Professor Martha Gilmore, George I. Seney Professor of Geology and Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Professor Martha Gilmore is a planetary geologist and national expert in mineralogy, geomorphology and remote sensing. She was selected by NASA’s Discovery Program in 2015 to serve on two of the investigation teams exploring Mars and Venus and is on the Executive Committee of NASA’s Venus Exploration Analysis Group.

 

Gilmore, the George I. Seney Professor of Geology and chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, is an expert on terrestrial planets. She studies the morphology and mineralogy of the surfaces of Venus and Mars using data from orbiting and landed spacecraft. She also is on the Executive Committee of NASA’s Venus Exploration Analysis Group which identifies scientific priorities and strategy for exploration of Venus.

 

For more on the subject, read about the Astronomy Department at Wesleyan Celebrating the Centennial of the Van Vleck Observatory.