Brief Bio
Reggie Hudson is a research scientist working at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. To learn more about him, his work, and his colleagues, visit the Cosmic Ice Laboratory's web pages.
Education
1978 - Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Tennessee1974 - A.B., Chemistry and Mathematics, Pfeiffer University (Misenheimer, NC)
Positions/Employment
Member of the Cosmic Ice Laboratory research group; Associate Chief for the Astrochemistry Laboratory; Acting Chief for the Planetary Systems Laboratory
Research Interests
Physical Chemistry and Astrochemistry
Chemistry and physics of cosmic ices (cometary, icy satellite, and interstellar)
Radiation chemistry and photochemistry applied to astrochemical problems
Molecular spectroscopy, especially as applied to molecular structure and reactions
Teaching Experience
Courses in physical chemistry, astrobiology, and astronomyCourses in introductory chemistry and in the history and methods of science
Courses in Eckerd College's Honors Program (served as program's first director)
Professional Societies
Awards
John M. Bevan Award for Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership, September 2008, Eckerd College award
Lloyd W. Chapin Award for Excellence in Scholarship, September 2005, Eckerd College award
Other Professional Information
Recent Refereed Publications
Loeffler, M., and Hudson, R.L., 2010. Thermally-induced chemistry and the jovian icy satellites: A laboratory study of the formation of sulfur oxyanions. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(19), 19201
Moore, M. H., Ferrante, R. F., Moore, W. J., and Hudson, R. L., 2010. Infrared spectra and optical constants of nitrile ices relevant to Titan's atmosphere. Astrophysical Journal - Supplement, 191, 96-112
Peeters, Z., Hudson, R.L., Moore, M.H., and Lewis, A., 2010. The formation and stability of carbonic acid on outer solar system bodies. Icarus, 210, 480-487
Cooper, P. D., Moore, M. H., and Hudson, R. L. (2010). O-atom Production in Water Ice: Implications for O2 Formation on Icy Satellites. J. Geophys. Res.. 115, E10013.
Hudson, R. L., Moore, M. H., Raines, L. L., 2009. Ethane ices in the outer Solar System: Spectroscopy and chemistry. Icarus, 203, 677-780
Hudson, R. L., Lewis, A. S., Moore, M. H., Dworkin, J. P., Martin, M. P., 2009. Enigmatic isovaline: Investigating the stability, racemization, and formation of a non-biological meteoritic amino acid. Bioastronomy: Molecules, Microbes, and Extraterrestrial Life, IAU Conference
Carlson, R. W., Calvin, W. M., Dalton, J. B., Hansen, G. B., Hudson, R. L., Johnson, R. E., McCord, T. B., Moore, M. H., 2009. Europa's surface composition. Chapter in Europa, University of Arizona Press
Hudson, R. L., Moore, M. H., Dworkin, J. P., Martin, M. P., Pozun, Z. D., 2008. Amino acids from ion-irradiated nitrile-containing Ices. Astrobiology, 8, 771-779
Ferrante, R. F., Moore, M. H., Spiliotis, M. M., Hudson, R. L., 2008. Formation of interstellar OCS: Radiation chemistry and IR spectra of precursor ices. The Astrophysical Journal, 68, 1210-1220
Cooper, P. D., Moore, M. H., Hudson, R. L., 2008. Radiation chemistry of H2O + O2 ices. Icarus, 194, 379-388
Hudson, R. L., Palumbo, M. E., Strazzulla, G., Moore, M. H., Cooper, J. F., Sturner, S. J., 2008. Laboratory studies of the chemistry of TNO surface materials. Chapter in The Solar System Beyond Neptune, University of Arizona Press, pp. 507-523
Moore, M. H., Ferrante, R. F., Hudson, R. L., Stone, J. N., 2007. Ammonia–water ice laboratory studies relevant to outer solar system surfaces. Icarus, 190, 260-273
Moore, M. H., Hudson, R. L., Carlson, R. W., 2007. The radiolysis of SO2 and H2S in water ice: Implications for the icy jovian satellites. Icarus, 189, 409-423
Hudson, R. L., 2006. Astrochemistry examples in the classroom. The Journal of Chemical Education, 83, 1611-1616 - Cover article for the November, 2006 issue
Hudson, R. L., Moore, M. H., 2006. Infrared spectra and radiation stability of H2O2 ices relevant to Europa. Astrobiology, 6, 483-489
Cooper, P. D., Moore, M. H., Hudson, R. L., 2006. Infrared detection of HO2 and HO3 radicals in water ice. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 110, 7985-7988.
Moore, M. H., Hudson, R. L., 2006. Production of complex molecules in astrophysical ices. Astrochemistry: Recent Successes and Current Challenges, Proceedings IAU Sym. 231, Cambridge University Press, pp. 247-260
Hudson, R. L., Moore, M. H., Cook, A. M., 2005. IR characterization and radiation chemistry of glycolaldehyde and ethylene glycol ices. Advances in Space Research, 36, 184-189
Hudson, R. L., Khanna, R. K., Moore, M. H., 2005. Laboratory evidence for solid-phase protonation of HNCO in interstellar ices. The Astrophysical Journal - Supplement Series, 159, 277-281
Ruiterkamp, R., Peeters, Z., Moore, M. H., Hudson, R. L., Ehrenfreund, P., 2005. A quantitative study of proton irradiation and UV photolysis of benzene in interstellar environments. Astronomy & Astrophysics , 440, 391-402
Colangeli, L., Brucato, J. R., Bar-Nun, A., Hudson, R. L., Moore, M. H., 2005. Laboratory experiments on cometary materials. Chapter in Comets II, University of Arizona Press, pp. 695-717
Hudson, R. L., Moore, M. H., 2004. Reactions of nitriles in ices relevant to Titan, comets, and the interstellar medium: Formation of cyanate ion, ketenimines, and isonitriles. Icarus, 172, 466-478
Recent Professional Presentations
National Radio Astronomical Observatory, March 2010, “Extraterrestrial Organic Chemistry”
American Chemical Society – two invited presentations at the August 2009 national meeting (Washington, DC) – "Formation, destruction, and spectra of extraterrestrial molecules" and "The curious case of extraterrestrial carbonic acid - baking soda and beyond"
Department of Energy Meeting on "Radiation Chemistry in the Twenty-First Century", July 2009 – invited presentation at the University of Notre Dame – "Extraterrestrial radiation chemistry and molecular astronomy"
Astrobiology presentations for the International Astronomical Union in 2007 (Puerto Rico), and the NASA Astrobiology Institute in 2010 (Houston), 2008 (San Jose, CA), 2006 (Washington, DC), 2005 (Boulder, CO), and 2004 (Mountain View, CA); session organizer in 2008 and 2006
American Astronomical Society (Planetary Sciences Division) presentations at meetings in Pasadena (2010), Puerto Rico (2009), Ithaca, New York (2008), Orlando (2007), Monterey (2003), Birmingham (2002), New Orleans (2001), and Pasadena (2000)
COSPAR (Congress of Space Researchers) – invited presentations at meetings in Bremen (2010), Montreal (2008), Paris (2004), Houston (2002), and Warsaw (2001)
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) meetings in Singapore; oral presentation on Titan nitriles and co-chaired session on laboratory investigations of solar system ices (2004); organizer and chaired sessions on solar system ices and on planetary-science education (2005)
Presentations at workshops on laboratory astrophysics (2010, NASA), molecules in space (ACS national meeting, 2006), solid-state astrochemistry (Leiden University, Netherlands, 2003), space weathering (American Geophysical Meeting, San Francisco, 2002), cometary chemistry (Technical University of Berlin, 2002), Kuiper-Belt objects (Paris Observatory, 2001), and solar-system ices (Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Maryland, 2000)
Seminars: Department of Physics, University of Alabama-Birmingham (February, 2002) and Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee (April, 2001)
About twenty other seminars and presentations in 1999 and earlier at professional meetings
Brief Bio
Reggie Hudson is a research scientist working at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. To learn more about him, his work, and his colleagues, visit the Cosmic Ice Laboratory's web pages.
