kiselev, N. N., Kleyna, J., Knight, M. M., Kobayashi, H., Kobulnicky, H. A., Kolokolova, L., Kreiny, M., Kuan, Y. J., Küppers, M., Lacruz, J. M., Landsman, W. B., Lara, L. M., Lecacheux, A., Levasseur-Regourd, A. C., Li, B., Licandro, J., Ligustri, R., Lin, Z. Y., Lippi, M., Lis, D. C., Lisse, C. M., Lovell, A. J., Lowry, S. C., Lu, H., Lundin, S., Magee-Sauer, K., Magain, P., Manfroid, J., Mazzotta Epifani, E., McKay, A., Melita, M. D., Mikuz, H., Milam, S. N., Milani, G., Min, M., Moreno, R., Mueller, B. E. A., Mumma, M. J., Nicolini, M., Nolan, M. C., Nordh, H. L., Nowajewski, P. B., Team, O., Ootsubo, T., Paganini, L., Perrella, C., Pittichová, J., Prosperi, E., Radeva, Y. L., Reach, W. T., Remijan, A. J., Rengel, M., Riesen, T. E., Rodenhuis, M., Rodríguez, D. P., Russell, R. W., Sahu, D. K., Samarasinha, N. H., Sánchez Caso, A., Sandqvist, A., Sarid, G., Sato, M., Schleicher, D. G., Schwieterman, E. W., Sen, A. K., Shenoy, D., Shi, J. C., Shinnaka, Y., Skvarc, J., Snodgrass, C., Sitko, M. L., Sonnett, S., Sosseini, S., Sostero, G., Sugita, S., Swinyard, B. M., Szutowicz, S., Takato, N., Tanga, P., Taylor, P. A., Tozzi, G. P., Trabatti, R., Trigo-Rodríguez, J. M., Tubiana, C., De Val-Borro, M., Vacca, W., Vandenbussche, B., Vaubaillion, J., Velichko, F. P., Velichko, S. F., Vervack, R. J., Vidal-Nunez, M. J., Villanueva, G. L., Vinante, C., Vincent, J. B., Wang, M., Wasserman, L. H., Watanabe, J., Weaver, H. A., Weissman, P. R., Wolk, S., Wooden, D. H., Woodward, C. E., Yamaguchi, M., Yamashita, T., Yanamandra-Fischer, P. A., Yang, B., Yao, J. S., Yeomans, D. K., Zenn, T., Zhao, H. & Ziffer, J. E., Jun 10 2011, In : Astrophysical Journal Letters. 734, 1, L1.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

comets
comet
nitrogen isotopes
comet nuclei
carbon isotopes
40 Citations (Scopus)

Ethane in planetary and cometary atmospheres: Transmittance and fluorescence models of the v7 band at 3.3 μm

Villanueva, G. L., Mumma, M. J. & Magee-Sauer, K., Sep 7 2011, In : Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets. 116, 8, E08012.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

cometary atmospheres
ethane
planetary atmospheres
Ethane
transmittance
50 Citations (Scopus)

Temporal and spatial aspects of gas release during the 2010 apparition of comet 103P/Hartley 2

Mumma, M. J., Bonev, B. P., Villanueva, G. L., Paganini, L., Disanti, M. A., Gibb, E. L., Keane, J. V., Meech, K. J., Blake, G. A., Ellis, R. S., Lippi, M., Boehnhardt, H. & Magee-Sauer, K., Jun 10 2011, In : Astrophysical Journal Letters. 734, 1 PART 2, L7.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

comets
comet
mixing ratio
nuclei
cyanogen
45 Citations (Scopus)

The molecular composition of Comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini): Evidence of a peculiar outgassing and a rich chemistry

Villanueva, G. L., Mumma, M. J., DiSanti, M. A., Bonev, B. P., Gibb, E. L., Magee-Sauer, K., Blake, G. A. & Salyk, C., Nov 1 2011, In : Icarus. 216, 1, p. 227-240 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

outgassing
hemispheres
comets
comet
chemistry