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Roger N. Clark
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Dr. Roger Clark earned his Ph.D. in Planetary Science from
MIT in 1980. Roger's expertise is identifying
and mapping minerals on the Earth, other planets
and their satellites using imaging spectroscopy. He develops
laboratory, telescopic and spacecraft spectrometers
and imaging spectrometers. He has published over 200 scientific papers,
including papers on every planet in the Solar System. His research includes
discoveries of the compositions of planetary and satellite surfaces, and
mapping the locations of minerals on the Earth and planets.
He also publishes on environmental issues on the Earth, such as ecosystems
in Yellowstone, and led the USGS environmental assessment of the World
Trade Center Disaster.
Roger is a science flight team member on the Cassini mission to Saturn, Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) http://wwwvims.lpl.arizona.edu, and a Co-Investigator for the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) http://tes.asu.edu. Team on the Mars Global Surveyor, which has been orbiting Mars since 1997 (lost, Nov. 2006). Roger is also a Co-Investigator on the Moon Mineral Mapper (M3) http://m3.jpl.nasa.gov , on the Indian Chandrayaan-1 mission scheduled for launch in summer 2008, and a participating scientist on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) team.
Dr. Clark currently serves on the National Academy of Sciences, Space Studies Board, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX).
As an "amateur" astronomer, Roger has been an avid deep-sky observer, sketching hundreds of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. He has researched the human eye and how the eye and brain functions in low light conditions. That research led to a book, Visual Astronomy of the Deep Sky, published in 1990 (Sky Publishing and Cambridge University Press), which advanced amateur astronomer's knowledge of how best to observe the the night sky with a telescope.
Roger's work involves scientific imaging of the Earth and planets. He applies technical knowledge from his science to photography as an art form. Roger captures the beauty of the Earth and the night sky with photography and through drawings of celestial wonders. His photography ranges from 35mm through large format (4x5 and 8x10 cameras), and the new field of digital. He mainly photographs landscapes, wildlife, and the night sky. Roger's images have appeared in scientific publications, popular articles, books, magazines, and newsletters. His images have won national and international photo competitions and are on display in fine art galleries.
Roger's 4x5 camera is pictured to the right.
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Scientific Publications (202 publications, January 8, 2008)
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Last updated June 16, 2007