Alfred McEwen | |
|---|---|
| Education | Ph.D |
| Alma mater | Arizona State University |
| Known for | HiRISE |
| Awards | Whipple Award, G. K. Gilbert Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Planetary Geology |
| Institutions | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory |
| Doctoral students | |
| Website | www |
Alfred McEwen is a professor of planetary geology at the University of Arizona. McEwen is a member of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory where he directs the director of the Planetary Image Research Laboratory. He is a member of the imaging science team on the Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn, co-investigator on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbit Camera team, and principal investigator of the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.[1]
He earned a Ph.D. in Planetary Geology in 1988 from Arizona State University.[1]
McEwen participated in the Mars Odyssey, Mars Global Surveyor, and Galileo science teams.[1]
In 2015, McEwen received the Whipple Award for his work on HiRISE.[2] In 2019, he received the G. K. Gilbert Award.[3]