Amanda R. Hendrix | |
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Born | May 21, 1968 |
Citizenship | US |
Alma mater | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo University of Colorado, Boulder |
Known for | ultraviolet spectroscopy |
Awards | JPL Lew Allen Award for Excellence, 2006 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | planetary science, solar system astronomy |
Institutions | Planetary Science Institute Jet Propulsion Laboratory Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado |
Doctoral advisor | Charles A. Barth |
Amanda R. Hendrix (May 21, 1968) is an American planetary scientist known for her pioneering studies of solar system bodies at ultraviolet wavelengths.[1][2] She is a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. Her research interests include moon and asteroid surface composition, space weathering effects and radiation products.[3] She is a co-investigator on the Cassini UVIS instrument,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] was a co-investigator on the Galileo UVS instrument, is a Participating Scientist on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LAMP instrument[12] and is a Principal Investigator[13] on Hubble Space Telescope observing programs. As of 2019, she is also the co-lead of the NASA Roadmaps to Oceans World Group.[14]
Before moving to PSI, Hendrix worked for 12 years at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Comets, Asteroids and Satellites Group. She was the Deputy Project Scientist[15] for the Cassini–Huygens mission (2010-2012).
Hendrix was a NASA astronaut candidate finalist in 2000.[16]
She received a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Since 2024 she has been the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets.[17]