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Barbara A Cohen

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Barbara A Cohen

  • RESEARCH AST, PLANETARY STUDIES
  • 301.614.6803 | 111.111.1111
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 698
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: NASA

    • Brief Bio

    Dr. Barbara Cohen is a planetary scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Originally from upstate New York, Dr. Cohen earned her BS in Geology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and her PhD in Planetary Science from the University of Arizona. Her main scientific interests are in geochronology and geochemistry of planetary samples from the Moon, Mars and asteroids. She is a Principal Investigator on multiple NASA research and space flight projects, including Lunar Flashlight, a lunar cubesat mission, and the PITMS, a mass spectrometer manifested aboard the Astrobotic Peregrine lander for a lunar surface mission. She has been a member of the science teams operating the Mars rovers Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity, and currently serves as a Returned Sample Scientist on the Mars 2020 / Perseverance mission. She is the PI for the Mid-Atlantic Noble Gas Research Laboratory (MNGRL) and is developing a flight version of her noble-gas geochronology technique, the Potassium-Argon Laser Experiment (KArLE), for use on future planetary landers and rovers. She has participated in the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) in four seasons, where she helped recovered more than a thousand pristine samples for the US collection. Asteroid 6816 Barbcohen is named for her.

    Positions/Employment

    1/2017 - Present

    AST, Planetary Science

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD

    Principal Investigator, Mid-Atlantic Noble Gas Research Laboratory (MNGRL)

    • Geochronology and noble-gas measurements of planetary materials, including lunar rocks, meteorites, and impact crater materials
    • Development of in situ techniques for geochronology on planetary lander or rover missions

    Spacecraft activities

    • Principal investigator, Lunar Flashlight
    • Principal Investigator, PROSPECT Ion-Trap Mass Spectrometer (PITMS)
    • Associate Project Scientist, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
    • Sample Return Scientist, Mars 2020
    • Participating Scientist, Mars Science Laboratory
    • Associate Principal Investigator, Mars Exploration Rovers

    Service:

    • Member, GSFC Science Director's Committee (SDC), 2018-19
    • Member, GSFC Diversity and Inclusiveness Committee, 2018-19
    5/2008 - 1/2017

    AST, Planetary Science

    NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville AL
    • Project Scientist for the International Lunar Network and Robotic Lunar Lander projects
    • Program Scientist for the Lunar Precursor Robotics Program
    • Supported human and robotic exploration spaceflight planning, analog missions, and Strategic Knowledge Gap development
    11/2003 - 5/2008

    Research Assistant Professor

    University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
    • Principal investigator in the Institute of Meteoritics
    10/2001 - 7/2003

    Postdoctoral Research Associate

    University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI
    • Postdoctoral work on meteorites with Dr. Klaus Keil
    4/2000 - 9/2001

    Postdoctoral Research Associate

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN
    • Postdoctoral research on lunar samples with Dr. Larry Taylor

    Professional Societies

    American Geophysical Union, Planetary Science Division, 1993 - Present
    Section Secretary, 2015-2016; Fall Meeting Organizing Committee, 2015-2017; Prize Committee 2018-2020
    Meteoritical Society, 1994 - Present
    Barringer Medal Committee, 2011-2014; Chair, Barringer Medal Committee, 2014
    American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences, 1994 - Present
    Prize Committee, 2018-9
    Geological Society of America, 1998 - Present
    Association for Women in Science, 2000 - Present
    Phi Beta Kappa, 1992 - Present

    Professional Service

    • Chair, Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group (ExMAG), 2020-2023
    • Co-Chair, Artemis III Science Definition Team, 2020
    • Vice Chair, Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG), 2019-2020
    • Executive Committee, Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), 2019-2020
    • Member, Committee on the Review of Progress Toward Implementing the Decadal Survey Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science (planetary science mid-term review), 2017-18
    • Scientific Organizing Committee, Planetary Sciences Division, Fall AGU meeting, 2015-2017
    • Scientific Organizing Committee, Low Cost Planetary Missions conference, 2017
    • Executive Committee for community review of the Europa lander SDT report, 2017
    • Associate Editor, Geosciences journal, 2016-2019
    • Member, Mars International Collaboration Science Analysis Group (MIC-SAG) , 2016-17
    • Scientific Organizing Committee, International Workshop on Planetary Instruments, 2016
    • Secretary, Planetary Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2015-2016
    • Chair, Barringer Medal Committee for the Meteoritical Society, 2014
    • Member, Meteorite Working Group, 2012-2014
    • Member, Independent Assessment Team for Mars 2020 mission Science Definition Team, 2012
    • Member, Lunar Exploration and Analysis Group (LEAG) Special Analysis Team (SAT) on an Earth-Moon L2 Research Facility, 2012
    • Scientific Organizing Committee, 3rd Conference on Terrestrial Mars Analogues, 2012
    • Member, Barringer Medal Committee for the Meteoritical Society, 2011-2013
    • Member, Exploration NEA User Team (NUT) and Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) Strategic Knowledge Gap Definition Team, 2011-2012
    • Member, Visions and Voyages - Planetary Sciences Decadal Survey, Inner Planets Panel, 2009-2010
    • Science team, NASA Desert-RATS, science backroom operations and planning, 2009 - 2011
    • Co-Convener, Airless Body Lander session, International Planetary Probes Workshop 7, Barcelona, Spain, 2010
    • Scientific Organizing Committee: LRO Targeting Workshop, NASA Lunar Science Forum, AAS Division for Planetary Science Annual Meeting, and Lunar Geophysics Workshop, 2009
    • Member, Optimizing Science and Exploration Working Group (OSEWG), 2008-2011
    • Co-Chair, Science Definition Team for the International Lunar Network (ILN) mission, 2008
    • Scientific Organizing Committee, Workshop on the Early Solar System Impact Bombardment, Houston TX, 2008
    • Convener, Special Session, Planetary Pummeling: Cataclysmic Bombardment of the Solar System as Catastrophe, Catalyst, Cauldron, and Crucible, GSA Annual Meeting, 2008
    • NRC/NASA Committee on the Scientific Context for the Exploration of the Moon, 2005-2007
    • CAPTEM Lunar Science Subcommittee, 2005-2006
    • Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials (CAPTEM), 2003-2005
    • Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) team, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2013-14, 2017-18
    • Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Program Committee, 2002-2005
    • Meteoritical Society Program Committee, 2001
    • Convener, Special Session, Early lunar cratering and impact chronology, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2001
    • Review panelist: NASA GRAIL and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Participating Scientist Programs, NASA Lunar Sortie Science Opportunities, NASA Moon and Mars Analog Mission Activities, NASA Cosmochemistry, NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics, NASA Emerging Worlds, NASA Solar System Workings, NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program (panel chair), Mars Data Analysis Program (panel chair), NASA Planetary Data Archiving and Research Tools (panel chair), multiple external reviews

    Awards

    • Fellow of the Meteoritical Society, 2018
    • Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institite (SSERVI) Coradini Mid-Career Award, 2018
    • NASA Ames Honor Award for FINESSE/SSERVI team, 2017
    • NASA Group Achievement Award for the Mojave Volatiles Prospector Team, 2015
    • NASA Group Achievement Award for work with Science Web Chats, 2015
    • NASA Group Achievement Award for Mars Exploration Rover Science and Operations, 2014
    • NASA Group Achievement Award for the Lunar Mapping and Modeling Project (LMMP), 2013
    • Antarctic Service Medal, 2012
    • NASA Silver Achievement Medal for the Robotic Lunar Lander team, 2012
    • NASA Group Achievement award for How to Protect and Preserve the Historic and Scientific Value of U.S. Government Lunar Artifacts, 2012
    • NASA Group Achievement Award for MER Extended Operations, 2008 and 2011
    • NASA Sagan/Haskin Early Career Fellowship recipient, 2007
    • Asteroid 6816 Barbcohen named, 2006
    • National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined), 2003
    • Honorable mention, Best Student Paper, Meteoritical and Geochemical Societies, 2002
    • NASA Space Grant Fellowship, 1997-1999
    • NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship, 1994-1997
    • University of Arizona Graduate College Fellowship, 1993
    • SUNY Stony Brook Simons Scholarship, 1989-1993

    Special Experience

    FLIGHT PROJECT EXPERIENCE

    • Principal Investigator for Peregrine Ion-Trap Mass Spectrometer (PITMS), 2019-2022
    • Principal Investigator for Lunar Flashlight mission, 2015-2022
    • Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Co-Investigator, 2021-2024
    • Mars 2020 (Perseverance) Returned Sample Science Participating Scientist, 2018-2023
    • Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) Participating Scientist, 2014-2018
    • Mars Exploration Rovers (Opportunity) Associate Principal Investigator, 2016-2018
    • Project Scientist for International Lunar Network mission, 2008-2012
    • Program Scientist for Lunar Precursor Robotics Program (LRO and LCROSS), 2007-2010
    • Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) Participating Scientist, 2014-2018

     

    Publications

    Refereed

    Culbert, C. J., B. L. Ehlmann, A. A. Fraeman, et al. S. Albert, D. Banfield, J. Bapst, D. Bearden, K. Bonnet, J. Burdick, W. Calvin, B. A. Cohen, T. Crain, C. Edwards, G. Falcone, E. Frank, A. Hotchler, M. Johnson, B. Kennedy, L. Kerber, R. Manning, D. Masten, L. Mathies, M. Munk, D. Murrow, P. Niles, M. Panning, Z. Putnam, E. Scheller, R. Sheppard, N. Stein, S. Wei, R. Wooley, and P. Wooster. 2022. "Revolutionizing Access to the Mars Surface." California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA., [https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:202202]

    Cohen, B. A., K. E. Young, N. E. Zellner, et al. K. Zacny, R. A. Yingst, R. N. Watkins, R. Warwick, S. N. Valencia, T. D. Swindle, S. J. Robbins, N. E. Petro, A. Nicoletti, D. P. Moriarty, R. Lynch, S. J. Indyk, J. Gross, J. A. Grier, J. A. Grant, A. Ginyard, C. I. Fassett, K. A. Farley, B. J. Farcy, B. L. Ehlmann, M. D. Dyar, G. Daelemans, N. M. Curran, C. H. van der Bogert, R. D. Arevalo, and F. Scott Anderson. 2021. "In Situ Geochronology for the Next Decade: Mission Designs for the Moon, Mars, and Vesta." The Planetary Science Journal, 2 (4): 145 [10.3847/psj/abedbf]

    Schaen, A. J., B. R. Jicha, K. V. Hodges, et al. P. Vermeesch, M. E. Stelten, C. M. Mercer, D. Phillips, T. A. Rivera, F. Jourdan, E. L. Matchan, S. R. Hemming, L. E. Morgan, S. P. Kelley, W. S. Cassata, M. T. Heizler, P. M. Vasconcelos, J. A. Benowitz, A. A. Koppers, D. F. Mark, E. M. Niespolo, C. J. Sprain, W. E. Hames, K. F. Kuiper, B. D. Turrin, P. R. Renne, J. Ross, S. Nomade, H. Guillou, L. E. Webb, B. A. Cohen, A. T. Calvert, N. Joyce, M. Ganerød, J. Wijbrans, O. Ishizuka, H. He, A. Ramirez, J. A. Pfänder, M. Lopez-Martínez, H. Qiu, and B. S. Singer. 2020. "Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data." GSA Bulletin, 133 (3-4): 461-487 [10.1130/b35560.1]

    Runyon, K. D., D. P. Moriarty, B. W. Denevi, et al. B. T. Greenhagen, G. Morgan, K. E. Young, B. A. Cohen, C. H. van de Bogert, H. Hiesinger, and L. M. Jozwiak. 2020. "Impact Melt Facies in the Moon's Crisium Basin: Identifying, Characterizing, and Future Radiogenic Dating." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, [10.1029/2019JE006024]

    Cohen, B. A., C. A. Malespin, K. A. Farley, et al. P. E. Martin, Y. Cho, and P. R. Mahaffy. 2019. "In Situ Geochronology on Mars and the Development of Future Instrumentation." Astrobiology, ast.2018.1871 [10.1089/ast.2018.1871]

    Cohen, B. A., J. R. Szalay, A. S. Rivkin, et al. J. A. Richardson, R. L. Klima, C. M. Ernst, N. L. Chabot, Z. Sternovsky, and M. Horányi. 2019. "Using dust shed from asteroids as microsamples to link remote measurements with meteorite classes." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54 (9): 2046-2066 [10.1111/maps.13348]

    Cho, Y., and B. A. Cohen. 2018. "Dating igneous rocks using the Potassium-Argon Laser Experiment (KArLE) instrument: a case study for ~380 Ma basaltic rocks." Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, [10.1002/rcm.8214]

    Yingst, R., J. Bartley, T. Chidsey, et al. B. Cohen, G. Gilleaudeau, B. Hynek, L. Kah, M. Minitti, R. Williams, S. Black, J. Gemperline, R. Schaufler, and R. Thomas. 2018. "Testing the efficiency of rover science protocols for robotic sample selection: A GeoHeuristic Operational Strategies Test." Acta Astronautica, 146: 300-315 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.02.029]

    Mittlefehldt, D. W., R. Gellert, S. vanBommel, et al. D. W. Ming, A. S. Yen, B. C. Clark, R. V. Morris, C. Schröder, L. S. Crumpler, J. A. Grant, B. L. Jolliff, R. E. Arvidson, W. H. Farrand, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. F. Bell, B. A. Cohen, G. Klingelhöfer, C. M. Schrader, and J. W. Rice. 2018. "Diverse Lithologies and Alteration Events on the Rim of Noachian-Aged Endeavour Crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars: In Situ Compositional Evidence." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123 (5): 1255-1306 [10.1002/2017je005474]

    Curran, N., D. Bower, B. Frasl, and B. Cohen. 2018. "Age Distribution of Lunar Impact-Melt Rocks in Apollo Drive-Tube 68001/2." Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 49: 2732.

    Martin, P. E., K. A. Farley, M. B. Baker, et al. C. A. Malespin, S. P. Schwenzer, B. A. Cohen, P. R. Mahaffy, A. C. McAdam, D. W. Ming, P. M. Vasconcelos, and R. Navarro-González. 2017. "A Two-Step K-Ar Experiment on Mars: Dating the Diagenetic Formation of Jarosite from Amazonian Groundwaters." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, [10.1002/2017je005445]

    Yingst, R., J. Berger, B. Cohen, B. Hynek, and M. Schmidt. 2017. "Determining best practices in reconnoitering sites for habitability potential on Mars using a semi-autonomous rover: A GeoHeuristic Operational Strategies Test." Acta Astronautica, 132: 268-281 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2016.12.018]

    Ehlmann, B. L., F. S. Anderson, J. Andrews-Hanna, et al. D. C. Catling, P. R. Christensen, B. A. Cohen, C. D. Dressing, C. S. Edwards, L. T. Elkins-Tanton, K. A. Farley, C. I. Fassett, W. W. Fischer, A. A. Fraeman, M. P. Golombek, V. E. Hamilton, A. G. Hayes, C. D. Herd, B. Horgan, R. Hu, B. M. Jakosky, J. R. Johnson, J. F. Kasting, L. Kerber, K. M. Kinch, E. S. Kite, H. A. Knutson, J. I. Lunine, P. R. Mahaffy, N. Mangold, F. M. McCubbin, J. F. Mustard, P. B. Niles, C. Quantin-Nataf, M. S. Rice, K. M. Stack, D. J. Stevenson, S. T. Stewart, M. J. Toplis, T. Usui, B. P. Weiss, S. C. Werner, R. D. Wordsworth, J. J. Wray, R. A. Yingst, Y. L. Yung, and K. J. Zahnle. 2016. "The sustainability of habitability on terrestrial planets: Insights, questions, and needed measurements from Mars for understanding the evolution of Earth-like worlds." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 121 (10): 1927-1961 [10.1002/2016je005134]

    Schrader, C. M., B. A. Cohen, J. J. Donovan, and E. P. Vicenzi. 2016. "Ni/S/Cl systematics and the origin of impact-melt glasses in Martian meteorite Elephant Moraine 79001." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 51 (4): 663-680 [10.1111/maps.12612]

    Cohen, B. 2016. "CubeSat for investigating ice on the Moon." SPIE Newsroom, [10.1117/2.1201601.006241]

    Cohen, B. A., D. S. Lim, K. E. Young, et al. A. Brunner, R. C. Elphic, A. Horne, M. C. Kerrigan, G. O. Osinski, J. R. Skok, S. W. Squyres, D. Saint-Jacques, and J. L. Heldmann. 2015. "Pre-Mission Input Requirements to Enable Successful Sample Collection by a Remote Field/EVA Team." Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments, 12 (1): [10.7771/2327-2937.1071]

    Johnson, L., J. Castillo-Rogez, B. A. Cohen, and L. McNutt. 2015. "Solar Sail Propulsion for Interplanetary Cubesats." 51st AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, [10.2514/6.2015-3895]

    Crumpler, L. S., R. E. Arvidson, J. Bell, et al. B. C. Clark, B. A. Cohen, W. H. Farrand, R. Gellert, M. Golombek, J. A. Grant, E. Guinness, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, B. Jolliff, D. W. Ming, D. W. Mittlefehldt, T. Parker, J. W. Rice, S. W. Squyres, R. Sullivan, and A. S. Yen. 2015. "Context of ancient aqueous environments on Mars from in situ geologic mapping at Endeavour Crater." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 120 (3): 538-569 [10.1002/2014je004699]

    Cohen, B. A., J. S. Miller, Z.-H. Li, T. D. Swindle, and R. A. French. 2014. "The Potassium-Argon Laser Experiment (KArLE):In SituGeochronology for Planetary Robotic Missions." Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 38 (4): 421-439 [10.1111/j.1751-908x.2014.00319.x]

    Yingst, R., B. Cohen, B. Hynek, et al. M. Schmidt, C. Schrader, and A. Rodriguez. 2014. "Testing Mars Exploration Rover-inspired operational strategies for semi-autonomous rovers on the moon II: The GeoHeuristic operational Strategies Test in Alaska." Acta Astronautica, 99: 24-36 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.01.019]

    Cabrol, N. A., K. Herkenhoff, A. H. Knoll, et al. J. Farmer, R. Arvidson, E. Grin, R. Li, L. Fenton, B. Cohen, J. F. Bell, and R. Aileen Yingst. 2014. "Sands at Gusev Crater, Mars." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 119 (5): 941-967 [10.1002/2013je004535]

    Yingst, R., B. Cohen, D. Ming, and D. Eppler. 2013. "Comparing Apollo and Mars Exploration Rover (MER)/phoenix operations paradigms for human exploration during NASA Desert-RATS science operations." Acta Astronautica, 90 (2): 311-317 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.10.001]

    Marchi, S., W. F. Bottke, B. A. Cohen, et al. K. Wünnemann, D. A. Kring, H. Y. McSween, M. C. De Sanctis, D. P. O'Brien, P. Schenk, C. A. Raymond, and C. T. Russell. 2013. "High-velocity collisions from the lunar cataclysm recorded in asteroidal meteorites." Nature Geoscience, 6 (5): 411-411 [10.1038/ngeo1803]

    Cohen, B. A. 2013. "The Vestan cataclysm: Impact-melt clasts in howardites and the bombardment history of 4 Vesta." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48 (5): 771-785 [10.1111/maps.12101]

    Eppler, D., B. Adams, D. Archer, et al. G. Baiden, A. Brown, W. Carey, B. A. Cohen, C. Condit, C. Evans, C. Fortezzo, W. B. Garry, T. Graff, J. Gruener, J. Heldmann, K. Hodges, F. Horz, J. Hurtado, B. Hynek, P. Isaacson, C. Juranek, K. Klaus, D. Kring, N. Lanza, S. Lederer, G. Lofgren, M. Marinova, L. May, J. Meyer, D. Ming, B. Monteleone, C. Morisset, S. Noble, E. Rampe, J. Rice, J. Schutt, J. Skinner, C. M. Tewksbury-Christle, B. J. Tewksbury, A. Vaughan, A. Yingst, and K. Young. 2013. "Desert Research and Technology Studies (DRATS) 2010 science operations: Operational approaches and lessons learned for managing science during human planetary surface missions." Acta Astronautica, 90: 224-241 [DOI:10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.03.009]

    Cohen, B. 2012. "A crowded Solar System." Nature Geoscience, 6 (1): 14-15 [10.1038/ngeo1694]

    Cohen, B. A., D. G. Chavers, and B. W. Ballard. 2012. "NASA'S Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project." Acta Astronautica, 79: 221-240 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.03.025]

    Squyres, S. W., R. E. Arvidson, J. F. Bell, et al. F. Calef, B. C. Clark, B. A. Cohen, L. A. Crumpler, P. A. de Souza, W. H. Farrand, R. Gellert, J. Grant, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. A. Hurowitz, J. R. Johnson, B. L. Jolliff, A. H. Knoll, R. Li, S. M. McLennan, D. W. Ming, D. W. Mittlefehldt, T. J. Parker, G. Paulsen, M. S. Rice, S. W. Ruff, C. Schroder, A. S. Yen, and K. Zacny. 2012. "Ancient Impact and Aqueous Processes at Endeavour Crater, Mars." Science, 336 (6081): 570-576 [10.1126/science.1220476]

    Yingst, R. A., B. A. Cohen, L. Crumpler, M. E. Schmidt, and C. M. Schrader. 2011. "Testing Mars-inspired operational strategies for semi-autonomous rovers on the Moon: The GeoHeuristic Operational Strategies Test in New Mexico." Mars, 6: 13-31 [10.1555/mars.2011.0002]

    Decadal Survey, C., and B. A. Cohen. 2011. "Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022." Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, ISBN: 978-0-309-22464-2. [doi:https://doi.org/10.17226/13117]

    Weitz, C. M., W. H. Farrand, J. R. Johnson, et al. I. Fleischer, C. Schröder, A. Yingst, B. Jolliff, R. Gellert, J. Bell, K. E. Herkenhoff, G. Klingelhöfer, B. Cohen, W. Calvin, M. Rutherford, and J. Ashley. 2010. "Visible and near-infrared multispectral analysis of geochemically measured rock fragments at the Opportunity landing site in Meridiani Planum." Journal of Geophysical Research, 115: E00F10 [10.1029/2010je003660]

    Fleischer, I., J. Brückner, C. Schröder, et al. W. Farrand, E. Tréguier, R. Morris, G. Klingelhöfer, K. Herkenhoff, D. Mittlefehldt, J. Ashley, M. Golombek, J. R. Johnson, B. Jolliff, S. W. Squyres, C. Weitz, R. Gellert, P. A. de Souza, and B. A. Cohen. 2010. "Mineralogy and chemistry of cobbles at Meridiani Planum, Mars, investigated by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity." Journal of Geophysical Research, 115: E00F05 [10.1029/2010je003621]

    Goodrich, C. A., I. D. Hutcheon, N. T. Kita, et al. G. R. Huss, B. A. Cohen, and K. Keil. 2010. "53Mn–53Cr and 26Al–26Mg ages of a feldspathic lithology in polymict ureilites." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 295 (3-4): 531-540 [10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.036]

    Rivkin, A. S., J. Li, R. E. Milliken, et al. L. F. Lim, A. J. Lovell, B. E. Schmidt, L. A. McFadden, and B. A. Cohen. 2010. "The Surface Composition of Ceres." Space Science Reviews, Online First, 101 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1007/s11214-010-9677-4]

    Bland, P. A., M. D. Jackson, R. F. Coker, et al. B. A. Cohen, J. B. Webber, M. R. Lee, C. M. Duffy, R. J. Chater, M. G. Ardakani, D. S. McPhail, D. W. McComb, and G. K. Benedix. 2009. "Why aqueous alteration in asteroids was isochemical: High porosity≠high permeability." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 287 (3-4): 559-568 [10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.004]

    Squyres, S. W., A. H. Knoll, R. E. Arvidson, et al. J. W. Ashley, J. F. Bell, W. M. Calvin, P. R. Christensen, B. C. Clark, B. A. Cohen, P. A. de Souza, L. Edgar, W. H. Farrand, I. Fleischer, R. Gellert, M. P. Golombek, J. Grant, J. Grotzinger, A. Hayes, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, B. Jolliff, G. Klingelhofer, A. Knudson, R. Li, T. J. McCoy, S. M. McLennan, D. W. Ming, D. W. Mittlefehldt, R. V. Morris, J. W. Rice, C. Schroder, R. J. Sullivan, A. Yen, and R. A. Yingst. 2009. "Exploration of Victoria Crater by the Mars Rover Opportunity." Science, 324 (5930): 1058-1061 [10.1126/science.1170355]

    Morris, R. V., G. Klingelhöfer, C. Schröder, et al. I. Fleischer, D. W. Ming, A. S. Yen, R. Gellert, R. E. Arvidson, D. S. Rodionov, L. S. Crumpler, B. C. Clark, B. A. Cohen, T. J. McCoy, D. W. Mittlefehldt, M. E. Schmidt, P. A. de Souza, and S. W. Squyres. 2008. "Iron mineralogy and aqueous alteration from Husband Hill through Home Plate at Gusev Crater, Mars: Results from the Mössbauer instrument on the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover." Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (E12): E12S42 [10.1029/2008je003201]

    Ming, D. W., R. Gellert, R. V. Morris, et al. R. E. Arvidson, J. Brückner, B. C. Clark, B. A. Cohen, C. d'Uston, T. Economou, I. Fleischer, G. Klingelhöfer, T. J. McCoy, D. W. Mittlefehldt, M. E. Schmidt, C. Schröder, S. W. Squyres, E. Tréguier, A. S. Yen, and J. Zipfel. 2008. "Geochemical properties of rocks and soils in Gusev Crater, Mars: Results of the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer from Cumberland Ridge to Home Plate." Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (E12): E12S39 [10.1029/2008je003195]

    Grant, J. A., S. A. Wilson, B. A. Cohen, et al. M. P. Golombek, P. E. Geissler, R. J. Sullivan, R. L. Kirk, and T. J. Parker. 2008. "Degradation of Victoria crater, Mars." Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (E11): E11010 [10.1029/2008je003155]

    McCoy, T. J., M. Sims, M. E. Schmidt, et al. L. Edwards, L. L. Tornabene, L. S. Crumpler, B. A. Cohen, L. A. Soderblom, D. L. Blaney, S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson, J. W. Rice, E. Tréguier, C. d'Uston, J. A. Grant, H. Y. McSween, M. P. Golombek, A. F. Haldemann, and P. A. de Souza. 2008. "Structure, stratigraphy, and origin of Husband Hill, Columbia Hills, Gusev Crater, Mars." Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (E6): E06S03 [10.1029/2007je003041]

    McSween, H. Y., S. W. Ruff, R. V. Morris, et al. R. Gellert, G. Klingelhöfer, P. R. Christensen, T. J. McCoy, A. Ghosh, J. M. Moersch, B. A. Cohen, A. D. Rogers, C. Schröder, S. W. Squyres, J. Crisp, and A. Yen. 2008. "Mineralogy of volcanic rocks in Gusev Crater, Mars: Reconciling Mössbauer, Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer, and Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer spectra." Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (E6): E06S04 [10.1029/2007je002970]

    Cabrol, N. A., K. E. Herkenhoff, R. Greeley, et al. E. A. Grin, C. Schröder, C. d'Uston, C. Weitz, R. A. Yingst, B. A. Cohen, J. Moore, A. Knudson, B. Franklin, R. C. Anderson, and R. Li. 2008. "Soil sedimentology at Gusev Crater from Columbia Memorial Station to Winter Haven." Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (E6): E06S05 [10.1029/2007je002953]

    Chapman, C. R., B. A. Cohen, and D. H. Grinspoon. 2007. "What are the real constraints on the existence and magnitude of the late heavy bombardment?" Icarus, 189 (1): 233-245 [10.1016/j.icarus.2006.12.020]

    James, O. B., B. A. Cohen, L. A. Taylor, and M. A. Nazarov. 2007. "Comment on: “New” lunar meteorites: Impact melt and regolith breccias and large-scale heterogeneities of the upper lunar crust, by P. H. Warren, F. Ulff-Møller, and G. W. Kallemeyn." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 42 (6): 1029-1032 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01148.x]

    Squyres, S. W., O. Aharonson, B. Clark, et al. B. A. Cohen, L. Crumpler, P. A. de Souza, W. H. Farrand, R. Gellert, J. Grant, J. P. Grotzinger, A. F. Haldemann, J. R. Johnson, G. Klingelhofer, K. W. Lewis, R. Li, T. McCoy, A. S. McEwen, H. Y. McSween, D. W. Ming, J. M. Moore, R. V. Morris, T. J. Parker, J. W. Rice, S. Ruff, M. Schmidt, C. Schroder, L. A. Soderblom, and A. Yen. 2007. "Pyroclastic Activity at Home Plate in Gusev Crater, Mars." Science, 316 (5825): 738-742 [10.1126/science.1139045]

    C., and B. A. Cohen. 2007. "The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon." Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, ISBN: 978-0-309-10919-2. [doi:https://doi.org/10.17226/11954]

    Morris, R. V., G. Klingelhöfer, C. Schröder, et al. D. S. Rodionov, A. Yen, D. W. Ming, P. A. de Souza, T. Wdowiak, I. Fleischer, R. Gellert, B. Bernhardt, U. Bonnes, B. A. Cohen, E. N. Evlanov, J. Foh, P. Gütlich, E. Kankeleit, T. McCoy, D. W. Mittlefehldt, F. Renz, M. E. Schmidt, B. Zubkov, S. W. Squyres, and R. E. Arvidson. 2006. "Mössbauer mineralogy of rock, soil, and dust at Meridiani Planum, Mars: Opportunity's journey across sulfate-rich outcrop, basaltic sand and dust, and hematite lag deposits." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 111 (E12): [10.1029/2006je002791]

    Connolly, H. C., J. Zipfel, J. N. Grossman, et al. L. Folco, C. Smith, R. H. Jones, K. Righter, M. Zolensky, S. S. Russell, G. K. Benedix, A. Yamaguchi, and B. A. Cohen. 2006. "The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 90, 2006 September." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 41 (9): 1383-1418 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00529.x]

    Cohen, B. A. 2006. "Quantifying the amount of impact ejecta at the MER landing sites and potential paleolakes in the southern Martian highlands." Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (5): L05203 [10.1029/2005gl024963]

    Cohen, B. A., T. D. Swindle, and D. A. Kring. 2005. "Geochemistry and40Ar-39Ar geochronology of impact-melt clasts in feldspathic lunar meteorites: Implications for lunar bombardment history." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 40 (5): 755-777 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00978.x]

    Cohen, B. A., C. A. Goodrich, and K. Keil. 2004. "Feldspathic clast populations in polymict ureilites: Stalking the missing basalts from the ureilite parent body." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68 (20): 4249-4266 [10.1016/j.gca.2004.01.027]

    Cohen, B. A., O. B. James, L. A. Taylor, M. A. Nazarov, and L. D. Barsukova. 2004. "Lunar highland meteorite Dhofar 026 and Apollo sample 15418: Two strongly shocked, partially melted, granulitic breccias." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 39 (9): 1419-1447 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00120.x]

    Grier, J. A., D. A. Kring, T. D. Swindle, et al. A. S. Rivkin, B. A. Cohen, and D. T. Britt. 2004. "Analyses of the chondritic meteorite Orvinio (H6): Insight into the origins and evolution of shocked H chondrite material." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 39 (9): 1475-1493 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00123.x]

    Cahill, J. T., C. Floss, M. Anand, et al. L. A. Taylor, M. A. Nazarov, and B. A. Cohen. 2004. "Petrogenesis of lunar highlands meteorites: Dhofar 025, Dhofar 081, Dar al Gani 262, and Dar al Gani 400." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 39 (4): 503-529 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00916.x]

    Ciesla, F. J., D. Lauretta, B. A. Cohen, and L. L. Hood. 2003. "A Nebular Origin for Chondritic Fine-Grained Phyllosilicates." Science, 299 (5606): 549-552 [10.1126/science.1079427]

    Kring, D. A., and B. A. Cohen. 2002. "Cataclysmic bombardment throughout the inner solar system 3.9–4.0 Ga." Journal of Geophysical Research, 107 (E2): 5009 [10.1029/2001je001529]

    Cohen, B. A., G. A. Snyder, C. M. Hall, L. A. Taylor, and M. A. Nazarov. 2001. "Argon-40-argon-39 chronology and petrogenesis along the eastern limb of the Moon from Luna 16, 20 and 24 samples." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 36 (10): 1345-1366 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01829.x]

    Cohen, B. A. 2000. "Support for the Lunar Cataclysm Hypothesis from Lunar Meteorite Impact Melt Ages." Science, 290 (5497): 1754-1756 [10.1126/science.290.5497.1754]

    Cohen, B. A., and R. F. Coker. 2000. "Modeling of Liquid Water on CM Meteorite Parent Bodies and Implications for Amino Acid Racemization." Icarus, 145 (2): 369-381 [10.1006/icar.1999.6329]

    Cohen, B. A., and C. Chyba. 2000. "Racemization of Meteoritic Amino Acids." Icarus, 145 (1): 272-281 [10.1006/icar.1999.6328]

    Swindle, T. D., A. H. Treiman, D. J. Lindstrom, et al. M. K. Burkland, B. A. Cohen, J. A. Grier, B. Li, and E. K. Olson. 2000. "Noble gases in iddingsite from the Lafayette meteorite: Evidence for liquid water on Mars in the last few hundred million years." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 35 (1): 107-115 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01978.x]

    Turtle, E. P., M. E. Minitti, B. A. Cohen, et al. N. L. Chabot, D. Tourbier, C. Bachman, J. Brock, R. Foerstner, G. V. Hoppa, J. Kay, C. A. Lewicki, R. M. Mastrapa, J. Patel, N. Sherman, J. N. Spitale, A. S. Rivkin, D. E. Trilling, D. Villegas, C. Weitz, and T. . 1999. "AMBASSADOR: Asteroid sample return mission to 7 Iris." Acta Astronautica, 45 (4-9): 415-422 [10.1016/s0094-5765(99)00161-7]

    Boynton, W., L. D'Uston, D. Young, et al. J. Lunine, J. Waite, S. Bailey, J. Berthelier, J. Bertaux, V. Borrel, M. Burke, B. Cohen, D. Mccomas, J. Nordholt, L. Evans, and J. Trombka. 1997. "The determination of ice composition with instruments on cometary landers." Acta Astronautica, 40 (9): 663-674 [10.1016/s0094-5765(97)00005-2]

    Davidson, P. M., G. H. Symmes, B. A. Cohen, R. J. Reeder, and D. H. Lindsley. 1993. "Synthesis of the new compound CaFe(CO3)2 and experimental constraints on the (Ca,Fe)CO3 join." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 57 (23-24): 5105-5109 [10.1016/0016-7037(93)90612-z]

    Non-Refereed

    Kleinhenz, J., A. Colaprete, D. Beaty, et al. B. A. Cohen, P. Clark, J. Gruener, J. Schuler, K. E. Young, and A. C. Mcadam. 2020. "Lunar Water ISRU Measurement Study (LWIMS): Establishing a Measurement Plan for Identification and Characterization of a Water Reserve." NASA Technical Memorandum 20205008626 [https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20205008626]

    Petro, N., J. Keller, B. Cohen, and T. McClanahan. 2019. "Ten Years of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO): Advancing Lunar Science and Context for Future Lunar Exploration." Proceedings of the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., March 18-22, 2019 Paper # 2780: [Full Text (Link)]

    Cohen, B., N. Petro, S. Lawrence, et al. S. Clegg, B. Denevi, M. Dyar, S. Elardo, D. Grinspoon, H. Hiesinger, Y. Liu, and D. Moriarty. 2018. "Curie: Constraining Solar System Bombardment Using In Situ Radiometric Dating." Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 49:

    Curran, N., D. Bower, and B. Cohen. 2017. "Near-Surface Age Distribution of Lunar Impact-Melt Rocks." 2017 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group 2041:

    Bower, D., N. Curran, and B. Cohen. 2017. "Determining the Mineralogy of Lunar Samples Using Micro Raman Spectroscopy: Comparisons Between Polished and Unpolished Samples." 2017 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group 2041:

    Brief Bio

    Dr. Barbara Cohen is a planetary scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Originally from upstate New York, Dr. Cohen earned her BS in Geology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and her PhD in Planetary Science from the University of Arizona. Her main scientific interests are in geochronology and geochemistry of planetary samples from the Moon, Mars and asteroids. She is a Principal Investigator on multiple NASA research and space flight projects, including Lunar Flashlight, a lunar cubesat mission, and the PITMS, a mass spectrometer manifested aboard the Astrobotic Peregrine lander for a lunar surface mission. She has been a member of the science teams operating the Mars rovers Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity, and currently serves as a Returned Sample Scientist on the Mars 2020 / Perseverance mission. She is the PI for the Mid-Atlantic Noble Gas Research Laboratory (MNGRL) and is developing a flight version of her noble-gas geochronology technique, the Potassium-Argon Laser Experiment (KArLE), for use on future planetary landers and rovers. She has participated in the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) in four seasons, where she helped recovered more than a thousand pristine samples for the US collection. Asteroid 6816 Barbcohen is named for her.

    Publications

    Refereed

    Culbert, C. J., B. L. Ehlmann, A. A. Fraeman, et al. S. Albert, D. Banfield, J. Bapst, D. Bearden, K. Bonnet, J. Burdick, W. Calvin, B. A. Cohen, T. Crain, C. Edwards, G. Falcone, E. Frank, A. Hotchler, M. Johnson, B. Kennedy, L. Kerber, R. Manning, D. Masten, L. Mathies, M. Munk, D. Murrow, P. Niles, M. Panning, Z. Putnam, E. Scheller, R. Sheppard, N. Stein, S. Wei, R. Wooley, and P. Wooster. 2022. "Revolutionizing Access to the Mars Surface." California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA. [https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:202202]

    Cohen, B. A., K. E. Young, N. E. Zellner, et al. K. Zacny, R. A. Yingst, R. N. Watkins, R. Warwick, S. N. Valencia, T. D. Swindle, S. J. Robbins, N. E. Petro, A. Nicoletti, D. P. Moriarty, R. Lynch, S. J. Indyk, J. Gross, J. A. Grier, J. A. Grant, A. Ginyard, C. I. Fassett, K. A. Farley, B. J. Farcy, B. L. Ehlmann, M. D. Dyar, G. Daelemans, N. M. Curran, C. H. van der Bogert, R. D. Arevalo, and F. Scott Anderson. 2021. "In Situ Geochronology for the Next Decade: Mission Designs for the Moon, Mars, and Vesta." The Planetary Science Journal 2 (4): 145 [10.3847/psj/abedbf]

    Schaen, A. J., B. R. Jicha, K. V. Hodges, et al. P. Vermeesch, M. E. Stelten, C. M. Mercer, D. Phillips, T. A. Rivera, F. Jourdan, E. L. Matchan, S. R. Hemming, L. E. Morgan, S. P. Kelley, W. S. Cassata, M. T. Heizler, P. M. Vasconcelos, J. A. Benowitz, A. A. Koppers, D. F. Mark, E. M. Niespolo, C. J. Sprain, W. E. Hames, K. F. Kuiper, B. D. Turrin, P. R. Renne, J. Ross, S. Nomade, H. Guillou, L. E. Webb, B. A. Cohen, A. T. Calvert, N. Joyce, M. Ganerød, J. Wijbrans, O. Ishizuka, H. He, A. Ramirez, J. A. Pfänder, M. Lopez-Martínez, H. Qiu, and B. S. Singer. 2020. "Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data." GSA Bulletin 133 (3-4): 461-487 [10.1130/b35560.1]

    Runyon, K. D., D. P. Moriarty, B. W. Denevi, et al. B. T. Greenhagen, G. Morgan, K. E. Young, B. A. Cohen, C. H. van de Bogert, H. Hiesinger, and L. M. Jozwiak. 2020. "Impact Melt Facies in the Moon's Crisium Basin: Identifying, Characterizing, and Future Radiogenic Dating." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets [10.1029/2019JE006024]

    Cohen, B. A., C. A. Malespin, K. A. Farley, et al. P. E. Martin, Y. Cho, and P. R. Mahaffy. 2019. "In Situ Geochronology on Mars and the Development of Future Instrumentation." Astrobiology ast.2018.1871 [10.1089/ast.2018.1871]

    Cohen, B. A., J. R. Szalay, A. S. Rivkin, et al. J. A. Richardson, R. L. Klima, C. M. Ernst, N. L. Chabot, Z. Sternovsky, and M. Horányi. 2019. "Using dust shed from asteroids as microsamples to link remote measurements with meteorite classes." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54 (9): 2046-2066 [10.1111/maps.13348]

    Cho, Y., and B. A. Cohen. 2018. "Dating igneous rocks using the Potassium-Argon Laser Experiment (KArLE) instrument: a case study for ~380 Ma basaltic rocks." Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry [10.1002/rcm.8214]

    Yingst, R., J. Bartley, T. Chidsey, et al. B. Cohen, G. Gilleaudeau, B. Hynek, L. Kah, M. Minitti, R. Williams, S. Black, J. Gemperline, R. Schaufler, and R. Thomas. 2018. "Testing the efficiency of rover science protocols for robotic sample selection: A GeoHeuristic Operational Strategies Test." Acta Astronautica 146 300-315 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.02.029]

    Mittlefehldt, D. W., R. Gellert, S. vanBommel, et al. D. W. Ming, A. S. Yen, B. C. Clark, R. V. Morris, C. Schröder, L. S. Crumpler, J. A. Grant, B. L. Jolliff, R. E. Arvidson, W. H. Farrand, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. F. Bell, B. A. Cohen, G. Klingelhöfer, C. M. Schrader, and J. W. Rice. 2018. "Diverse Lithologies and Alteration Events on the Rim of Noachian-Aged Endeavour Crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars: In Situ Compositional Evidence." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 123 (5): 1255-1306 [10.1002/2017je005474]

    Curran, N., D. Bower, B. Frasl, and B. Cohen. 2018. "Age Distribution of Lunar Impact-Melt Rocks in Apollo Drive-Tube 68001/2." Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 49 2732

    Martin, P. E., K. A. Farley, M. B. Baker, et al. C. A. Malespin, S. P. Schwenzer, B. A. Cohen, P. R. Mahaffy, A. C. McAdam, D. W. Ming, P. M. Vasconcelos, and R. Navarro-González. 2017. "A Two-Step K-Ar Experiment on Mars: Dating the Diagenetic Formation of Jarosite from Amazonian Groundwaters." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets [10.1002/2017je005445]

    Yingst, R., J. Berger, B. Cohen, B. Hynek, and M. Schmidt. 2017. "Determining best practices in reconnoitering sites for habitability potential on Mars using a semi-autonomous rover: A GeoHeuristic Operational Strategies Test." Acta Astronautica 132 268-281 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2016.12.018]

    Ehlmann, B. L., F. S. Anderson, J. Andrews-Hanna, et al. D. C. Catling, P. R. Christensen, B. A. Cohen, C. D. Dressing, C. S. Edwards, L. T. Elkins-Tanton, K. A. Farley, C. I. Fassett, W. W. Fischer, A. A. Fraeman, M. P. Golombek, V. E. Hamilton, A. G. Hayes, C. D. Herd, B. Horgan, R. Hu, B. M. Jakosky, J. R. Johnson, J. F. Kasting, L. Kerber, K. M. Kinch, E. S. Kite, H. A. Knutson, J. I. Lunine, P. R. Mahaffy, N. Mangold, F. M. McCubbin, J. F. Mustard, P. B. Niles, C. Quantin-Nataf, M. S. Rice, K. M. Stack, D. J. Stevenson, S. T. Stewart, M. J. Toplis, T. Usui, B. P. Weiss, S. C. Werner, R. D. Wordsworth, J. J. Wray, R. A. Yingst, Y. L. Yung, and K. J. Zahnle. 2016. "The sustainability of habitability on terrestrial planets: Insights, questions, and needed measurements from Mars for understanding the evolution of Earth-like worlds." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 121 (10): 1927-1961 [10.1002/2016je005134]

    Schrader, C. M., B. A. Cohen, J. J. Donovan, and E. P. Vicenzi. 2016. "Ni/S/Cl systematics and the origin of impact-melt glasses in Martian meteorite Elephant Moraine 79001." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 51 (4): 663-680 [10.1111/maps.12612]

    Cohen, B. 2016. "CubeSat for investigating ice on the Moon." SPIE Newsroom [10.1117/2.1201601.006241]

    Cohen, B. A., D. S. Lim, K. E. Young, et al. A. Brunner, R. C. Elphic, A. Horne, M. C. Kerrigan, G. O. Osinski, J. R. Skok, S. W. Squyres, D. Saint-Jacques, and J. L. Heldmann. 2015. "Pre-Mission Input Requirements to Enable Successful Sample Collection by a Remote Field/EVA Team." Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments 12 (1): [10.7771/2327-2937.1071]

    Johnson, L., J. Castillo-Rogez, B. A. Cohen, and L. McNutt. 2015. "Solar Sail Propulsion for Interplanetary Cubesats." 51st AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference [10.2514/6.2015-3895]

    Crumpler, L. S., R. E. Arvidson, J. Bell, et al. B. C. Clark, B. A. Cohen, W. H. Farrand, R. Gellert, M. Golombek, J. A. Grant, E. Guinness, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, B. Jolliff, D. W. Ming, D. W. Mittlefehldt, T. Parker, J. W. Rice, S. W. Squyres, R. Sullivan, and A. S. Yen. 2015. "Context of ancient aqueous environments on Mars from in situ geologic mapping at Endeavour Crater." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 120 (3): 538-569 [10.1002/2014je004699]

    Cohen, B. A., J. S. Miller, Z.-H. Li, T. D. Swindle, and R. A. French. 2014. "The Potassium-Argon Laser Experiment (KArLE):In SituGeochronology for Planetary Robotic Missions." Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 38 (4): 421-439 [10.1111/j.1751-908x.2014.00319.x]

    Yingst, R., B. Cohen, B. Hynek, et al. M. Schmidt, C. Schrader, and A. Rodriguez. 2014. "Testing Mars Exploration Rover-inspired operational strategies for semi-autonomous rovers on the moon II: The GeoHeuristic operational Strategies Test in Alaska." Acta Astronautica 99 24-36 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.01.019]

    Cabrol, N. A., K. Herkenhoff, A. H. Knoll, et al. J. Farmer, R. Arvidson, E. Grin, R. Li, L. Fenton, B. Cohen, J. F. Bell, and R. Aileen Yingst. 2014. "Sands at Gusev Crater, Mars." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 119 (5): 941-967 [10.1002/2013je004535]

    Yingst, R., B. Cohen, D. Ming, and D. Eppler. 2013. "Comparing Apollo and Mars Exploration Rover (MER)/phoenix operations paradigms for human exploration during NASA Desert-RATS science operations." Acta Astronautica 90 (2): 311-317 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.10.001]

    Marchi, S., W. F. Bottke, B. A. Cohen, et al. K. Wünnemann, D. A. Kring, H. Y. McSween, M. C. De Sanctis, D. P. O'Brien, P. Schenk, C. A. Raymond, and C. T. Russell. 2013. "High-velocity collisions from the lunar cataclysm recorded in asteroidal meteorites." Nature Geoscience 6 (5): 411-411 [10.1038/ngeo1803]

    Cohen, B. A. 2013. "The Vestan cataclysm: Impact-melt clasts in howardites and the bombardment history of 4 Vesta." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 48 (5): 771-785 [10.1111/maps.12101]

    Eppler, D., B. Adams, D. Archer, et al. G. Baiden, A. Brown, W. Carey, B. A. Cohen, C. Condit, C. Evans, C. Fortezzo, W. B. Garry, T. Graff, J. Gruener, J. Heldmann, K. Hodges, F. Horz, J. Hurtado, B. Hynek, P. Isaacson, C. Juranek, K. Klaus, D. Kring, N. Lanza, S. Lederer, G. Lofgren, M. Marinova, L. May, J. Meyer, D. Ming, B. Monteleone, C. Morisset, S. Noble, E. Rampe, J. Rice, J. Schutt, J. Skinner, C. M. Tewksbury-Christle, B. J. Tewksbury, A. Vaughan, A. Yingst, and K. Young. 2013. "Desert Research and Technology Studies (DRATS) 2010 science operations: Operational approaches and lessons learned for managing science during human planetary surface missions." Acta Astronautica 90 224-241 [DOI:10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.03.009]

    Cohen, B. 2012. "A crowded Solar System." Nature Geoscience 6 (1): 14-15 [10.1038/ngeo1694]

    Cohen, B. A., D. G. Chavers, and B. W. Ballard. 2012. "NASA'S Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project." Acta Astronautica 79 221-240 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2012.03.025]

    Squyres, S. W., R. E. Arvidson, J. F. Bell, et al. F. Calef, B. C. Clark, B. A. Cohen, L. A. Crumpler, P. A. de Souza, W. H. Farrand, R. Gellert, J. Grant, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. A. Hurowitz, J. R. Johnson, B. L. Jolliff, A. H. Knoll, R. Li, S. M. McLennan, D. W. Ming, D. W. Mittlefehldt, T. J. Parker, G. Paulsen, M. S. Rice, S. W. Ruff, C. Schroder, A. S. Yen, and K. Zacny. 2012. "Ancient Impact and Aqueous Processes at Endeavour Crater, Mars." Science 336 (6081): 570-576 [10.1126/science.1220476]

    Yingst, R. A., B. A. Cohen, L. Crumpler, M. E. Schmidt, and C. M. Schrader. 2011. "Testing Mars-inspired operational strategies for semi-autonomous rovers on the Moon: The GeoHeuristic Operational Strategies Test in New Mexico." Mars 6 13-31 [10.1555/mars.2011.0002]

    Decadal Survey, C., and B. A. Cohen. 2011. "Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022." [doi:https://doi.org/10.17226/13117]

    Weitz, C. M., W. H. Farrand, J. R. Johnson, et al. I. Fleischer, C. Schröder, A. Yingst, B. Jolliff, R. Gellert, J. Bell, K. E. Herkenhoff, G. Klingelhöfer, B. Cohen, W. Calvin, M. Rutherford, and J. Ashley. 2010. "Visible and near-infrared multispectral analysis of geochemically measured rock fragments at the Opportunity landing site in Meridiani Planum." Journal of Geophysical Research 115 E00F10 [10.1029/2010je003660]

    Fleischer, I., J. Brückner, C. Schröder, et al. W. Farrand, E. Tréguier, R. Morris, G. Klingelhöfer, K. Herkenhoff, D. Mittlefehldt, J. Ashley, M. Golombek, J. R. Johnson, B. Jolliff, S. W. Squyres, C. Weitz, R. Gellert, P. A. de Souza, and B. A. Cohen. 2010. "Mineralogy and chemistry of cobbles at Meridiani Planum, Mars, investigated by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity." Journal of Geophysical Research 115 E00F05 [10.1029/2010je003621]

    Goodrich, C. A., I. D. Hutcheon, N. T. Kita, et al. G. R. Huss, B. A. Cohen, and K. Keil. 2010. "53Mn–53Cr and 26Al–26Mg ages of a feldspathic lithology in polymict ureilites." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 295 (3-4): 531-540 [10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.036]

    Rivkin, A. S., J. Li, R. E. Milliken, et al. L. F. Lim, A. J. Lovell, B. E. Schmidt, L. A. McFadden, and B. A. Cohen. 2010. "The Surface Composition of Ceres." Space Science Reviews, Online First 101 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1007/s11214-010-9677-4]

    Bland, P. A., M. D. Jackson, R. F. Coker, et al. B. A. Cohen, J. B. Webber, M. R. Lee, C. M. Duffy, R. J. Chater, M. G. Ardakani, D. S. McPhail, D. W. McComb, and G. K. Benedix. 2009. "Why aqueous alteration in asteroids was isochemical: High porosity≠high permeability." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 287 (3-4): 559-568 [10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.004]

    Squyres, S. W., A. H. Knoll, R. E. Arvidson, et al. J. W. Ashley, J. F. Bell, W. M. Calvin, P. R. Christensen, B. C. Clark, B. A. Cohen, P. A. de Souza, L. Edgar, W. H. Farrand, I. Fleischer, R. Gellert, M. P. Golombek, J. Grant, J. Grotzinger, A. Hayes, K. E. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, B. Jolliff, G. Klingelhofer, A. Knudson, R. Li, T. J. McCoy, S. M. McLennan, D. W. Ming, D. W. Mittlefehldt, R. V. Morris, J. W. Rice, C. Schroder, R. J. Sullivan, A. Yen, and R. A. Yingst. 2009. "Exploration of Victoria Crater by the Mars Rover Opportunity." Science 324 (5930): 1058-1061 [10.1126/science.1170355]

    Morris, R. V., G. Klingelhöfer, C. Schröder, et al. I. Fleischer, D. W. Ming, A. S. Yen, R. Gellert, R. E. Arvidson, D. S. Rodionov, L. S. Crumpler, B. C. Clark, B. A. Cohen, T. J. McCoy, D. W. Mittlefehldt, M. E. Schmidt, P. A. de Souza, and S. W. Squyres. 2008. "Iron mineralogy and aqueous alteration from Husband Hill through Home Plate at Gusev Crater, Mars: Results from the Mössbauer instrument on the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover." Journal of Geophysical Research 113 (E12): E12S42 [10.1029/2008je003201]

    Ming, D. W., R. Gellert, R. V. Morris, et al. R. E. Arvidson, J. Brückner, B. C. Clark, B. A. Cohen, C. d'Uston, T. Economou, I. Fleischer, G. Klingelhöfer, T. J. McCoy, D. W. Mittlefehldt, M. E. Schmidt, C. Schröder, S. W. Squyres, E. Tréguier, A. S. Yen, and J. Zipfel. 2008. "Geochemical properties of rocks and soils in Gusev Crater, Mars: Results of the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer from Cumberland Ridge to Home Plate." Journal of Geophysical Research 113 (E12): E12S39 [10.1029/2008je003195]

    Grant, J. A., S. A. Wilson, B. A. Cohen, et al. M. P. Golombek, P. E. Geissler, R. J. Sullivan, R. L. Kirk, and T. J. Parker. 2008. "Degradation of Victoria crater, Mars." Journal of Geophysical Research 113 (E11): E11010 [10.1029/2008je003155]

    McCoy, T. J., M. Sims, M. E. Schmidt, et al. L. Edwards, L. L. Tornabene, L. S. Crumpler, B. A. Cohen, L. A. Soderblom, D. L. Blaney, S. W. Squyres, R. E. Arvidson, J. W. Rice, E. Tréguier, C. d'Uston, J. A. Grant, H. Y. McSween, M. P. Golombek, A. F. Haldemann, and P. A. de Souza. 2008. "Structure, stratigraphy, and origin of Husband Hill, Columbia Hills, Gusev Crater, Mars." Journal of Geophysical Research 113 (E6): E06S03 [10.1029/2007je003041]

    McSween, H. Y., S. W. Ruff, R. V. Morris, et al. R. Gellert, G. Klingelhöfer, P. R. Christensen, T. J. McCoy, A. Ghosh, J. M. Moersch, B. A. Cohen, A. D. Rogers, C. Schröder, S. W. Squyres, J. Crisp, and A. Yen. 2008. "Mineralogy of volcanic rocks in Gusev Crater, Mars: Reconciling Mössbauer, Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer, and Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer spectra." Journal of Geophysical Research 113 (E6): E06S04 [10.1029/2007je002970]

    Cabrol, N. A., K. E. Herkenhoff, R. Greeley, et al. E. A. Grin, C. Schröder, C. d'Uston, C. Weitz, R. A. Yingst, B. A. Cohen, J. Moore, A. Knudson, B. Franklin, R. C. Anderson, and R. Li. 2008. "Soil sedimentology at Gusev Crater from Columbia Memorial Station to Winter Haven." Journal of Geophysical Research 113 (E6): E06S05 [10.1029/2007je002953]

    Chapman, C. R., B. A. Cohen, and D. H. Grinspoon. 2007. "What are the real constraints on the existence and magnitude of the late heavy bombardment?" Icarus 189 (1): 233-245 [10.1016/j.icarus.2006.12.020]

    James, O. B., B. A. Cohen, L. A. Taylor, and M. A. Nazarov. 2007. "Comment on: “New” lunar meteorites: Impact melt and regolith breccias and large-scale heterogeneities of the upper lunar crust, by P. H. Warren, F. Ulff-Møller, and G. W. Kallemeyn." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 42 (6): 1029-1032 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01148.x]

    Squyres, S. W., O. Aharonson, B. Clark, et al. B. A. Cohen, L. Crumpler, P. A. de Souza, W. H. Farrand, R. Gellert, J. Grant, J. P. Grotzinger, A. F. Haldemann, J. R. Johnson, G. Klingelhofer, K. W. Lewis, R. Li, T. McCoy, A. S. McEwen, H. Y. McSween, D. W. Ming, J. M. Moore, R. V. Morris, T. J. Parker, J. W. Rice, S. Ruff, M. Schmidt, C. Schroder, L. A. Soderblom, and A. Yen. 2007. "Pyroclastic Activity at Home Plate in Gusev Crater, Mars." Science 316 (5825): 738-742 [10.1126/science.1139045]

    C., and B. A. Cohen. 2007. "The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon." [doi:https://doi.org/10.17226/11954]

    Morris, R. V., G. Klingelhöfer, C. Schröder, et al. D. S. Rodionov, A. Yen, D. W. Ming, P. A. de Souza, T. Wdowiak, I. Fleischer, R. Gellert, B. Bernhardt, U. Bonnes, B. A. Cohen, E. N. Evlanov, J. Foh, P. Gütlich, E. Kankeleit, T. McCoy, D. W. Mittlefehldt, F. Renz, M. E. Schmidt, B. Zubkov, S. W. Squyres, and R. E. Arvidson. 2006. "Mössbauer mineralogy of rock, soil, and dust at Meridiani Planum, Mars: Opportunity's journey across sulfate-rich outcrop, basaltic sand and dust, and hematite lag deposits." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 111 (E12): [10.1029/2006je002791]

    Connolly, H. C., J. Zipfel, J. N. Grossman, et al. L. Folco, C. Smith, R. H. Jones, K. Righter, M. Zolensky, S. S. Russell, G. K. Benedix, A. Yamaguchi, and B. A. Cohen. 2006. "The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 90, 2006 September." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 41 (9): 1383-1418 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00529.x]

    Cohen, B. A. 2006. "Quantifying the amount of impact ejecta at the MER landing sites and potential paleolakes in the southern Martian highlands." Geophysical Research Letters 33 (5): L05203 [10.1029/2005gl024963]

    Cohen, B. A., T. D. Swindle, and D. A. Kring. 2005. "Geochemistry and40Ar-39Ar geochronology of impact-melt clasts in feldspathic lunar meteorites: Implications for lunar bombardment history." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40 (5): 755-777 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00978.x]

    Cohen, B. A., C. A. Goodrich, and K. Keil. 2004. "Feldspathic clast populations in polymict ureilites: Stalking the missing basalts from the ureilite parent body." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (20): 4249-4266 [10.1016/j.gca.2004.01.027]

    Cohen, B. A., O. B. James, L. A. Taylor, M. A. Nazarov, and L. D. Barsukova. 2004. "Lunar highland meteorite Dhofar 026 and Apollo sample 15418: Two strongly shocked, partially melted, granulitic breccias." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 (9): 1419-1447 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00120.x]

    Grier, J. A., D. A. Kring, T. D. Swindle, et al. A. S. Rivkin, B. A. Cohen, and D. T. Britt. 2004. "Analyses of the chondritic meteorite Orvinio (H6): Insight into the origins and evolution of shocked H chondrite material." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 (9): 1475-1493 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00123.x]

    Cahill, J. T., C. Floss, M. Anand, et al. L. A. Taylor, M. A. Nazarov, and B. A. Cohen. 2004. "Petrogenesis of lunar highlands meteorites: Dhofar 025, Dhofar 081, Dar al Gani 262, and Dar al Gani 400." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 (4): 503-529 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00916.x]

    Ciesla, F. J., D. Lauretta, B. A. Cohen, and L. L. Hood. 2003. "A Nebular Origin for Chondritic Fine-Grained Phyllosilicates." Science 299 (5606): 549-552 [10.1126/science.1079427]

    Kring, D. A., and B. A. Cohen. 2002. "Cataclysmic bombardment throughout the inner solar system 3.9–4.0 Ga." Journal of Geophysical Research 107 (E2): 5009 [10.1029/2001je001529]

    Cohen, B. A., G. A. Snyder, C. M. Hall, L. A. Taylor, and M. A. Nazarov. 2001. "Argon-40-argon-39 chronology and petrogenesis along the eastern limb of the Moon from Luna 16, 20 and 24 samples." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 36 (10): 1345-1366 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01829.x]

    Cohen, B. A. 2000. "Support for the Lunar Cataclysm Hypothesis from Lunar Meteorite Impact Melt Ages." Science 290 (5497): 1754-1756 [10.1126/science.290.5497.1754]

    Cohen, B. A., and R. F. Coker. 2000. "Modeling of Liquid Water on CM Meteorite Parent Bodies and Implications for Amino Acid Racemization." Icarus 145 (2): 369-381 [10.1006/icar.1999.6329]

    Cohen, B. A., and C. Chyba. 2000. "Racemization of Meteoritic Amino Acids." Icarus 145 (1): 272-281 [10.1006/icar.1999.6328]

    Swindle, T. D., A. H. Treiman, D. J. Lindstrom, et al. M. K. Burkland, B. A. Cohen, J. A. Grier, B. Li, and E. K. Olson. 2000. "Noble gases in iddingsite from the Lafayette meteorite: Evidence for liquid water on Mars in the last few hundred million years." Meteoritics & Planetary Science 35 (1): 107-115 [10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01978.x]

    Turtle, E. P., M. E. Minitti, B. A. Cohen, et al. N. L. Chabot, D. Tourbier, C. Bachman, J. Brock, R. Foerstner, G. V. Hoppa, J. Kay, C. A. Lewicki, R. M. Mastrapa, J. Patel, N. Sherman, J. N. Spitale, A. S. Rivkin, D. E. Trilling, D. Villegas, C. Weitz, and T. . 1999. "AMBASSADOR: Asteroid sample return mission to 7 Iris." Acta Astronautica 45 (4-9): 415-422 [10.1016/s0094-5765(99)00161-7]

    Boynton, W., L. D'Uston, D. Young, et al. J. Lunine, J. Waite, S. Bailey, J. Berthelier, J. Bertaux, V. Borrel, M. Burke, B. Cohen, D. Mccomas, J. Nordholt, L. Evans, and J. Trombka. 1997. "The determination of ice composition with instruments on cometary landers." Acta Astronautica 40 (9): 663-674 [10.1016/s0094-5765(97)00005-2]

    Davidson, P. M., G. H. Symmes, B. A. Cohen, R. J. Reeder, and D. H. Lindsley. 1993. "Synthesis of the new compound CaFe(CO3)2 and experimental constraints on the (Ca,Fe)CO3 join." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 57 (23-24): 5105-5109 [10.1016/0016-7037(93)90612-z]

    Non-Refereed

    Kleinhenz, J., A. Colaprete, D. Beaty, et al. B. A. Cohen, P. Clark, J. Gruener, J. Schuler, K. E. Young, and A. C. Mcadam. 2020. "Lunar Water ISRU Measurement Study (LWIMS): Establishing a Measurement Plan for Identification and Characterization of a Water Reserve." NASA Technical Memorandum 20205008626 [https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20205008626]

    Petro, N., J. Keller, B. Cohen, and T. McClanahan. 2019. "Ten Years of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO): Advancing Lunar Science and Context for Future Lunar Exploration." Proceedings of the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., March 18-22, 2019 Paper # 2780 [Full Text (Link)]

    Cohen, B., N. Petro, S. Lawrence, et al. S. Clegg, B. Denevi, M. Dyar, S. Elardo, D. Grinspoon, H. Hiesinger, Y. Liu, and D. Moriarty. 2018. "Curie: Constraining Solar System Bombardment Using In Situ Radiometric Dating." Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 49

    Curran, N., D. Bower, and B. Cohen. 2017. "Near-Surface Age Distribution of Lunar Impact-Melt Rocks." 2017 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group 2041

    Bower, D., N. Curran, and B. Cohen. 2017. "Determining the Mineralogy of Lunar Samples Using Micro Raman Spectroscopy: Comparisons Between Polished and Unpolished Samples." 2017 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group 2041

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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