Charles Wood
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Charles Wood
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[#Charles Wood-Lunar Work Lunar Work]
[#Charles Wood-Where & When Where & When]
[#Charles Wood-Personal Information Personal Information]
[#Charles Wood-Personal Information-Photo Photo]
[#Charles Wood-Personal Information-Birth Birth]
[#Charles Wood-Personal Information-Death Death]
[#Charles Wood-Personal Information-Education Education]
[#Charles Wood-Personal Information-Current Contact Information/Websites Current Contact Information/Websites]
[#Charles Wood-Publications Publications]
[#Charles Wood-Additional Information Additional Information]
Lunar Work
Catalog lunar craters in 1960s.
Discover and describe lunar basins with Bill Hartmann, 1971
Crater depths, diameters and morphologies in 1970s
Lunar popularizer 1990s and beyond
Where & When
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
- 2005- : Executive Director, Center for Educational Technologies, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV 26003
- 2004- : Senior Scientist, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, 85719
- 2001-2003: Director of Education, Columbia University - Biosphere 2, Oracle, AZ, 85623
- 1991-2000: Director, North Dakota Space Grant & NASA EPSCoR Programs, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202
- 1991-1994: Director, Earth System Science Institute, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202
- 1990-2000: Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor and Chair, Dept of Space Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202
- 1985-1989: Chief, Space Shuttle Earth Observations Office NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058
- 1980-1985: Space Scientist, Experimental Planetology Branch NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058
- 1979-1980: Senior Research Associate (Rift Tectonics), National Research Council, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
- 1978-1979: Smithsonian Research Fellow (Volcanology) Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
- 1975-1978: Graduate Research Assistant (Planetary Geology) Department of Geological Science, Brown University, Providence, RI
- 1973-1975: Assistant Professor (Research) Geophysical Observatory, Haile Sellassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 1969-1973: Graduate Research Assistant (Planetary science) Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 8572l
- 1969: Wonderlusting thru Africa, the Near East and Europe
- 1967-1968: Volunteer Teacher, Peace Corps, Kenya
- 1962-1966: Undergraduate Research Assistant (Lunar mapping) Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Personal Information
Photo
Birth
yes
Death
not yet
Education
1965 BS (Astronomy); 1972 MS (Geophysics) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1977 MS (Geology); 1979 PhD (Planetary Geology) Brown University, Providence, RI
Current Contact Information/Websites
Publications
- Book The Modern Moon: A Personal View, Charles A. Wood, Sky Publishing Corp., 2003. ISBN 0-933346-99-9.
- Book Volcanoes of North America - United States and Canada, Charles A. Wood & Jürgen Kienle, Cambridge University Press, 1990.
- Book Astronaut's Guide to Impact Craters, Richard Grieve, Charles A. Wood and others, Lunar & Planetary Institute
- Papers and articles from NASA ADS
Additional Information
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