Ronald Greeley | |
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Born | August 25, 1939 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | October 27, 2011 | (aged 72)
Alma mater | Mississippi State University University of Missouri at Rolla |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geology Planetary sciences |
Institutions | Standard Oil Company of California NASA Ames Research Center Arizona State University |
Ronald Greeley (August 25, 1939 – October 27, 2011) was a Regents’ Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) at Arizona State University (ASU), the Director of the NASA-ASU Regional Planetary Image Facility (RPIF), and Principal Investigator of the Planetary Aeolian Laboratory at NASA-Ames Research Center. He was involved with lunar and planetary studies since 1967 and most recently focused his research on understanding planetary surface processes and geologic histories.[1]