Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Carrie Anderson

(RESEARCH AST, PLANETARY STUDIES)

Carrie Anderson's Contact Card & Information.
Email: carrie.m.anderson@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.286.6925
Org Code: 693
Address:
NASA/GSFC
 Mail Code 693
 Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Brief Bio

Dr. Anderson is a planetary astronomer in the Planetary Systems Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Her research focuses on the remote sensing of planetary atmospheres, primarily in the areas of thermal structure and composition, using space- and ground-based data. This includes radiative transfer analyses of the outer planets, including the effects of aerosols and condensates, as well as data analysis techniques in the visible, near-IR, mid-IR, far-IR, and submillimeter spectral regions. Dr. Anderson's research also includes transmission spectroscopy measurements of thin ice films using her SPECtroscospy of Titan-Related ice AnaLogs (SPECTRAL) high-vacuum ice chamber located in her Spectroscopy for Planetary ICes Environments (SPICE) laboratory.

 

Dr. Anderson's most recent research highlight includes her discovery of a chemically new, high-altitude ice cloud residing in Titan's south polar stratosphere during Titan's early southern winter season, chemically consistent with co-condensed hydrogen cyanide and benzene. During her 12-year tenure on the Cassini Composite InfraRed Spectrometer (CIRS) team, Dr. Anderson also discovered additional ice clouds in Titan's stratosphere, including a co-condensed ice mixture containing hydrogen cyanide and cyanoacetylene, methane ice clouds formed via subsidence in Titan's lower stratosphere, the solid-state photochemical formation of dicyanoacetylene ice -- co-condensed with hydrogen cyanide ice -- in Titan's early northern spring stratosphere, as well as the discovery that Titan's photochemical aerosol is chemically uniform throughout the atmosphere at altitudes below the stratopause. Dr. Anderson has been heavily engaged in the Phase E part of the Cassini/Huygens mission in the Saturn system, through both data analyses and Cassini CIRS instrument operations.

 

Dr. Anderson is heavily engaged in technology maturation efforts for planetary flight instruments as well as planetary flight mission concepts. She is currently the Institutional PI on the Submillimeter Solar Observation Lunar Volatiles Experiment (SSOLVE), which is a submillimeter heterodyne flight spectrometer that is currently under development to study the Moon's exosphere. She is PI on the Venus Wideband Submillimeter Heterodyne Spectrometer, which is a submillimeter heterodyne flight spectrometer that is currently under development to study Venus' middle atmosphere. She is also the PI of the Enceladus Ice Spectrometer (EIS), which is a far- and mid-IR flight spectrometer that is currently under development to study Enceladus' plumes. She is also the Deputy Project Scientist and Planetary Science Lead on the Astrophysics MIDEX mission concept called the Orbiting Astronomical Satellite for Investigating Stellar Systems (OASIS). Lastly, she is the Deputy Project Scientist and Planetary Science Lead on the Astrophysics Probe mission concept called the Single Aperture Large Telescope for Universe Studies (SALTUS).


Positions/Employment

Cassini CIRS Co-Investigator

NASA - GSFC

2015 - Present

SELFI instrument Deputy Principal Investigator

NASA - GSFC

2014 - Present

Cassini Participating Scientist

NASA - GSFC

2012 - 2015

Associate Chief of the Planetary Systems Laboratory

NASA - GSFC

2011 - 2016

Research Space Scientist

NASA - GSFC

2009 - Present

NASA Postdoctoral Fellow

NASA/ORAU - GSFC

2006 - 2009

Cassini CIRS team member

NASA - GSFC

2006 - Present

Education

2000 - B.S., Physics, Arizona State University
2003 - M.S., Astronomy, New Mexico State University
2006 - Ph.D., Astronomy, New Mexico State University

Professional Societies

The American Astronomical Society

2001 - Present

Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society

2001 - Present

American Geophysical Union

2007 - Present

Professional Service

2018: Filmed by BBC and NOVA for their new 5-episode miniseries called "The Planets"
2017: SOC member of the NASA HQ-directed Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop
2017 -- 2018: ADS User's Group Committee member
2016: Lead an unsolicited proposal request to NASA HQ for a STDT Mission Design Concept Ice Giant JPL-parallel study
2016 -- present: Deputy Instrument PI of the Sub-mm Enceladus Life Fundamentals Instrument (SELFI)
2016 -- present: Science member of GSFC-led Enceladus NF-4 Mission proposal team
2013 -- present: Founder and lead of the Spectroscopy for Planetary ICes Environments (SPICE) laboratory
2012, 2010: Titan Through Time workshop local organizing committee member
2011: Explore@NASA Goddard organizing committee member
2011 -- present: International Commission of Planetary Atmospheres Environment and their Evolution (ICPAE) member
2011 -- 2016: NASA GSFC Science Director's Women and Minorities Science Forum member
2008 -- present: Various NASA Review Panels (CDAPS, OPR, PATM, SSW, NESSF) and/or Panel Chair
2008 -- present: Journal manuscript peer reviewer for Icarus, GRL, Planetary & Space Science, and other journals

Awards

NASA GSFC Peer Award for recognition of exceptional dedication and outstanding contributions to GSFC's Solar System Exploration Division and its members - August 2019

NASA Honor Group Achievement Medal for the CIRS Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer Team - June 2018

NASA Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Group Achievement Award for Mission Support - March 2016

NASA Honor Exceptional Scienti c Achievement Medal - July 2015

NASA Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement for Engineering Team - March 2015

NASA Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award for Science - April 2013

NASA Honor Early Career Achievement Medal- June 2012

NASA Special Act Award- July 2010

Grants

Ices and Aerosols in Titan’s South Polar Winter Stratosphere as Inferred from Cassini CIRS

FLARE Internal Scientist work package - NASA GSFC - Awarded: 2018-10-01


Dates: 2018-10-01  - 2021-09-30

Picture this SELFI: A Maturation Project for a Submillimeter Enceladus Life Finder Instrument (SELFI)

ROSES Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration (MatISSE) - NASA HQ (NNH16ZDA001N-MATISSE) - Awarded: 2017-10-01


Dates: 2017-10-01  - 2020-09-30

Laboratory Investigations of the Optical and Chemical Properties of Titan's Stratospheric Ices

FLARE Internal Scientist work package - NASA GSFC (ISFM) - Awarded: 2017-10-01


Dates: 2017-10-01  - 2020-09-30

Titan's Particulate Properties and Thermal Structure from Cassini CIRS: Seasonal Variations

ROSES Cassini Data Analysis Program (CDAP) - NASA HQ (NNH13ZDA001N) - Awarded: 2015-10-01


Dates: 2014-10-01  - 2017-09-30

Aerosol and Ice Properties of Titan's Stratosphere from a Combined Cassini CIRS and DISR Analysis

ROSES Cassini Data Analysis Program (CDAP) - NASA HQ (NNH12ZDA001N) - Awarded: 2012-10-01


Dates: 2012-10-01  - 2015-09-30

Cassini/CIRS Studies of Saturn's Storm Systems

ROSES Cassini Data Analysis Program (CDAP) - NASA HQ - Awarded: 2012-10-01


Dates: 2012-10-01  - 2015-09-30

Infrared Spectra and Optical Constants of Titan Candidate Ices Relevant to Cassini Data

ROSES Cassini Data Analysis Program (CDAP) - NASA HQ - Awarded: 2011-10-01


Dates: 2011-10-01  - 2014-09-30

Analogs of Titan's Aerosol: Combined Laboratory, Modeling, and Observational Analyses in the Far-IR

ROSES Planetary Atmospheres (PATM) - NASA HQ - Awarded: 2011-10-01


Dates: 2011-10-01  - 2014-09-30

Titan's Thermal Structure and Particulate Properties from Cassini CIRS

ROSES Cassini Data Analysis Program (CDAP) - NASA HQ (NNH09ZDA001N) - Awarded: 2010-10-01


Dates: 2010-10-01  - 2013-09-30

Titan's lower atmosphere and surface from Cassini CIRS infrared spectra

ROSES Cassini Data Analysis Program (CDAP) - NASA HQ - Awarded: 2008-10-01


Dates: 2008-10-01  - 2011-09-30

Meridional and Temporal Variations of Titan’s Stratospheric Gases and Particulates from Cassini CIRS

FLARE Internal Scientist work package - NASA GSFC (ISFM) - Awarded: 2019-10-01


Dates: 2019-10-01  - 2022-09-30

Investigating the Optical Properties of Coupled Aerosol and Ice Cloud Particles in Titan's Stratosphere

FLARE Internal Scientist work package - NASA GSFC (ISFM) - Awarded: 2019-12-01


Dates: 2020-07-01  - 2022-06-30

Submillimeter Solar Observation Lunar Volatiles Experiment (SSOLVE)

ROSES Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation (DALI) - NASA HQ (NNH18ZDA001N-DALI) - Awarded: 2018-11-02


Dates: 2019-04-01  - 2022-03-31

Wideband Imaging Submillimeter Heterodyne Spectrometer (WiSHES)

NASA GSFC internal Radical Innovation Initiative program - NASA GSFC - Awarded: 2019-10-01


Dates: 2019-10-01  - 2022-09-30

Publications

Refereed

2022. "Solar System Science with the Orbiting Astronomical Satellite Investigating Stellar Systems (OASIS) Observatory." Space Science Reviews 218 (5): 43 [10.1007/s11214-022-00911-5] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "The CORGIE Instrument Suite: Understanding Hydrogeologic Cycles on Planetary Bodies Through In Situ Characterization of Surface-Atmosphere Interactions." Optimizing Planetary In Situ Surface-Atmosphere Interaction Investigations Workshop, Boise, Idaho, LPI Contribution No. 2685 id. 7008 [Proceedings]

2022. "Optical Properties of Cyanoacetylene Ices in the Far- to Near-infrared with Direct Relevance to Titan's Stratospheric Ice Clouds." The Planetary Science Journal 3 (4): 77 [10.3847/psj/ac596f] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Science goals and new mission concepts for future exploration of Titan’s atmosphere, geology and habitability: titan POlar scout/orbitEr and in situ lake lander and DrONe explorer (POSEIDON)." Experimental Astronomy [10.1007/s10686-021-09815-8] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Submillimeter Solar Observation Lunar Volatiles Experiment at the South Pole (SSOLVE@SP)." Lunar Surface Science Worksop 2020 (LPI Contrib No. 2241) id. 5058 [Proceedings]

2020. "The CORGIE (Confirming Orbital Remote-Sensing with Ground Information Experiments) Consortium." Lunar Surface Science Workshop 2020 (LPI Contrib. no 2241) [Proceedings]

2019. "Detailed infrared study of amorphous to crystalline propionitrile ices relevant to observed spectra of Titan’s stratospheric ice clouds." Icarus 333 183-198 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.05.003] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) Observations of Titan 2004–2017." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 244 (1): 14 [10.3847/1538-4365/ab3799] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Organic Ices in Titan's Stratosphere." Space Science Reviews 214 (125): 1-36 [10.1007/s11214-018-0559-5] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "The SPECTRAL Ice Chamber: Application to Titan's Stratospheric Ice Clouds." The Astrophysical Journal 865 (1): 62 [Full Text] [10.3847/1538-4357/aadbab] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Composite infrared spectrometer (CIRS) on Cassini: publisher’s note." Applied Optics 56 (21): 5897 [10.1364/ao.56.005897] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Composite infrared spectrometer (CIRS) on Cassini." Applied Optics 56 (18): 5274 [10.1364/ao.56.005274] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Environmental temperature effect on the far-infrared absorption features of aromatic-based Titan's aerosol analogs." Icarus 281 338-341 [10.1016/j.icarus.2016.07.015] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Vertical structure and optical properties of Titan’s aerosols from radiance measurements made inside and outside the atmosphere." Icarus 270 355-375 [10.1016/j.icarus.2015.09.039] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Titan’s temporal evolution in stratospheric trace gases near the poles." Icarus 270 409-420 [10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.027] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Solid-state photochemistry as a formation mechanism for Titan's stratospheric C4N2 ice clouds." Geophysical Research Letters 43 (7): 3088-3094 [10.1002/2016gl067795] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "EVOLUTION OF THE FAR-INFRARED CLOUD AT TITAN’S SOUTH POLE." The Astrophysical Journal 804 (2): L34 [10.1088/2041-8205/804/2/l34] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Subsidence-induced methane clouds in Titan’s winter polar stratosphere and upper troposphere." Icarus 243 129-138 [10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.007] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Titan aerosol analog absorption features produced from aromatics in the far infrared." Icarus 236 146-152 [10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.039] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "LABORATORY SIMULATIONS OF TITAN'S SURFACE COMPOSITION AND ITS RELATION TO ATMOSPHERIC HAZE LAYERS." Proceedings of the 69th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy [10.15278/isms.2014.fe02] [Proceedings]

2013. "Titan's Haze." [Book]

2013. "Nitrogen in the Stratosphere of Titan from Cassini CIRS Infrared Spectroscopy." The Early Evolution of the Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets 123-143 [10.1007/978-1-4614-5191-4_10] [Article in Book]

2012. "FIRST OBSERVATION IN THE SOUTH OF TITAN'S FAR-INFRARED 220 cm –1 CLOUD." The Astrophysical Journal 761 (1): L15 [10.1088/2041-8205/761/1/l15] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Water vapor in Titan’s stratosphere from Cassini CIRS far-infrared spectra." Icarus 220 (2): 855-862 [10.1016/j.icarus.2012.06.014] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "SEASONAL DISAPPEARANCE OF FAR-INFRARED HAZE IN TITAN'S STRATOSPHERE." The Astrophysical Journal 754 (1): L3 [10.1088/2041-8205/754/1/l3] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Optical constants of Titan’s stratospheric aerosols in the 70–1500cm−1 spectral range constrained by Cassini/CIRS observations." Icarus 219 (1): 5-12 [10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.009] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Mid- and far-infrared absorption spectroscopy of Titan’s aerosols analogues." Icarus 221 320-327 [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "AVIATR—Aerial Vehicle for In-situ and Airborne Titan Reconnaissance." Experimental Astronomy 33 (1): 55-127 [10.1007/s10686-011-9275-9] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "Titan's aerosol and stratospheric ice opacities between 18 and 500 _m: Vertical and spectral characteristics from Cassini CIRS." Icarus 212 762 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.icarus.2011.01.024] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Analysis of Cassini/CIRS limb spectra of Titan acquired during the nominal mission II: Aerosol extinction profiles in the 600–1420cm−1 spectral range." Icarus 210 (2): 852-866 [10.1016/j.icarus.2010.06.024] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Observations of metallic species in Mercury’s exosphere." Icarus 209 (1): 75-87 [10.1016/j.icarus.2010.02.018] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Particle size and abundance of HC3N ice in Titan’s lower stratosphere at high northern latitudes." Icarus 207 (2): 914-922 [10.1016/j.icarus.2009.12.024] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "Saturn's latitudinal C2H2 and C2H6 abundance profiles from Cassini/CIRS and ground-based observations." Icarus 202 (1): 249-259 [10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.013] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "Saturn’s Latitudinal C2H2 and C2H6 Abundance Profiles from Cassini/CIRS and Ground-Based Observations." Icarus 202 249-259. [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "HST spectral imaging of Titan's haze and methane profile between 0.6 and 1 μm during the 2000 opposition." Icarus 194 (2): 721-745 [10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.008] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "Titan's haze structure in 1999 from spatially-resolved narrowband imaging surrounding the 0.94 μm methane window." Geophysical Research Letters 31 (17): [10.1029/2004gl019857] [Journal Article/Letter]

2003. "Probing Titan’s lower atmosphere with acousto-optic tuning." Icarus 163 (1): 150-163 [10.1016/s0019-1035(03)00075-7] [Journal Article/Letter]

2002. "Ratio of sodium to potassium in the Mercury exosphere." Journal of Geophysical Research 107 (E6): 5040 [10.1029/2000je001493] [Journal Article/Letter]

Talks, Presentations and Posters

Invited

Cassin's Journey in the Saturn System

October 14, 2019

Guest speaker at the National Capital Astronomers, Inc. meeting at the UMD
Astronomy Observatory.

The Saturn System seen through the Eyes of Cassini

September 5, 2019

Guest speaker at the Department of Astronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park’s Open House at the UMD Observatory.

Cassini's 13-year Journey in the Saturn System

August 2018

Invited speaker at the American Association of Physics Teachers

Cassini's Journey in the Saturn System

July 2018

DC AwesomeCon

Into Cassini’s Rings with NASA

June 26, 2018

Escape Velocity 2018

Cassini's Grand Finale: Unveiling Saturn's Mysteries

June 2018

Planet Walk on the Baltimore and Annapolis Trail

An Ode to Saturn

April 2018

Bus Boys and Poets, sponsored by the DC Science Cafe

The Saturn System seen through Cassini's Eyes

October 2017

North County High School

Cassini's Mission: Unveiling the Saturn System Mysteries

July 2017

Girlscouts of America

The Organic Inventory at Titan's Poles Inferred from nearly 15 Years of Cassini Observations

April 2017

Geological Society of Washington Meeting

Solid-State Photochemistry as a Formation Mechanism for Stratospheric Clouds on Titan and Earth

2016

614 lab lunch seminar

Titan's Winter Polar Stratospheric Clouds from CIRS Observations and Laboratory Analyses

March 2016

68th Cassini PSG

The Cloud-Driven Origin of Organic Soup in Titan's Atmosphere

2015

United States Naval Academy Xi Seminar

Newly-Discovered Ice Cloud in Titan's South Polar Stratosphere

2015

GSFC Office of the Director Science Chat

Saturn's moon Titan: a future abode for life?

August 2014

Library of Congress lecture series

Cassini's View of Titan's Exotic Atmosphere

October 2013

NRL's Space Science/Remote Sensing colloquium series

Cassini's Unveiling of Titan's Murky Atmosphere

May 2013

University of Wisconsin Board of Visitors

Aerosol and Ice Properties of Titan's Stratosphere from a Combined CIRS and DISR Analysis

February 2012

Cassini Project Science Group

Titan's Aerosol and Cloud Condensation Properties in the Far-IR between 2005 and 2010

July 2011

Titan book meeting

Cloud Condensation in Titan's Lower Stratosphere

May 2011

Fifth Workshop on Titan Chemistry -- Observations, Experiments, Computations, and Modeling

Particulate Properties in Titan's Atmosphere between 20 and 560 cm-1

2011

GSFC Visiting Science Committee seminar

Ice Clouds and Aerosols in Titan's Stratosphere from Cassini/CIRS

2008

NRL/RIOS Lunch Seminar

Titan's Tropospheric Methane and Lower Atmospheric Haze Distribution from HST/STIS Observations

2007

UMD Planetary Lunch Seminar

Other

The Seasonal Evolution of Titan's Stratospheric Ice Clouds as observed by Cassini CIRS (contributed talk)

August 2018

COSPAR

Update on the Chemical Composition of Titan's High Altitude South Polar (HASP) Stratospheric Ice Cloud (contributed talk)

November 2017

CIRS Team Meeting

Titan's High Altitude South Polar (HASP) Stratospheric Ice Cloud as observed by Cassini CIRS (contributed talk)

November 2017

Division for Planetary Sciences meeting

Titan's High Altitude South Polar (HASP) Cloud (contributed talk)

October 2017

Cassini Project Science meeting

Variations in Titan's Stratospheric Aerosol and Ices Spanning Northern-to-Early Southern Winter as Observed by Cassini CIRS (contributed talk)

May 2017

Titan through Time 4 workshop

Update on Titan's Stratospheric Ices (contributed talk)

March 2017

Cassini CIRS team meeting

Solid-State Chemistry as a Formation Mechanism for C4N2 Ice and Possibly the Haystack (220 cm-1 ice emission feature) in Titan's Stratosphere as Observed by Cassini CIRS (contributed talk)

November 2016

Division for Planetary Sciences meeting

Monstrous ice Cloud System in Titan's Present South Polar Stratosphere (contributed talk)

February 2016

GSFC Science Directorate's Seminar

New Ice Cloud Found in Titan's Present South Polar Stratosphere (contributed talk)

December 2015

Cassini CIRS team meeting

Monstrous Ice Cloud System in Titan's Present South Polar Stratosphere (contributed talk)

November 2015

Division for Planetary Sciences meeting

The Organic Soup at Titan's Poles Inferred from Cassini Observations (contributed talk)

August 2015

Astrobiology Science Conference

Laboratory Investigations of Titan's Stratospheric Ice Cloudsv (contributed talk)

July 2015

From Interstellar Ices to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

C4N2 ice in Titan’s atmosphere: reality or Myth? (contributed talk)

June 2015

GSFC Science Directorate's Seminar

Re-visiting the formation of CH$_{4}$ clouds in Titan's winter polar stratosphere (contributed talk)

May 2014

Titan through Time 3 workshop

Titans' Haystack: the 220 cm-1 ice cloud feature (contributed talk)

August 2013

GSFC Science Directorate seminar series

Titan's Haystack: the 220 cm-1 ice cloud feature (contributed talk)

July 2013

Cassini PSG

Titan's Tropopause Temperatures from CIRS: Implications for Stratospheric Methane Cloud Formation (poster)

2012

AGU

Titan's Tropopause Temperatures from CIRS: Implications for Stratospheric Methane Cloud Formation (contributed talk)

November 2012

Division for Planetary Sciences meeting

CH4 Ice in Titan's Stratosphere (contributed talk)

July 2012

Cassini CIRS team meeting

Titan's Stratospheric Condensibles at High Northern Latitudes during Northern Winter (contributed talk)

May 2012

Titan through Time 2 workshop

Titan's Particulates at 85N: the Aerosol, the Haystack, and the Ice Clouds (contributed talk)

February 2012

Cassini CIRS team meeting

Spectral and Vertical Distribution Properties of Titan's Particulates from Thermal-IR CIRS Data: Physical Implications (contributed talk)

2011

AGU

Infrared Spectra and Optical Constants of Nitrile Ices Relevant to Titan's Atmosphere (contributed talk)

2011

Fifth Workshop on Titan Chemistry -- Observations, Experiments, Computations, and Modeling

Titan's Stratospheric Ice Clouds from Cassini CIRS (contributed talk)

2011

GSFC Solar System Exploration Division seminar

Problems with Collision-Induced Absorption Involving CH4 on Titan (contributed talk)

December 2010

CH4 spectroscopic Workshop

Latitudinal Dependence of Titan's Lower Stratospheric Organic Ice Clouds (contributed talk)

November 2010

Division for Planetary Sciences meeting

Nitrile Ices in Titan's Lower Stratosphere

April 2010

Titan through Time workshop

Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Aerosols and Ices in Titan's Stratosphere from Cassini CIRS (contributed talk)

2010

SSED Director’s Planetary Science seminar

Ice Clouds and Aerosols in Titan's Stratosphere from Cassini/CIRS (contributed talk)

2009

Planetary Science-Astrobiology Seminar Series

Cassini CIRS detection of condensed HC3N in Titan's lower stratosphere (poster)

November 2008

Division for Planetary Sciences meeting

Aerosol and ices in Titan's stratosphere from Cassini/CIRS (poster)

2008

Titan after Cassini-Huygens Book meeting

HC3N Ice Particle Size and Abundances in Titan's Stratosphere from CIRS (contributed talk)

2008

Cassini CIRS team meeting

Altitude distribution and wavenumber dependence of Titan's photochemical aerosol from Cassini/CIRS observations (poster)

November 2007

Division for Planetary Sciences meeting

Titan's tropospheric methane and lower atmospheric haze distribution from HST/STIS observations (poster)

May 2007

EGU

Titan's lower atmosphere haze and methane profile from visible and NIR HST spectral imaging (poster)

November 2005

DPS

Titan's haze structure in 1999 and 2004 from spatially-resolved narrowband imaging between 700 and 1000 nm (poster)

November 2004

DPS

Diurnal Variations in the Dust Vertical Distribution in the Atmosphere of Mars (poster)

November 2003

DPS

Characterizing the Methane and Haze Distribution in Titan's Lower Atmosphere (poster)

November 2002

DPS

Characterizing the Haze in Titan's Lower Atmosphere (poster)

2002

New Mexico Symposium

Probing Titan's Lower Atmosphere

2002

JPFP Technical Exchange Symposium

The Nature of the Haze in Titan's Lower Atmosphere (poster)

November 2001

DPS

The Nature of the Haze in Titan's Lower Atmosphere (poster)

2001

New Mexico Symposium

Ratio of Sodium to Potassium in the Mercurian Exosphere (poster)

November 2000

DPS

Selected Public Outreach

Titan’s Organic Stratospheric Ice Clouds from Cassini CIRS

November 2019 - November 2019

Invited talk for the Women in Space Exploration group at the University of Maryland College Park.

My Career Path in Astronomy and Physics

November 2019 - November 2019

Invited speaker at a Women in Physics (WIP) professional development luncheon at the University of Maryland College Park.

The Saturn System seen through the Eyes of Cassini

September 2019 - September 2019

Guest speaker for the University of Maryland College Park Observatory Open House

The Saturn system seen through the eyes of Cassini.

July 2019 - July 2019

Invited speaker for NASA GSFC's "Reach for the Stars," which is a Girl Scout Astronomy Club summit

A Tour of the Solar System

June 2019 - June 2019

Guest speaker to a group of 105 3rd graders

Into Cassini's Rings

June 2018 - June 2018

Served on the 30-minute panel at Escape Velocity 2018 

The Submillimeter Enceladus Life Fundamental Instrument (SELFI)

August 2018 - August 2018

Gave a hyperwall talk at NASA GSFC's annual Science Jamboree 

Harassment, Bias, and Bullying in Astronomy and Planetary Science panel

October 2018 - October 2018

Served on a Women in Science panel in the Astronomy Dept. at University of Maryland. The abstract read as follows:

Harassment, Bias, and Bullying in Astronomy and Planetary Science - The Astronomy Department Equity/Diversity/Inclusion committee presents the first colloquium of the semester - a panel discussion about harassment, bias, and bullying in science. Join Dr. Carrie Anderson, Marcia Segura, and Dr. Amy Simon, as they discuss their personal experiences over the course of their academic and professional careers. We will also discuss audience examples and questions and how these situations can be handled.

Cassini’s Grand Finale: Unveiling Saturn’s Mysteries

June 2017 - June 2017

Gave two invited seminars at the annual Baltimore and Annapolis Trail Planet Walk.

Cassini CIRS' Greatest Hits video

October 2017 - October 2017

Interviewed by NASA GSFC's TV studio about Cassini CIRS. This is a short video highlighting CIRS’ biggest findings from Saturn, Titan, and some of the icy moons. This will be a way to look back at what the CIRS team has accomplished since Cassini first arrived in the Saturn system, and to emphasize Goddard’s contribution as NASA prepares to celebrate the end of the mission.

Cassini’s Spectacular Grand Finale at Saturn Panel

July 2017 - July 2017

Served on Cassini’s Spectacular Grand Finale at Saturn Panel at Awesome Con D.C. 2017.

Cassini’s Mission: Unveiling the Saturn System Mysteries

July 2017 - July 2017

Gave an invited outreach talk to a group of 44 Senior Girl Scouts, Girl Scout leaders, and amateur astronomers from around the country, all gathered for this year’s NASA GSFC Girl Scouts “Reach for the Stars” week of astronomy training. 

NASA GSFC Reflects on 20 Years of Cassini video

October 2017 - October 2017

The people behind Cassini's Composite InfraRed Spectrometer (CIRS) reflect on their years-long experiences working with their team - relationships formed, children born, challenges conquered, and their feelings as the Cassini mission comes to an end. CIRS was built and is operated a NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Cassini is making its final dive into Saturn on September 15, 2017. 

Fifth annual STEAM Fair and reception on Capitol Hill

August 2017 - August 2017

Invited to participate in the fifth annual STEAM Fair and reception on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, July 18th, by the Women’s Congressional Policy Institute, the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, Rep. Susan Brooks and Rep. Lois Frankel, and the Vice-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, Rep. Mimi Walters and Rep. Brenda Lawrence. Anderson was invited to represent NASA, with a focus on its efforts on STEAM education and careers for women and girls.

Cassini’s Grand Finale video podcast

October 2017 - October 2017

Interviewed for a video podcast by Ghost Giraffe about Cassini’s Grand Finale

https://youtu.be/86dD5JP5qFM

Skype interview about being a female scientist as NASA

October 2017 - October 2017

Interviewed via Skype by a Florida 6th grader about my career at NASA, and what it is like to be a woman in my field 

NASA’s Cassini Mission

October 2017 - October 2017

Gave an outreach talk to 50 2nd graders about NASA’s Cassini Mission 

Guest speak at Walt Whitman High School

April 2017 - April 2017

Invited by STEMfems to guest speak at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesday, MD. This group encourages more girls to pursue careers in STEM fields.

An Ode to Saturn

April 2017 - April 2017

Gave a presentation about the Cassini mission at Bus Boys and Poets, for their DC Science Cafe Event.
 

Cassini’s 13-year journey in the Saturn System

August 2017 - August 2017

Organized and served on the Cassini panel at AwesomeCon 2018. 

Why does the Earth need the Sun and the Moon?

October 2016 - October 2016

Guest speaker to 130 first graders about the importance of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.

Interviewed live on the Roundhouse radio morning show in Vancouver BC

November 2016 - November 2016

Interviewed live on the Roundhouse radio morning show in Vancouver BC regarding my recent web feature on my Cassini CIRS discovery of an “impossible” cloud, made of C4N2 ice, in Titan’s stratosphere. Worked with Liz Zubritsky, in the NASA GSFC Office of Communications, who posted a web feature on my CIRS discovery of an “impossible” cloud, made of C4N2 ice, in Titan’s stratosphere. In this story, she states that the researchers propose that the cloud forms through “solid-state” photochemistry, which takes place entirely within pre-existing ice particles – a process with some similarities to the formation of nacreous clouds on Earth. The story (http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-scientists-findimpossible-cloud-on-titan-again) is featured prominently on the front page of www.nasa.gov and on the Goddard and Cassini webpages. The story was picked up by Astronomy magazine, The Daily Mail (U.K.), International Business Times, Space.com, the Washington Post, Popular Mechanics, NASA JPL, News Atlas, Weather Network, NBCUniversal, and many more including India and Canada.

Interviewed for Earthzine magazine on women in STEM fields

December 2016 - December 2016

Interviewed for Earthzine magazine, special Halloween article on women in STEM fields.

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