Lunar and Planetary Institute







Dr. Justin Filiberto

Postdoctoral Fellow
E-mail: filiberto@lpi.usra.edu

Professional Background

Education

  • Ph.D. Geology, August 2006, Stony Brook University. GPA 3.92 Dissertation: Constraints on the Chemistry of Martian Magmas.
  • B.S. Marine Science and Geological Sciences, May 2001, University of Miami. GPA 3.3 Thesis: Volatiles in basaltic glasses from a subglacial volcano in northern British Columbia (Canada): implications for ice sheet thickness and mantle volatiles.

Professional Experience

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lunar and Planetary Institute August 2006–present.
  • Adjunct Professional Assistant, Suffolk Community College ES115 Physical Geology January 2006– August 2006
  • Teaching Assistant, Stony Brook University, GEO 401/407 Optical Mineralogy/Mineralogy and Petrology II, September 2002– January 2002, September 2003–January 2003
  • Teaching Assistant, Stony Brook University, GEO 306, Mineralogy and Petrology I, January 2002- May 2002
  • Teaching Assistant, Stony Brook University, GEO 112 Physical Geology Lab, September 2001–December 2001

Awards/Honors

  • Stephen E. Dwornik Planetary Geoscience Student Paper Award (Best Poster presentation) Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2006
  • Student Travel Award, NASA Cosmochemistry Program, Meteoritical Society Meeting, 2005
  • Student Poster Award in Physical Sciences, First Place, Undergraduate Research Day, University of Miami, 2001
  • Student Poster Award Overall, First Place, Undergraduate Research Day, University of Miami, 2001
  • Earth Science Honor Society Award, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, 2001
  • Departmental Honors, Marine Science, University of Miami, 2001
  • Departmental Honors, Geological Sciences, University of Miami, 2001

Meeting Organization

  • Co-Chair, Lunar and Planetary Institute Seminar Series, May 2007-present
  • Convener: Workshop on Water in Planetary Basalts, LPI Houston, TX, November 2007
  • Convener: From Magma Oceans to Basalts- Igenous Differentiation on the Earth, Moon, Mars, and Beyond, Topical Session GSA Houston, TX October 2008

Undergraduate Research Supervision, Summer Intern

  • Ni Partitioning Behavior at Magmatic Conditions. C. Jackson, University of California, Santa Cruz. 2006

Invited Talks

  • February 2008, University of Houston Clear Lake, Physics Seminar Series. What Can Experimental Petrology Tell Us About Martian Rocks?
  • February 2007, Lunar and Planetary Institute Seminar Series. Ferropicrites: Terrestrial Analogues of the SNC Meteorites?

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February 29, 2008