Peter Smith (physicist)
Peter Smith | |
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Principal Investigator of Phoenix project | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory |
Peter H. Smith is a professor emeritus (he retired in 2013) at the
Early life and education
Peter H. Smith was born December 2, 1947, in New York and was raised in Tucson, Arizona. Smith's father was Hugh H. Smith, a virologist who was part of the team at the Rockefeller Foundation who developed a vaccine for yellow fever in 1930's. After his retirement from the Rockefeller Foundation, Hugh H. Smith worked at the University of Arizona and founded the Tucson Society of Tropical Medicine.[3] Smith's mother was an opera singer.
Smith went to Tucson High School and received his bachelor's degree in physics in 1969 from the University of California, Berkeley and his master's degree from the University of Arizona Optical Sciences Center in 1977.[4] In 2009 he received a PhD in Optical Science from the University of Arizona. Since 1978, he has worked at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, initially as a Research Assistant up the ladder to full professor with tenure.
Space exploration missions
Smith worked on the
Smith designed the cameras for
Smith's proposal for the
At present, Smith is a co-investigator for the NASA New Frontiers OSIRIS-REx Mission.
Awards
Smith has received many awards in his career including the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 2010.[5]
References
- ^ University Communications (University of Arizona) (2008-05-15). "Peter Smith Named Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair in Integrative Science". University of Arizona. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Peter Hollingsworth Smith papers finding aid". Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (December 22, 1995). "The New York Times". Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ^ "Peter Smith". University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.
- ^ "Peter Smith (USA)". Mars One. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
External links
This article was originally based on material from the Phoenix project page, which is licensed under the GFDL.