Donald Ramsey Hood
Research
I work in geological remote sensing to explore the physical and chemical process that have shaped the martian surface. I use a combination of remote imaging, optical spectroscopy, and gamma spectroscopy as well as statistical and spatial analysis to examine processes occurring on a global scale. I supplement this remote work with fieldwork done here on Earth in geologically analogous locations.
Selected Publications
Contrasting Regional Soil Alteration across the Topographic Dichotomy of Mars
D.R. Hood, et. al. 2019, Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1029/2019GL084483
Assessing the Geologic Evolution of Greater Thaumasia, Mars
D.R. Hood, et. al. 2016, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, DOI: 10.1002/2016JE005046
Disambiguating the Soils of Mars
Giacomo Certini, S. Karunatillake, Y. S. Zhao, P. Meslin, A. Cousin, D.R. Hood, R. Scalenghe
2020, Planetary and Space Science, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2020.104922
Education
B.S., Physics, 2014, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Ph.D., Geology, 2019, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
