Peter Smith (physicist)

Peter Smith
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of Arizona
Known forPrincipal Investigator of Phoenix project
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

Peter H. Smith is a professor emeritus (he retired in 2013) at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona, where he holds the inaugural Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair in Integrative Science.[1] He is also the principal investigator for the $420 million robotic explorer Phoenix which landed at the north pole of the planet Mars on May 25, 2008. Peter H. Smith's papers are held at the University of Arizona Special Collections Library.[2]

  1. ^ University Communications (University of Arizona) (2008-05-15). "Peter Smith Named Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair in Integrative Science". University of Arizona. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Peter Hollingsworth Smith papers finding aid". Retrieved 12 June 2020.