Projects per year
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, University of Virginia
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Villanueva, G. L., Magee-Sauer, K. & Mumma, M. J., Nov 2013, In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 129, p. 158-168 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, , Jun 10 2011, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 734, 1, L1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ethane in planetary and cometary atmospheres: Transmittance and fluorescence models of the v7 band at 3.3 μm
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Temporal and spatial aspects of gas release during the 2010 apparition of comet 103P/Hartley 2
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The molecular composition of Comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini): Evidence of a peculiar outgassing and a rich chemistry
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