CV: NSERC Visiting Fellow

EDUCATION
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December 2008: Ph.D. conferred,Dissertation: Effects of insolation on habitability and the isotopic history of Martian water
Aug. 2003-October 2008: Doctoral Program in Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
June 2003: B.A.Sc. Degree conferred with honours standing
Sept. 1999-May 2003: Engineering Science Program (Aerospace/Space Systems), University of Toronto

POSITIONS HELD
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2009: Chair, Planetary Atmospheres: Dynamics, Chemistry, Climate and Couplings III Poster session, AGU Joint Meeting
2008-2009: NSERC Visiting Scholar, Environment Canada
2008: Phoenix Mission Operations: Strategic Science Planner, Science Planner/Integrator and Surface Stereo Imager - ASTG liaison
2008: Atmospheric Science Theme Group (ASTG) Member, Phoenix Mission
2007-2008: Phoenix Mission Science Team Member at Collaborator Level
2005-2008: Graduate Research Associate, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
2007: Editor, Proceedings of the 10th Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference
2006-2007: Teaching Associate, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
2005-2007: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference Organizing Committee Member
2006: Editor, Proceedings of the 9th Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference
2005: Editor, PTYS Field Geology Practicum
2004-2005: Prospective Student Week Graduate Student Coordinator
2003-2005: Graduate Research Assistant, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona

RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Past and present climate of Mars and the terrestrial planets
Atmosphere-Surface volatile interactions
Isotopic Fractionation in planetary atmospheres
Atmospheric, Surface and Deep-Ocean Remote Sensing, Science and Operations
Science-Driven Space Mission Design

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS and FELLOWSHIPS
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2008-present: NSERC Visiting Fellowship at Environment Canada
April 2008: University of Arizona College of Science Galileo Circle Scholar
2006-2008: NSERC Post Graduate Scholarship (PGS Doctoral, Foreign Tenure)
2005-2008: University of Arizona Graduate College Registration Scholarship
April 2006: University of Arizona College of Science Galileo Circle Scholar
May 2005: Canadian Space Agency Student Poster Competition 3rd Prize (CSEW5)
for "Results from the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer (DISR) Experiment on the Huygens probe at Titan"
May 2004: University of Arizona Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Space Prize for ECOES Project
Spring 2003: University of Toronto Applied Science and Engineering Dean's List
Summer 2002: NSERC USRA, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies

CITIZENSHIP
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Canadian Citizen

FUNDED RESEARCH PROPOSALS
(not including fellowships and scholarships)
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2006:
Proposal to perform a detailed simulation of cometary sublimation. Submitted to: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Outer Planets Research. Proposers: D.S. Lauretta, R.H. Brown and J.E. Moores. Value: US$97,000.
2005:
Proposal to design and construct new experimental facilities at the Phoenix Science Operations Center. Submitted to: Department of Planetary Science, Director's Office. Proposers: J.E. Moores. Value: US$15,000. Required managing a departmental discretionary fund directly.

PUBLICATIONS
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First Author

Moores, J.E., Lemmon, M.T., Smith, P.H., Komguem, L., Whiteway, J. and the Phoenix Science Team (2009) Atmospheric dynamics at the Phoenix landing site as seen by the Surface Stereo Imager. Submitted to JGR.

Moores, J.E., Pelletier, J.D., and Smith, P.H. (2008) Crack propagation by differential insolation on desert surface clasts. Geomorphology. 102, 472-481 doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.05.012

Moores, J.E. (2008) Effects of insolation on habitability and the history of martian water. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Planetary Science, University of Arizona

Moores, J.E., Smith, P.H., Tanner, R., Schuerger, A.C. and Venkateswaran, K.J. (2007) The Shielding Effect of Small-Scale Martian Surface Geometry on Ultraviolet Flux. Icarus 192, 417-433.

Moores, J.E. (2003) Potential Flow 2-Dimensional Vortex Panel Model: Applications to Wingmills. B.A.Sc. Thesis, Department of Engineering Science, University of Toronto

Contributing Author

Brown, R.H. Lauretta, D.S. Schmidt, B. and Moores, J.E. (2009) Experimental and Theoretical simulations of ice sublimation with implications for the chemical, isotopic and physical evolution of icy bodies. Submitted, Icarus.

Holstein-Rathlou, C.; H.P. Gunnlaugsson, J. Merrison, K. Bean, B. Cantor , J. Davis, R. Davy, N. Drake, M. Ellehoj, W. Goetz, S. Hviid, C. Lange, S.E. Larsen, M. Lemmon, M. Madsen, M.C. Malin, J. Moores, P. Nørnberg, P. Smith, L. Tamppari, P. Taylor (2009) Winds at the Phoenix Landing Site. Submitted to JGR

Lemmon, M.T.; R. Arvidson, K. Bean, D. Blaney, S. Cull, L. Drube, T.Heet, K. Leer, M. Madsen, M. Mellon, J. Moores, R.V. Morris, W.T. Pike, A. Shaw, H. Sizemore, P.H. Smith, C. Stoker (2009) The Surface Stereo Imager Investigation of the Phoenix Landing Site. Submitted to JGR

Schuerger, A.C., Fajardo-Cavazos, P., Clausen, C.A., Moores, J.E., Smith, P.H. and Nicholson, W.L. (2008) Slow degradation of ATP in simulated martian environments suggests long residence times for the biosignature molecule on spacecraft surfaces on Mars. Icarus 194, 86-100.

Tamppari, L., Bass, D.S., Cantor, B., Daubar, I., Fisher, D., Fujii, K.K., Gunnlaugsson, H., Hudson, T.L., Kass, D.M., Kleinboehl, A., Lemmon, M.T., Mellon, M.T., Moores, J.E., Searls, Seelos, F.P., M., Smith, M.D., Smrekar, S.E., Taylor, P., Von Holstein-Rathlou, C.O., Whiteway, J., Wolff, M. (2009) Phoenix and MRO Coordinated Atmospheric Measurements. Submitted to JGR

Tomasko, M.G., Smith, P.H. , Moores, J.E. and 37 co-authors (2005) Rain, winds and haze during the Huygens probe's descent to Titan's surface. Nature vol 438 n°7069 pp 765-778.
Whiteway, J., Komguem, L., Dickinson, C., Cook,, C., Seabrook, J., Popovici, V., Duck, T., Davy, R., Taylor, P., Pathak, J., Fisher, D., Carswell, A., Daly, M., Hipkin, V., Tamppari, L., Renno, N., Smith, P.H. Moores, J. and Lemmon, M.T. (2009) Mars Water Ice Clouds and Precipitation. Submitted to Science.

In Preparation

Moores, J.E., Brown, R.H., Lauretta, D.S., and Smith, P.H. (2009) Experimental observation of HDO fractionation in dusty disaggregated water ice: implications for comets and Mars. To be submitted to Icarus.

Moores, J.E., Smith, P.H., and Boynton, W.H. (2009) Isotopic fractionation by adsorptive separation: experimental results with applications to Mars. To be submitted to Icarus.

Schuerger, A.C., Fajardo-Cavazos, P., Clausen, C.A., Moores, J.E., and Smith, P.H. (2009) UV reflectance of spacecraft materials and analog soils: Role of UV in the inactivation of terrestrial bioloads on undersides of Mars spacecraft. To be submitted to Icarus.

Technical Publications

Shinohara, C. and Moores, J.E. (2005) Surface Stereo Imager Experiment Implementation Plan. Phoenix Mars Mission Technical Report.

Moores, J.E. Smith, P.H., Tanner, R. and Spanovich, N. (2004) Final report on the University of Arizona Mars UV atmospheric modeling program. Deliverable for JPL contract 1249621

Moores, J.E., Hutchings, C., and Keffler, J. (2004) Space Mission Conceptual Design - Europa Cryo-Ocean Exploration Submersible Preliminary Design Report - Available online at www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jmoores/pubs.htm . Winner of the 2004 University of Arizona Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Space Prize.


SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, POSTERS and INVITED TALKS
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Moores, J E, P Smith, R Brown, D Lauretta, W Boynton (2009) Experimental Results of Fractionation of HDO and H2O with simulated Martian Dust: Implications for the interpretation of past climate on Mars. American Geophysical Union Joint Meeting

Moores, J.E., J W Bottenheim, S Netcheva, A Sheppard, R Staebler, A Steffen, P Lee (2009) Preliminary Results from the 2009 OOTI Campaign: Bromine, Ozone and Mercury. American Geophysical Union Joint Meeting.

Moores, J.E., Lemmon, M.T., Smith, P.H. and the Phoenix Science Team (2008) Atmospheric dynamics at the Phoenix landing site as seen by the Surface Stereo Imager. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (AGUFM08)

Moores, J.E. (2008) Exploring Mars: The Phoenix Mission. Invited public lecture, University of Arizona College of Science Discovery Days (August 2nd, 2008).

Moores, J.E. (2008) Production of soils and the shielding effect of small-scale surface features. Invited talk at Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference (LPLC08)

Moores, J.E., Smith, P.H., Brown, R.H., Lauretta, D.S., Boynton, W.V. and Drake, M.J. (2008) Experimental Results on Isotopic Fractionation of Dusty Deuterated Water Ice During Sublimation. Oral Presentation at Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC08)

Moores, J.E., Pelletier, J.D. and Smith, P.H. (2007) Clast Breakdown on Desert Surfaces by Differential Insolation of Cracks 2007. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (AGUFM07)

Moores, J.E., Pelletier, J.D. and Smith, P.H. (2007) Rock breakdown by liquid-assisted differential insolation cracking. 2007 Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference (LPLC 07).

Moores, J.E., Smith, P.H., Tanner, R., Schuerger, A.C. and Venkateswaran, K.J. (2007) The Shielding Effect of Small-Scale Martian Surface Geometry on Ultraviolet Flux. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC07)

Moores, J.E., Brown, R.H., Lauretta, D.S., and Smith, P.H. (2006) Sublimation of Water Ice in Low pressure Environments: Isotopic Effects and Implication for the Martian Paleoclimate Record. 4th International Conference on mars Polar Science and Exploration, Davos, Switzerland.

Moores, J.E. (2006) Introduction to the Special Session: The relationship between Planetary Science and Space Missions in the context of LPL. 2006 Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference (LPLC 06).

Moores, J.E., Smith, P.H., Tanner, R. (2006) The effect of Martian surface geometry on Ultra-Violet fluxes. 2006 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 06).

Moores, J.E., Tomasko, M.G., Smith, P.H. et al (2005) Results from the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer (DISR) Experiment on the Huygens probe at Titan. 5th Canadian Space Exploration Workshop (CSEW5). Recipient of the 3rd prize in the student poster contest.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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2007-present: American Geophysical Union Member

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH and PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
(reports on many of these projects may be downloaded from http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jmoores/pubs.htm)
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2009: Design and Construction of an apparatus for fine-scale collection and detection of Bromine Oxide in the artic atmosphere
2007: Guest Lecturer for PTYS 206: The Golden Age of Planetary Exploration
2006: Examination of the microstructure of an actively sublimating surface using Electron Microscopy (ESEM) with Bob Brown.
2006-2008: Design and construction of a test chamber to study the distribution and isotopic character of deposits in the northern polar plains of Mars.
2005-2007: Design and construction of a Martian-spectrum simulator to provide a testbed for analyzing the response of Astronauts to long-term spaceflight on Mars
2005: The Polar Troughs of Mars: rapid Convergence to Current Conditions through Differential Insolation for GEOS 553 - Glaciology
2004-2005: Investigation of Titan's Atmosphere based on the results of the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer (DISR) experiment onboard the Huygens probe
2004: Deuterium Incorporation into the Polar Regolith of Mars for PTYS 510: Cosmochemistry
2004: Space Mission Conceptual Design - Europan Submarine Research Vehicle for AME 528. Led a team which consisted of myself plus two other graduate students: Craig Hutchings (Mathematics) and John Keffler (Aerospace Engineering).
2003-2006: Atmospheric and Surface modeling of Mars from Mars Pathfinder and MER data with Peter Smith
2003: Height variation of Martian Volcanoes over time for PTYS 511: Geology of the Solar System
2003: An examination of the Polar Troughs of Mars for PTYS 554: Planetary Surfaces
2003: Determination of the Effective Elastic Thickness of the Earth's Crust using Spectral Analysis for PHY 495
2003: On the feasibility of Terraforming in our Solar System for PHY 336
2002: Space Mission Conceptual Design - Long Distance Mars Surface Explorer for AER 407
2002: An examination of the feasibility of an Europan Submarine Research Vehicle for ESC 300