Publications

2023 Papers Featuring NextGen Members (with embedded links)

Babaoğlu C., Topuz G., Okay A. I., Köksal S., Wang J.-M., Toksoy-Köksal F. (2023). Middle Permian basic and acidic volcanism in the Istanbul zone (NW Turkey): evidence for post-variscan extensional magmatism. International Geology Review.

Hamid S. S., O'Rourke J. O., Soderlund K. M. (2023). A Long-lived Lunar Magnetic Field Powered by Convection in the Core and a Basal Magma Ocean. The Planetary Science Journal, 4 (88).

2022 Papers Featuring NextGen Members (with embedded links)

Bijlani S.*, Parker C.*, Singh N. K., Sierra M. A., Foox J., Wang C. C., Mason C. E. and Venkateswaran K. (2022). Genomic Characterization of the Titan-like Cell Producing Naganishia tulchinskyi, the First Novel Eukaryote Isolated from the International Space Station. Journal of Fungi, 8(2). (*co-first author)

Dudley J.-M., Peslier A. P., Hervig R. H. (2022). Shock-Induced H Loss from Pyroxene and Maskelynite in a Martian Meteorite and the Mantle Source δD of Enriched Shergottites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 317 (15), 201–217.

Lund D., He X., Zhang X., and Han D. (2022). Weak Scaling of the Parallel Immersed Finite Element Particle-in-Cell (PIFE-PIC) Framework with Lunar Plasma Charging Simulations. Computational Particle Mechanics.

Parker C., Teixeira M. D. M., Singh N. K., Raja H. A., Cank K. B., Spigolon G., Oberlies N. H., Barker B. M., Stajich J. E., Mason C. E. and Venkateswaran K. (2022). Genomic Characterization of Parengyodontium torokii sp. nov., a Biofilm-Forming Fungus Isolated from Mars 2020 Assembly Facility. Journal of Fungi, 8(1).

Srivastava Y., Basu Sarbadhikari A., Day J. M. D., Yamaguchi A., Takenouchi A. (2022). A changing thermal regime revealed from shallow to deep basalt source melting in the Moon. Nature 13 (7594).

Stadermann A. C., Jolliff B. L., Krawczynski M. J., Hamilton C. W. and Barnes J. J. (2022). Analysis and experimental investigation of Apollo sample 12032,366-18, a chemically evolved basalt from the Moon. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 57: 794-816.

Waller C. D., Cahill J. T. S., Retherford K. D., Hendrix A. R., Allen R. C., Vines S. K., Meyer H. M., and Wirth-Singh, A. A. (2022). Ultraviolet and magnetic perspectives at Reiner Gamma and the implications for solar wind weathering. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9(926018).

Wilbur Z. E., Udry A., McCubbin F. M., Vander Kaaden K. E., Ziegler K., Defelice C., McCoy T. J., Gross J., Turrin B. D., Dygert N. J., McCoy C. (2022). The effects of highly reduced magmatism revealed through aubrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 57: 7, 1387–1420.

2021 Papers Featuring NextGen Members (with embedded links)

Han D., He X., Lund D., and Zhang X. (2021). PIFE-PIC: Parallel Immersed Finite Element Particle-in-Cell for 3-D Kinetic Simulations of Plasma-Material Interactions. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 43(3).

Jawin E. R., and Head J. W. (2021). Patterns of Martian Deglaciation: Assessing the Distribution of Late Amazonian Paraglacial Features in Mid-Latitude Craters. Icarus 355: 114117.

Luchsinger K. M., Chanover N. J., and Stryker P. D. (2021). Water within a permanently shadowed lunar crater: Further LCROSS modeling and analysis. Icarus 354: 114089.

Tai Udovicic C. J., Costello E. S., Ghent R. R., and Edwards C. S. (2021). New constraints on the lunar optical space weathering rate. Geophysical Research Letters 48: e2020GL092198.

Watkins R. N., Ostrach L. N., Valencia S. N., Stadermann A., Bleacher L., Petro N. E., Caswell T., Fagan A., Jawin E., Meyer H., Phillips D., O'Brien H., and Next Generation Lunar Scientists and Engineers Group (2021). The Role of the Next Generation Lunar Scientists and Engineers (NextGen) Group in Lunar Science and Exploration. Bulletin of the AAS 53(2).

Wei X., Zhao J., He X., Hu Z., Du X., and Han D. (2021). Adaptive Kriging Method for Uncertainty Quantification of the Photoelectron Sheath and Dust Levitation on the Lunar Surface. ASME Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification 6(1).

Zhao J., Wei X., Du X, He X., and Han D. (2021). Photoelectron Sheath and Plasma Charging on the Lunar Surface: Semianalytic Solutions and Fully-Kinetic Particle-in-Cell Simulations. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 49(10).

2020 Papers Featuring NextGen Members (with embedded links)

Bickel V. T. and Kring D. A. (2020). Lunar south pole boulders and boulder tracks: Implications for crew and rover traverses. Icarus 348: 113850.

Bickel V. T., Aaron J., Manconi A., Leow S., and Mall U. (2020). Impacts drive lunar rockfalls over billions of years. Nature Communications 11: 2862.

Gawronska A. J., Barrett N., Boazman S. J., Gilmour C. M., Halim S. H., Harish, McCanaan K., Satyakumar A. V., Shah J., Meyer H. M., and Kring D. A. (2020). Geological Context and Potential EVA Targets at the Lunar South Pole. Advances in Space Research 66(6): 1247-1264.

Jawin E. R., Walsh K. J., Barnouin O. S., McCoy T. J., Ballouz R.-L., Susorney H., et al. (2020). Global patterns of mass movement on Bennu. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 125: e2020JE006475.

Johnson P. A., Johnson J. C., Zirnov S., Witiw R., Zhou G., and Mardon A. A. (2020). On the In Situ Utilization of Sulfur-Based Concrete on the Lunar Surface. The Pacific Journal of Science and Technology 21: 2.

Johnson P. A., Johnson J. C., Witiw R., Mardon A. A. (2020). Mirrors for Harnessing Solar Energy on the Moon. The Pacific Journal of Science and Technology 21: 1.

Meyer H. M., Denevi B. W., Robinson M. S., Boyd A. K. (2020). The Global Distribution of Lunar Light Plains From the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 125: e2019JE006073.

Tolometti G. D., Neish C. D., Osinski G. R., Hughes S. S., and Nawotniak S. K. (2020). Interpretations of lava flow properties from radar remote sensing data. Planetary and Space Science 190: 104991.

2019 Papers Featuring NextGen Members (with embedded links)

Bickel, V. T., Honniball, C. I., Martinez, S. N., Rogaski, A., Sargeant, H. M., Bell, S. K., et al. (2019). Analysis of lunar boulder tracks: Implications for trafficability of pyroclastic deposits. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124: 1296–1314.

Elder C. M., Douglass B., Ghent R. R., Hayne P. O., Williams J.-P., Bandfield J. L., and Costello E. (2019). The Subsurface Coherent Rock Content of the Moon as Revealed by Cold-Spot Craters. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124: 3373–3384.

Jawin, E. R., Valencia, S. N., Watkins, R. N., Crowell, J. M., Neal, C. R., and Schmidt, G. (2019). Lunar science for landed missions workshop findings report. Earth and Space Science 6: 2–40.

Mercer, C. M., Hodges, K. V., Jolliff, B. L., van Soest, M. C., Wartho, J. and Weirich, J. R. (2019). Exploring the variability of argon loss in Apollo 17 impact melt rock 77135 using high‐spatial resolution 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54: 721–739.

Prem, P., Goldstein, D. B., Varghese, P. L., and Trafton, L. M. (2019). Coupled DSMC–Monte Carlo radiative transfer modeling of gas dynamics in a transient impact-generated lunar atmosphere. Icarus 326: 88–104.

Valencia S. N., Jolliff B. L., and Korotev R.L. (2019). Petrography, relationships, and petrogenesis of the gabbroic lithologies in Northwest Africa 773 Clan Members NWA 773, 2727, 3160, 3170, 7007, and 10656. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 54: 2083–2115.

2018 Papers Featuring NextGen Members (with embedded links)

Allender, E.J., Orgel, C., Almeida, N.V., Cook, J., Ende, J.J., Kamps, O., Mazrouei, S., Slezak, T.J., Soini, A-J., and Kring, D.A., (2018). Traverses for the ISECG-GER Design Reference Mission for Humans on the Lunar Surface. Advances in Space Research 63(1): 692–727.

Bickel, V. T., Lanaras, C., Manconi, A., Loew, S., and Mall, U. (2018). Automated Detection of Lunar Rockfalls Using a Convolutional Neural Network. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 57(6): 3501–3511.

Dhingra D. (2018). The New Moon: Major Advances in Lunar Science enabled by Compositional Remote Sensing from Recent Missions. Geosciences 8(12): 498.

Han D., Wang J., and He X. (2018). Immersed Finite Element Particle-in-Cell Simulations of Plasma Charging at the Lunar Terminator. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 55(6).

Hendrix, D. A., Port, S. T., Hurowitz, J. A., and Schoonen, M. A. (2018). Measurement of OH* Generation by Pulverized Minerals Using Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy and Implications for the Reactivity of Planetary Regolith. GeoHealth 2: 28–42

Jaret, S. J., Hemming, S. R., Rasbury, E. T., Thompson, L. M., Glotch, T. D., Ramezani, J., and Spray, J. G. (2018). Context matters – Ar-Ar results from in and around the Manicouagan Impact Structure, Canada: Implications for martian meteorite chronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 501: 78–89

Lemelin, M., Lucey, P.G., Miljkovic, K., Gaddis, L.R., Hare, T., and Ohtake, M. (2018). The compositions of the lunar crust and upper mantle: Spectral analysis of the inner rings of lunar impact basins. Planetary and Space Science 165: 230–243.

Perera V., Jackson A. P., Elkins‐Tanton L. T., and Asphaug E. (2018). Effect of reimpacting debris on the solidification of the lunar magma ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 123(5), 1168–1191.

Prem, P., Goldstein, D. B., Varghese, P. L., and Trafton, L. M. (2018). The influence of surface roughness on volatile transport on the Moon. Icarus 299: 31–45.

Stadermann, A.C., Zanetti, M.R., Jolliff, B.L., Hiesinger, H., van der Bogert, and C.H., Hamilton, C.W. (2018). The age of lunar mare basalts south of the Aristarchus Plateau and effects of secondary craters formed by the Aristarchus event. Icarus 309: 45–60.

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