Rhonda M. Stroud (born 1971)[1] is a materials physicist and planetary scientist at Arizona State University, where she serves as Director of the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies.[2] From 1998- 2022, she was a Research Physicist at the United States Naval Research Laboratory, where she led the Nanoscale Materials Section.[3] She is known for her research on nanostructures, including quasicrystals and aerogel,[4] and on the materials that make up comets[5] and cosmic dust.[6][7] She pioneered the use of focused ion beam technology in the study of meteorites.[8]
Rhonda Stroud | |
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 Rhonda Stroud | |
| Born | Rochester, NY |
| Alma mater | Cornell University California Institute of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | materials physics, planetary science |
| Institutions | Naval Research Laboratory Arizona State University |
Education and career
editStroud graduated from Cornell University in 1991 and completed a Ph.D. in 1996 at Washington University in St. Louis.[4] She joined the Naval Research Laboratory in 1996 as a postdoctoral researcher, and two years later obtained a permanent position there as a Research Physicist.[9]
She served as president of the Microanalysis Society for 2018–2020.[10]
Recognition
editStroud was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2010, [4] of the Microscopy Society of America in 2021.,[11] and of the Microanalysis society in 2022.[12] She is also a fellow of the Meteoritical Society.[10][13] Asteroid 8468 Rhondastroud was named after her in 2012.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "8468 Rhondastroud (1981 EA40)", JPL Small-Body Database, retrieved 2020-06-07
- ^ New Meteorite Studies Director 2022, August 30, 2022
- ^ a b Parry, Daniel (June 20, 2012), NRL Scientist Honored in Naming of Astronomical Body, US Naval Research Laboratory
- ^ a b c Bowie, Amanda (June 14, 2010), Dr. Rhonda Stroud Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, US Naval Research Laboratory
- ^ Chen, Victor (November 12, 2019), NRL Researchers Find Insights into the Formation of the Solar System in Ancient Comet Dust, US Naval Research Laboratory
- ^ Eichner, Cassandra (April 9, 2019), NRL Researcher Ventures to the Antarctic in Search of Cosmic Dust, US Naval Research Laboratory
- ^ Condliffe, Jamie (August 2014), "NASA Scientists Find The First Interstellar Space Particles", Gizmodo
- ^ Stroud, Rhonda M.; Nittler, Larry R.; Alexander, Conel M. O'D. (September 2004). "Polymorphism in Presolar Al2O3 Grains from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars". Science. 305 (5689): 1455–1457. Bibcode:2004Sci...305.1455S. doi:10.1126/science.1101099. PMID 15353800. S2CID 31682165.
- ^ Niebur, Susan (December 17, 2010), "Rhonda Stroud: Be visible and be involved", 51 Women in Planetary Science, Women in Planetary Science, retrieved 2020-06-07
- ^ a b Executive Council, Microanalysis Society, November 10, 2018, retrieved 2020-06-07
- ^ "Awards & Scholarships - MSA Fellows by Election Year".
- ^ MAS Fellows, Microanalysis Society, retrieved 2022-08-30}
- ^ "Fellows | Meteoritical Society". meteoritical.org. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
External links
edit- Rhonda Stroud publications indexed by Google Scholar