DR. NADINE G. BARLOW
Professor, Department of Physics
and Astronomy
Associate Department Chair
Director, NAU/NASA Space Grant
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
Teaching: I received the 2002 University Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award while at the University of Central Florida. At Northern Arizona University I teach both undergraduate and graduate courses in astronomy. I am on sabbatical during the 2016-2017 academic year and therefore am not teaching this year.
Research Interests: My research focuses on 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. I am a founding member and current chair of the Planetary Crater Consortium, an international organization of scientists interested in impact craters throughout the solar system. 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, developing a new crater database for the Moon, studying central pit craters throughout the solar system, investigating the role of surficial and subsurface volatiles in Arabia Terra, Mars, determination of the characteristics and formation of an unusual type of Martian crater called Low-Aspect-Ratio Layered Ejecta (LARLE) craters, studying the two different types of double layer ejecta craters on Mars, helping to determine the characteristics of pristine impact craters, and investigating whether Mercury's lobate scarps are still forming. I received the NAU Research and Creative Activity Award for Most Effective Research Mentor in 2011 for my mentorship of students on research projects and was named a Most Influential Faculty for my mentorship of Gold Axe Recepients Margaret Landis during the spring 2013 semester and Nicholas Kutsop during the fall 2013 semester.
Publications (see Publication List for journal articles):
Publisher Information on Mars: An Introduction to its Interior, Surface, and Atmosphere
Updated Nov. 3, 2016