Wendy Calvin

Phone: (775) 784-1785
Lab phone: (775) 784-6970
Fax: 775) 784-1833

E-mail: wcalvinunr.edu

Bio:
Wendy Calvin received her BS in Physics from the University of Denver and PhD in Geophysics from the University of Colorado. She has worked in remote sensing and infrared spectroscopy at Ball Aerospace, and the U. S. Geological Survey before joining UNR in January of 2000.

Research:
Wendy has studied ices and minerals throughout the solar system including meteorites, asteroids, icy satellites, Mars and Earth. She helped discover Oxygen in the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, ammonia ices on Pluto’s satellite Charon and has an active research program to understand the polar regions of Mars. Her mineral studies explore unusual earth environments as analogs to Martian alteration processes and recently, geothermal energy potential as expressed in remote sensing data sets. Wendy is a Particpating Scientist with the Mars Exploration Rover mission and will be participating in mission operations and data analysis beginning in Spring 2004.

Teaching:
As a Research Faculty member Wendy does not have a regular course offering. However she supervises many graduate students in research projects using terrestrial and planetary data sets.

Publications:

1. Kratt, C. M. Coolbaugh, and W. Calvin, Possible extension of Brady’s Fault identified using remote mapping techniques, Geothermal Resources Council Transactions. Vol. 27. 2003.
2. Vaughan, R.G., W.M. Calvin, and J.V. Taranik, SEBASS hyperspectral thermal infrared data: Calibrated surface emissivity and mineral mapping, Remote Sensing of Environment, 85, no. 1, 48-63, 2003.
3. Calvin, W., M. Coolbaugh, Geothermal Site Characterization Using Multi- and Hyperspectral Imagery. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 26, p. 483-484, 2002.
4. Spencer, J.R. and W.M. Calvin, Condensed O 2 on Europa and Callisto, Astronomical J., 124, 3400-3403, 2002.
5. Calvin, W.M., M. Milman, and H. H. Kieffer, Reflectance of Antarctica from 3 to 5 mm: Discrimination of surface snow and cloud properties. Annals of Glaciology, 34, pp. 121-126, 2002.
6. Malin, M.C., J.F. Bell, W. Calvin, R.T. Clancy, R.M. Haberle, P.B. James, S.W. Lee, P.C. Thomas, M.A. Caplinger, Mars Color Imager (MARCI) on the Mars Climate Orbiter, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 17651-17672, 2001.
7. Brown, M.E. and W.M. Calvin, Evidence for crystalline water and ammonia ices on Pluto’s satellite Charon, Science, 287, pp 107-109, 2000.
8. Calvin, W.M. Could Mars be dark and altered?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, pp. 1597-1600, 1998.