Andrew (Andy) Needham is a research scientist and serves as the Contamination Control Scientist for the Artemis Internal Science Team. He has a background in meteoritics and planetary science, largely involving laboratory analyses of samples from asteroids, the Moon, and Mars. His research has included stable and radiogenic isotope analyses using plasma source and secondary ion mass spectrometry, as well as exploring astromaterials using X-ray and neutron computed tomography.
Andrew W Needham
(RESEARCH AST, PLANETARY STUDIES)
| Email: | andrew.w.needham@nasa.gov |
| Org Code: | 691 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 691 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
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Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Section Manager, Astromaterials Curation
Jacobs/JETS-NASA JSC - Houston TX
December 2021 - December 2022
NanoSIMS Laboratory Manager
Jacobs/JETS-NASA JSC - Houston TX
June 2020 - November 2021
Research Scientist
Jacobs/JETS-NASA JSC - Houston TX
March 2019 - May 2020
Visiting Scentist
USRA-Science and Technology Institute - Huntsville AL
December 2016 - February 2019
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Carnegie Institution for Science - Washington DC
May 2015 - November 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow
NASA JSC, contracted through USRA-LPI and ORAU/NASA Postdoctoral Program - Houston TX
July 2011 - May 2015
Postdoctoral Researcher
The Open University - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
November 2008 - June 2011
Postdoctoral Researcher
The Natural History Museum - London, United Kingdom
March 2008 - October 2008
Education
MBA - The Open University
DPhil - University of Oxford
MSci - Royal Holloway, University of London