Brett denevi biography

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Brett W. Denevi (born 1980) is a Planetary Geologist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
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Brett Denevi is a planetary geologist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Her research focuses on the origin and evolution of planetary surfaces, particularly the history of volcanism, the effects of impact cratering, and space weathering.

She has been a member of numerous NASA mission teams including the MESSENGER mission to Mercury, the Dawn mission at asteroid Vesta, and four ongoing or upcoming missions to the Moon: deputy principal investigator of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, co-investigator on NASA’s ShadowCam instrument on the Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, instrument lead for the cameras on Lunar Vertex (to land at Reiner Gamma) and co-investigator on Lunar-VISE (to land on the Gruithuisen Domes).

Denevi served on the Steering Group of the recent Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey and as Vice Chair for the Panel on the Moon and Mercury, is the Science Chair of NASA’s Lunar Exploration Analysis Group and served as the Lunar Science Lead for the Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative. She i

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Brett Denevi is a planetary geologist who has specialized in studies of the moon, the planet Mercury, and asteroids. She's an expert on the origin, composition and evolution of planetary surfaces, focusing on volcanoes and crust formation on terrestrial bodies, the mineralogy and chemistry of planet surfaces, and space-weathering effects on airless bodies.

Denevi also works on space instrumentation, and serves as deputy principal investigator for the main camera on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Asteroid 9026 Denevi was named in her honor.

She is the recipient of the 2015 Maryland Academy of Science outstanding young scientist award, a NASA Early Career Fellowship, and seven NASA group achievement awards. Denevi has been involved in NASA mission and instrument teams at all phases and in roles that include Deputy PI (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera), Deputy Instrument Scientist (Mercury Dual Imaging System, MESSENGER), Participating Scientist (Dawn), and Co-I (ShadowCam, Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter). She has worked on laboratory and in-flight

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Brett Denevi

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Dr. Brett Denevi has been involved in NASA mission and instrument teams at all phases and in roles that include deputy PI (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, LROC), deputy instrument scientist (Mercury Dual Imaging System, MESSENGER), participating scientist (Dawn), and Co-I (ShadowCam, Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter). She has worked on laboratory and in-flight calibration of multiple flight instruments and is experienced in operations, planning, and targeting (LROC, MESSENGER). She served in various science team and community leadership roles (e.g., co-chair of the MESSENGER Geology Discipline Group, DPI of LROC, and vice chair of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group). Her research focuses on the origin and evolution of planetary crusts, regolith generation and modification, and space weathering. Dr. Denevi is the recipient of seven NASA group achievement awards, and asteroid 9026 Denevi was named in her honor.