DR. NADINE G. BARLOW
Associate 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 teaching Astrophysics: The Solar System during the Spring 2011 semester.
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 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 on Mars and Ganymede, and investigating the role of surficial and subsurface volatiles in Arabia Terra, Mars.
Recent Publications:
Publisher Information on Mars: An Introduction to its Interior, Surface, and Atmosphere
Inaugural Invited Review Article for Geological Society of America Bulletin:
What We Know About Mars From Its Impact Craters
Geology of the Inner Solar System--PowerPoint for Road Scholar Program (March 29, 2011)
Updated March 31, 2011