DR. NADINE G. BARLOW
Associate Professor, Department of Physics
and Astronomy
NAU Box 6010, Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6010
Office: Physical Sciences (Building 19), Room 201
Office Telephone: 928-523-5452
FAX: 928-523-1371
Email: Nadine.Barlow@nau.edu
Research Interests: My research focuses on martian impact craters and what they can tell us about the distribution of subsurface water and/or ice reservoirs. I have compiled the premier resource on information about martian impact craters larger than 5 km in diameter for the entire planet in the Catalog of Large Martian Impact Craters. The crater identifiers used in this Catalog are now being used by the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera team to identify craters on the maps they are producing. I am a founding member and current chair of the Mars Crater Consortium, an international organization of scientists interested in martian impact craters. Other research topics that I am currently pursuing include crater size-frequency distribution analysis of selected areas of Mars to determine age relationships, analysis of secondary crater production on the Moon and Mars, and comparison of morphologic characteristics of impact craters on Ganymede to those on Mars.
Publisher Information on Mars: An Introduction to its Interior, Surface, and Atmosphere
Teaching: I teach both undergraduate and graduate courses in astronomy, physical sciences, and physics at Northern Arizona University. While at the University of Central Florida, I received the 2002 University Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award.
Fall 2009 Course Links:
AST 180: Introduction to Astronomy
Updated August 12, 2008