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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.
19871988.
S. B., Aeronautics
and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986.
EMPLOYMENT
Staff Scientist, Lunar
and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, November 1999present.
Postdoctoral Associate,
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington,
Washington, DC, June 1996October 1999.
Research Assistant,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. September 1988May 1996.
HONORS
AND APPOINTMENTS
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Rice University .....................................................................................................2004–present
Visiting Investigator,
DTM, Carnegie Institution of Washington .....................................................................1999present
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).
Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program (PG&G) Principal Investigator (2005–2008): The Influence of Flexural Stresses in Terrestrial Planet Lithospheres on Magma Ascent and Volcano-tectonic Surface Structures.
Mars Global Surveyor, MOLA altimeter team: contributed to 8 team papers
(3 as lead author).
Magellan (Venus): analyzed radar image, topography, and gravity data,
2 papers as lead author.
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.
Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society, February 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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