PTYS/LPL Faculty
Virginia Gulick (she/her)
Ph.D., 1993, The University of Arizona
Years with LPL: 2021 to present
Astrobiology, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Surfaces, Mars surface processes, Geomorphology, Fluvial and Hydrothermal studies, Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic studies, Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Raman spectroscopy, Automated science analysis, Crowdsourcing and Citizen science
Current Spacecraft Involvement
Magellan, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Reconnaissance OrbiterMRO HiRISE Co-I, Fluvial and Hydrothermal Sciences Themes lead
Former Spacecraft Involvement
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Landing Site Selection Steering Group Member (NASA-appointed)
Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Landing Site Selection Steering Group Member (NASA-appointed)
Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Landing Site Selection Workshop Organizer and Website (Marsoweb) Science lead
Mars Surveyor Landing Site Selection Steering Group member (NASA-appointed)
Mars Surveyor Landing Site Selection Workshop Organizer and Website (Marsoweb) Science lead
Magellan Radar Investigation Group - Venus
Current Graduate Students
Student Collaborations/Advising
Other Current Graduate Students:
- Dalia Flor Rueda Portillo (HAS); M.S. research advisor
- Lin Ji (HAS; PhD committee member)
- Current Undergraduate Students:
- Reed Spurling (AE; PTYS minor)
Complete publications list available from: NASA ADS Author search: Virginia C. Gulick
Recent refereed publications (NASA ADS): Years 2019 through June 2024
Johnsen, Timothy K. and Virginia C. Gulick 2024, Single and Multi-Mineral Classification using Dual-Band Raman Spectroscopy for Planetary Surface Missions. American Mineralogist.
Hargitai HI and VC Gulick. 2022. The Channels East of Olympus Mons, Mars. Journal of Maps, pgs.1-5.
Hinman, Nancy W., Hofmann, Michael H., Warren-Rhodes, Kimberly, Phillips, Michael S., Noffke, Nora, Cabrol, Nathalie A., Chong Diaz, Guillermo, Demergasso, Cecilia, Tebes-Cayo, Cinthya, Cabestrero, Oscar, Bishop, Janice L., Gulick, Virginia C., Summers, David, Sobron, Pablo, McInenly, Michael, Moersch, Jeffrey, Rodriguez, Constanza, Sarazzin, Philippe, Rhodes, Kevin L., Riffo Contreras, Camila Javiera, Wettergreen, David, & Parro, Victor 2022, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. Surface Morphologies in a Mars-Analog Ca-Sulfate Salar, High Andes, Northern Chile
Bishop, Janice L., Merve Yeşilbaş, Nancy W. Hinman, Zachary F. M. Burton, Peter A. J. Englert, Jonathan D. Toner, Alfred S. McEwen, Virginia C. Gulick, Everett K. Gibson, Christian Koeberl 2021. Science Advances. Martian subsurface cryosalt expansion and collapse as trigger for landslides
Hinman, Nancy W., Bishop, Janice L., Gulick, Virginia C., Dettmann, J. Michelle Kotler, Morkner, Paige, Berlanga, Genesis, Henneberger, Ruth M., Bergquist, Peter, Richardson, Charles Doc, Walter, Malcolm R., MacKenzie, Lindsay A., Anitori, Roberto P., & Scott, Jill R. 2021, American Mineralogist. Targeting mixtures of jarosite and clay minerals for Mars exploration
Johnsen, Timothy K., Marley, Mark S., & Gulick, Virginia C. 2020, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. A Multilayer Perceptron for Obtaining Quick Parameter Estimations of Cool Exoplanets from Geometric Albedo Spectra
Hargitai, H. I., Gulick, V. C., & Glines, N. H. 2019, Icarus. Evolution of the Navua Valles region: Implications for Mars' paleoclimatic history
Gulick, Virginia C., Glines, Natalie, Hart, Shawn, & Freeman, Patrick 2019, Geological Society of London Special Publications. Geomorphological analysis of gullies on the central peak of Lyot Crater, Mars
Semester | Course | Day/Time | Location | Resources | |
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Spring 2023 | PTYS 596A-1 | Wednesday 2:30-3:30p.m. | Kuiper 309 | Syllabus |
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