Dr. Patrick J. McGovern

Professional Background

Business Address: Lunar and Planetary Institute
3600 Bay Area Blvd
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: 281-486-2187
Fax: 281-486-2162
mcgovern@lpi.usra.edu

EDUCATION

Ph. D., Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. Thesis title: "Studies of Large Volcanoes on the Terrestrial Planets: Implications for Stress State, Tectonics, Structural Evolution, and Moat Filling".

Graduate work, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA. 1987–1988.

S. B., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986.

EMPLOYMENT

Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, November 1999–present.

Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, June 1996–October 1999.

Research Assistant, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. September 1988–May 1996.

HONORS AND APPOINTMENTS

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Rice University .....................................................................................................2004–present

Visiting Investigator, DTM, Carnegie Institution of Washington .....................................................................1999–present

Stephen E. Dwornik Student Paper Award, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ............................................1993

Luis De Florez Award (Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT) ............................................................................................1986

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Guest Editor of Special Section of GRL: The Hemispheric Dichotomy of Mars, 2006.

Co-convener of Workshop on Hemispheres Apart: The Origin and Modification of the Martian Crustal Dichotomy, LPI, Sept. 30–Oct. 1, 2004.

Judge for GSA Dwornik Student Paper Award, LPSC, 2003, 2004, 2006.

NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program (PG&G) review panel, 2001–2002.

XXXI–XXXII Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Program Committees, 2000–2001.

NASA MISSION AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION

Mars Data Analysis Program (MDAP) Principal Investigator: Emplacement mechanisms of the Olympus Mons aureole deposits (2002-2005); Studies of volcanic growth, spreading, and collapse on Mars (2005–2008).

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Geophysical Union

Geological Society of America

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Rice University, Dept. of Earth Science: Taught class ESci 214, The Planets, 2005–2007.

Lunar and Planetary Institute Summer Intern Program: Supervised students Alex Dickie, 2000; Margarita Marinova, 2001; Martin Collier, 2002; Donielle Chittenden, 2003, Selby Cull, 2004; Elise Rumpf, 2006.

RECENT INVITED PRESENTATIONS

University of Arizona, Department of Planetary Sciences Colloquium, November 2006.

Rice University, Department of Earth Science Seminar, October 2006.

Colgate University, Departments of Geology and Physics Joint Colloquium, 2003.

AGU Fall Meeting: special session on Dynamics of Magma Chambers (Section T), 2002.

Rice University, Department of Geology and Geophysics Special Seminar, 2002.

AGU Fall Meeting: special session on Advances in Modeling Flow Processes (Section P), 2001.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

McGovern, P. J., and J. K. Morgan, Volcanic spreading and azimuthal variations in the structure of Olympus Mons, Mars, Geology, in preparation, 2007.

McGovern, P. J., Flexural stresses beneath Hawaii: Implications for the October 15, 2006 earthquakes and magma ascent, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L23305, doi:10.1029/2007GL031305, 2007.

Watters, T. R., P. J. McGovern,  and R. P. Irwin III, Hemispheres Apart: The Crustal Dichotomy on Mars, Annual Reviews, 35, 621–52, 2007.

Watters, T. R., and P. J. McGovern, Lithospheric flexure and the evolution of the dichotomy boundary on Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L08S05, 2006.

Watters, T. R., and P. J. McGovern, Introduction to special section: The Hemispheric Dichotomy on Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L08S01, 2006.

Ruiz, J., R. Tejero, and P. J. McGovern Evidence for a differentiated crust at Solis Planum, Mars, from lithospheric strength and heat flow, Icarus, 180, 308-313, 2006.

Ruiz, J., P. J. McGovern, and R. Tejero, The early thermal and magnetic state of the cratered highlands of Mars, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 241, 2-10, 2006.

Solomon, S. C., et al., New Perspectives on Ancient Mars, Science, 37, 1214-1220, 2005.

Watters, T. R., and P. J. McGovern, Hemispheres Apart: the Martian Crustal Dichotomy, EOS Trans. AGU, 86, 46-47, 2005.

Morgan, J. K., and P. J. McGovern, Discrete element simulations of gravitational volcanic deformation: 1. Deformation structures and geometries,  J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2004JB003252, 2005.

Morgan, J. K., and P. J. McGovern, Discrete element simulations of gravitational volcanic deformation: 2. Mechanical analysis,  J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2004JB003253, 2005.

Herrick, R. R., J. Dufek, and P. J. McGovern, The evolution of large shield volcanoes on Venus, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2004JE002283, 2005.

McGovern, P. J., J. R. Smith, J. K. Morgan and M. H. Bulmer, The Olympus Mons aureole deposits: New evidence for a flank-failure origin, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2004JE002258, 2004.

McGovern, P. J., et al., Correction to “Localized gravity/topography admittance and correlation spectra on Mars: Implications for regional and global evolution”, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2004JE002286, 2004.

Neumann, G. A., M. T. Zuber, M. A. Wieczorek, P. J. McGovern, F. G. Lemoine, and D. E. Smith, The crustal structure of Mars from gravity and topography,  J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2004JE002262, 2004.

Stepinski, T. F., M. L. Collier, P. J. McGovern, and S. M. Clifford, Martian geomorphology from fractal analysis of drainage networks,  J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2003JE002098,  2004.

McGovern, P. J., et al., Localized gravity/topography admittance and correlation spectra on Mars: Implications for regional and global evolution, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2002JE001854, 2002.

McGovern, P. J., S. C. Solomon, J. W. Head, D. E. Smith, M. T. Zuber, and G. A. Neumann, Extension and uplift at Alba Patera, Mars: Insights from MOLA observations and loading models, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 23,769-23,809, 2001.

Smith, D. E., et al., Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter: Experiment summary after the first year of global mapping of Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 23,689-23,722, 2001.

Zuber, M. T., et al., Internal structure and early thermal evolution of Mars from Mars Global Surveyor topography and gravity, Science, 287, 1788-1793, 2000.

McGovern, P. J., and S. C. Solomon, Growth of large volcanoes on Venus: Mechanical models and implications for structural evolution, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 11,071-11,101, 1998.

McGovern, P. J., and S. C. Solomon, Filling of flexural moats around large volcanoes on Venus: Implications for volcano structure and global magmatic flux, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 16,303-16,318, 1997.

McGovern, P. J., and S. C. Solomon, State of stress, faulting, and eruption characteristics of large volcanoes on Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 23,553-23,579, 1993.

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