MARIA BANKS Planetary Science Institute 411 W 50th Street, Apt. 1D, New York, NY 10019 [email protected] EDUCATION University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Ph.D., Geosciences, Planetary Sciences Minor, GPA: 4.0, May 2009 Queens College, Flushing, New York Completed work towards BS in Geological Sciences, 2002-2005 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona B.F.A., Music Performance, Graduated Magna cum laude, May 1995 University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Study Abroad Program through the University of Arizona, 1994

NASA PLANETARY MISSION INVOLVEMENT 2005-present Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), High Resolution Imagining Science Experiment (HiRISE) 2009-present Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), LRO Camera (LROC) 2008-2016 MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) Mission 2015 New Horizons (Provided team assistance during closest approach to Pluto) 2008 Phoenix Mars Mission

RESEARCH, WORK, AND FIELD EXPERIENCE Research Scientist, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ (working out of New York City, NY), 05/14 –present; Visiting researcher, Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum: 05/14–present NASA Funded Research Projects: 1) Lead Investigator, Analysis of Global and Local Trends in Aeolian Bedform Mobility on Mars, NASA Mars Data Analysis Program, 4 collaborators: • Conduct change detection analysis of wind-blown landforms on Mars using HiRISE data. • Quantitatively assess trends on a global and local scale between variations in the characteristics of bedforms, their surrounding environment, bedform mobility, and rates of movement, to determine factors that are most influential on wind velocities and most conducive to mobilization of bedforms under the current climatic conditions.

2) Lead Investigator, Mercury's Lobate Scarps: Constraining the Timing and Duration of Formation, NASA Planetary Mission Data Analysis Program, 1 Co- Investigator, 2 collaborators: • Conduct detailed morphometric measurements and characterization of tectonic landforms using remote sensing data from the MESSENGER and Mariner10 Missions. • Reconstruct timing and duration of tectonic activity to provide insight into the thermal evolution of Mercury through development of a modified buffered crater counting technique and through cross cutting relationships between lobate scarps and craters in differing stages of degradation. • Worked with collaborators to create and revise a database of morphologically fresh craters (rayed craters and fresh craters without rays) with inferred Kuiperian and Mansurian ages, and determined the first age constraints, based on crater counts, for Mercury's two most recent periods in its chronostratigraphic sequence (Kuiperian and Mansurian).

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3) Co-Investigator, Utilizing Morphometric Properties of Craters to Characterize the Seismological Signature of Recent Impact Events on Mars, NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program, 3 additional team members: • Quantitatively analyze the morphometry, cluster dispersion, and target properties of recent dated impacts on Mars to facilitate characterization of the seismological signature of impact events expected to be detected by future landing missions with seismometers, such as the InSight mission.

4) Contractor, LROC image and data analysis: • Complete detailed morphometric measurements and mapping of tectonic landforms using images, laser altimeter data, and digital terrain models to provide insight into the tectonic and thermal evolution of the Moon. • Investigate the displacement-length relationship of thrust faults associated with lobate scarps on the Moon.

Duties, Accomplishments, Activities, and Related Skills: • Conduct original scientific research in planetary geology focused on analysis and synthesis of remote sensing data. • Process, mosaic, and analyze images and analyze digital terrain models and topographic data from laser altimeters (i.e. ISIS, ENVI, GIS (ArcMap)). • Lead and manage project tasks and coordinate communication and tasks between multiple Co-Investigators and collaborators on research teams. • Manage grants, contracts, grant funds, acquisition of supplies, and submit progress reports. • Initiate new research projects and prepare and submit proposals to gain external research support from federal agencies. • Publish original scientific research in peer-reviewed journals. • Present research findings at national and international conferences, science team meetings, and meetings of professional organizations. • Collaborate with science teams of LROC, HiRISE, and the MESSENGER spacecraft (while in orbit) in tactical and strategic planning in weekly telecons and meetings. • Identify and prioritize targets of scientific interest for HiRISE, LROC, and MESSENGER (while still in orbit). • On a volunteer basis, rotate with team members on two-week cycles of HiRISE operations (once or twice a year). Responsibilities include verifying that science objectives are achieved, leading science prioritizations, making and coordinating science decisions, and working with a targeting specialist to plan observations and coordinate with other instrument teams. • Participate in public education and outreach activities and lectures

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Post-doctoral fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Washington, DC, 08/09 – 04/14 Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Watters NASA Planetary Mission Science Team Involvement: LROC, HiRISE, and MESSENGER.

Summary of Research Focus: Conducted detailed morphometric, temporal, and spatial analyses of tectonic landforms on the Moon and Mercury, predominantly lobate scarps, using remote sensing data from LRO and MESSENGER instruments, and assessed implications for the tectonic and thermal history of these bodies. Additional research included change detection studies of dunes and ripples on Mars utilizing HiRISE data to quantitatively assess trends on a global and local scale between variations in bedform mobility and rates of movement under current martian climatic conditions.

Duties, Accomplishments, Activities, and Related Skills: • Conduct original scientific research in planetary geology focused on analysis and synthesis of remote sensing data. • Process, mosaic, and analyze images and analyze digital terrain models and topographic data from laser altimeters (i.e. ISIS, ENVI, GIS (ArcMap)). • Co-supervise, train, and advise research assistants and student interns • Publish original scientific research in peer-reviewed journals. • Present research findings at national and international conferences, science team meetings, and meetings of professional organizations. • Participate in Smithsonian Institution public education/outreach activities. • Invited as one of three speakers from the Smithsonian Institution to present at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado; invited lecturer for the Smithsonian Stars Lecture Series; featured expert for Smithsonian Institution Science Media Briefings; featured expert in documentaries for the Smithsonian Channel. • Initiate new research projects and prepare and submit proposals to gain external research support from federal agencies. • Collaborate with science team members of LROC, HiRISE, and the MESSENGER spacecraft in tactical and strategic planning in weekly telecons and meetings. • Prepare featured images for LROC and MESSENGER websites. • Identify and prioritize targets of scientific interest for HiRISE, LROC, and MESSENGER. • On a volunteer basis, rotate with team members on two-week cycles of HiRISE operations (once or twice a year). Responsibilities include verifying that science objectives are achieved, leading science prioritizations, making and coordinating science decisions, and working with a targeting specialist to plan observations and coordinate with other instrument teams.

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Science Technician, West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Ice Core Project, 11/09 – 2/10 Description: Member of the WAIS Divide field team: The WAIS Divide Ice Core Project acquired an ice core from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet spanning the last ~100,000 years.

Duties, Accomplishments, Activities, and Related Skills: • Work and camp at remote field site on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. • Conduct initial measurements and analyses of ice and prepare cores for transport. • Assist with the Deep Ice Sheet Core (DISC) Drill. • Maintain an educational blog focusing on living conditions in Antarctica, the daily work of an Antarctic scientist, and the science of studying ice cores and ice sheets.

Research Associate, Graduate Student, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 08/05 – 08/09 Advisor: Dr. Alfred McEwen NASA Planetary Mission Science Team Involvement: HiRISE and MESSENGER Dissertation Research: Quantitative analyses of glacial erosional and depositional landforms in and the southern hemisphere of Mars.

Additional Research: Quantitatively assess and measure the size frequency distribution of impact craters on the surface of Mercury to develop an understanding of relative surface ages and geologic history.

Duties, Accomplishments, Activities, and Related Skills: • Conduct original scientific research in planetary geology and comparative planetology focused on analysis and synthesis of remote sensing data. • Publish original scientific research in peer-reviewed journals. • Present research findings at national and international conferences, science team meetings, and meetings of professional organizations. • Participate in University of Arizona and HiRISE education and public outreach activities. • Collaborate with HiRISE science team members in tactical and strategic planning in weekly telecons and meetings. • Prepare weekly featured images for the HiRISE website. • Identify and prioritize targets of scientific interest for HiRISE. • Conduct numerical modeling to reconstruct ice morphology at the margins of the polar layered deposits on Mars to understand basal and shear stress conditions of ice. • Process/analyze remote sensing data and analyze digital terrain models derived from HiRISE stereo image pairs and topographic data from laser altimeters (i.e. ISIS, ENVI, RiverTools, and Photoshop). • Incorporate infrared and altimetry data, and images from other cameras, into analysis and interpretation of HiRISE images. • Geological mapping (GIS) • Conduct graphing and statistical analysis of data.

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Field Assistant and Technology Specialist, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 07/08-08/2008 Description: Member of Alaskan field campaign with international partners from the U.S. and Switzerland:

Summary of Research: Visited several Alaskan glaciers to take reflectance spectroscopy measurements, glacier flow speed measurements, and to document field details regarding glacier lakes and their damming and flood-release mechanisms. Incorporated satellite imaging by ASTER (aboard the Terra spacecraft) with field measurements. Funded by the NASA International Polar Year (IPY) program and Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) project.

Duties and Related Skills: • Conduct fieldwork on Alaskan glaciers • Lead operation of visible and near infrared field spectrometer. • Acquire stereo photos for stereophotogrammetry. • Record data and detailed GPS readings; document experiments.

Manager of Science Communications, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 04/08 – 07/08 Supervisor: Sarah Hammond Description: Member of the Phoenix Mars Mission team.

Duties and Related Skills: • Work on a martian day () schedule attending mission science and planning meetings and work closely with scientists and engineers to maintain up-to-date information on science findings and operations status. • Coordinate communications between the Phoenix science team and public affairs (PA) and educational and public outreach personnel (EPO). • Develop a template in which daily summaries of science findings, spacecraft and instrument status, and operations could be recorded efficiently to provide easily accessible updates for team members, particularly members of the PA and EPO teams. • Structure and maintain team wiki site with daily reports on science and operations. • Work closely with Phoenix extended public relations team including representatives from the mission, University of Arizona Communications, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and NASA headquarters. • Compose image captions and assist in preparation of web updates and press releases. • Participate in editorial board meetings and preparation of material for media telecons and televised press conferences. • Coordinate documentary production (i.e., The Weather Channel) and supervise on-site film crews (i.e., NOVA, The Discovery Channel, local news). • Train additional personnel in the skills and duties required for this position.

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Shell Oil Company, Research and Development Internship, Houston, TX, 06/06 – 08/06 Supervisor: Carlos Pirmez Summary of Research: Analyzed the mineralogy and provenance of sands from cores to provide further insight into the geological history of the study area focusing on past fluvial processes and transportation of material. Collaborated research with Turbidite and Petrology Groups, and Research and Development.

Duties and Related Skills: • Interpret the stratigraphy and sedimentology of sand cores to identify key sample sites. • Identify minerals in thin section analysis. • Interpret seismic profiles. • Operate a scanning electron microscope.

NASA’s Planetary Geology and Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program (PGGURP) Internship, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, 06/04 – 08/04 Advisor: Dr. Nathan Bridges (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, now at the Applied Physics Laboratory) Summary of Research: Conducted research experiments to quantitatively analyze the energy transfer between saltating particles and rock surfaces under Earth and martian atmospheric conditions. Experiments were operated in the Wind Tunnel (MARSWIT) in the Arizona State University Aeolian Facility at NASA Ames Research Center. MARSWIT operates at both Earth atmospheric pressure and at low atmospheric pressures to simulate conditions on the surface of Mars.

Duties and Related Skills: • Structure, organize, prepare, and operate MARSWIT experiments and conduct analysis of data. • Prepare and present research at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.

Laboratory Assistant, Queens College, Flushing, NY, 10/03 – 4/04 Advisor: Dr. Stephen F. Pekar Duties and Related Skills: • Prepare, wash, and sample core sediments from the late Paleocene. • Identify and remove foraminifers from core sediments for stable isotope analysis.

The University of Arizona/NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Internship Program, Intern, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 08/93 – 04/94 Advisor: Robert G. Strom • Analyzed radar images of Venus from the Magellan Mission to identify and measure impact craters. • Developed statistical tests to demonstrate a random distribution of impact craters with respect to elevation: research contributed to the hypothesis that Venus has experienced multiple global resurfacing events (presented in Strom et al., 1994, JGR). • Gained experience in basic computer programming and statistical computer simulations

Maria Banks, p. 7 FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS Principal Investigator: 2014–2017: Mercury's Lobate Scarps: Constraining the Timing and Duration of Formation, NASA Planetary Mission Data Analysis Program. 2013-2017: Analysis of Global and Local Trends in Aeolian Bedform Mobility on Mars, NASA Mars Data Analysis Program. Co-Investigator: 2014-2017: Utilizing Morphometric Properties of Craters to Characterize the Seismological Signature of Recent Impact Events on Mars, NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program. Additional Funding: 2016: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera image and data analysis.

JOB RELATED TRAINING: NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies (RATS), 2011 Description: Desert RATS incorporates a team of engineers, astronauts, scientists, and technicians to conduct mission simulations of robotic operations and human space exploration test activities to investigate and develop realistic technical and mission-driven operations. Duties (while on location at Johnson Space Center): Member of the science team: Responsible for documenting science observations reported by astronauts during extravehicular activities and capturing images from astronaut suit cameras.

NASA Planetary Science Summer School, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2011 Role: Principle Investigator Duties and Responsibilities: • Lead coordination with fellow students to develop an early mission concept study. • Collaborate with JPL's Advanced Projects Design Team ("Team X"). • Lead mission proposal presentations for Team X and the review committee. • Responsible for final decisions regarding spacecraft design, instrumentation, and science objectives.

Job Related Training Courses: • Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with ArcGIS, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. • Grant writing workshops, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. • Grant funding sources training, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. • NASA's proposal writing workshop, Houston, TX. • ISIS workshop, U. S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ. • JMARS workshop (including training on planning targets for HiRISE), Tucson, AZ.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS Computer Skills: UNIX, ISIS, GIS (ArcMap), REACT, RiverTools, ENVI, IAS Viewer, Adobe Photoshop, JMars/JMoon, CraterTools, Excel, PowerPoint, quantitative analysis and processing of remote sensing data, digital terrain model analysis, image processing, mosaicking, geological mapping. Fieldwork and Laboratory Skills: Visible and near infrared field spectrometer, GPS, core sediment analysis, thin section analysis and mineral identification, measuring and documenting ice cores, scanning electron microscope, collecting and washing core samples, stratigraphic analyses of outcrops, structure and operate wind tunnel experiments.

Maria Banks, p. 8 SELECTED EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH 2010-2016 Mars Day, Presenter: Mars Day is a Public outreach event at the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum featuring Mars, NASA missions to Mars, and Mars research. Presented: 1) research/information regarding Antarctica, highlighting this continent as an analog environment for Mars research and 2) Current surficial processes on Mars as illuminated in HiRISE images. 2008-present Member of the Museum Alliance 2015 Invited speaker at the University of Muenster, Germany. 2010; 2015 National Public Radio Interviews 2014 Featured article for “The 4 Q&A”: highlighted members of the HiRISE team. 2014 Lunar Day, Presenter: Lunar Day is a Public outreach event at the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum featuring the Moon, NASA missions to the Moon, and Lunar research. 2013 Invited Speaker from the Smithsonian Institution at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado. 2013 Invited lecturer at the 15th Annual Chautauqua in Lewes, Delaware. 2012 Invited article, 2012, Solar System Detective, Air and Space, August, p. 12-13. 2012 Invited lecturer: Smithsonian Stars Lecture Series, Albert Einstein planetarium, Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum. Incorporated planetarium graphics into a lecture discussing Mercury, the MESSENGER mission, and research investigating tectonic landforms on Mercury’s surface. 2011; 2012 Smithsonian Institution Science Media Briefing featured expert: quarterly briefings held by the Institution's Press Secretary for Science and attended by science reporters from NPR, The New York Times, TIME Magazine, and National Geographic, among others. 2012 Family Day: A Century of Women in Aerospace, presenter: Public outreach event at the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum featuring women who have contributed to technological advances in aviation and space. 2010-2012 Informal presentations of research for educators in the Smithsonian National Science Research Center, Science Education Academy for Teachers. 2011 Smithsonian Channel: Featured in documentary highlighting women in science 2011 Participation in Moon Zoo and Mercury Zoo (citizen scientist programs): planning and preparation of tutorial materials and areas of scientific research 2011 Smithsonian Channel: Featured in “How to take a Picture of Mars” video promoting HiWish, the public interface for requesting HiRISE imagery of Mars: 2010 Participation in live Antarctic broadcast to American schools: Science of ice cores and living/working on an ice sheet 2009 – 2010 Blog: National Air and Space Museum: Research in Antarctica: 2009 – 2010 Blog: “Drilling Into the Past,” Adventures in Climate Change website: Living and working on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. 2008; 2010 Discovery Channel report on “Live Earth” website: glacial fieldwork in Alaska. 2008 Public outreach events for the Phoenix Lander Mission, Tucson, AZ 2008 2005 – 2009 Public outreach events for MRO, Tucson, AZ

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SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2015-present: Member of the Planetary Crater Consortium Executive Council 2015: Consultant for Mars habitat architecture team for NASA’s Centennial Challenges: 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge. Team name: “Team Space Exploration Architecture and Clouds Architecture Office;” Phase one first prize winners. 2015: Contributing author and reviewer for the Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms (H. Hargitai, A ´. Kereszturi (eds.), Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms, DOI 10.1007/978- 1-4614-3134-3) Proposal review panels: • NASA Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research Program • NASA Planetary Mission Data Analysis Program • NASA Lunar Data Analysis Program Journal reviews: • Icarus • Meteoritics & Planetary Science • Planetary and Space Science Proposal external reviews: • NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program • NASA Mars Data Analysis Program • NASA Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools • NASA Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research Program • Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research • Oxford University Press: The Oxford Research Encyclopedia, Planetary Science Red Team proposal reviews: • Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies • Planetary Science Institute

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS • American Geophysical Union • The Planetary Society • Cosmos Club • Golden Key International Honour Society • American Federation of Musicians

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS • NASA Group Achievement Award presented to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Science Team • University of Arizona Research Assistant/Associate funding for four years graduate study • University of Arizona Honors College • Golden Key International Honour Society • University of Arizona and Eastman School of Music Merit Scholarships • University of Arizona, Creative Achievement Award - Awarded for outstanding contributions to my art form, the field as a whole, and service to the department

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND ABSTRACTS Banks, M. E., X. Zhiyong, S. E. Braden, S. Marchi, C. R. Chapman, N. G. Barlow C. I. Fassett, 2016, Revised age constraints on absolute age limits for Mercury’s Kuiperian and Mansurian systems, Lunar Planet. Sci, 47, abstract #2943, also submitted to Geophysical Research Letters.

Banks, M.E., L. K. Fenton, N. T. Bridges, P. E. Geissler, M. Chojnacki, S. Silvestro, J. R. Zimbelman 2016, Mobility in middle and high southern latitude dune fields, Geological Society of America, abstract # 287342.

Byrne, P. K., C. I. Fassett, C. Klimczak, L. R. Ostrach, C. R. Chapman, B. W. Denevi, A. M. Celâl Şengör, S. A. Hauck, II, A. J. Evans, M. E. Banks, T. R. Watters, J. W. Head, S. C. Solomon, 2016, The interplay between volcanism and tectonics on Mercury, Icarus, in press.

Williams, N. R., J. F. Bell, M. Shirzaei, T. R. Watters, M. E. Banks, K. Daud, R. A. French, 2016, Evidence for active tectonism at the lunar surface, Lunar Planet. Sci, 47, abstract #1227, also submitted to Icarus.

Fairen, A. G., J. M. Dohm, J. A. P. Rodriguez, E. R. Uceda, J. Kargel, R. Soare, H. J. Cleaves, D. Orhler, D. Schulze-Makuch, E. Essefi, M. E. Banks, G. Komatsu, W. Fink, S. Robbins, J. Yan, H. , S. Maruyama, V. R. Baker, 2016, The Argyre region as a prime target for in situ astrobiological . Astrobiology, 143-158, doi:10.1089/ast.2015.1396.

Marusiak, A. G., N. C. Schmerr, M. E. Banks, I. J. Daubar, 2016, Terrestrial single-station analog for the detection of the martian core, Lunar Planet. Sci, 47, abstract #2010.

Banks, Maria E., Xiao, Zhiyong, Watters, Thomas R., Strom, Robert G., Braden, Sarah E., Chapman, R., Solomon, Sean C., Klimczak, Christian, and Paul K. Byrne, 2015, Duration of Activity on Lobate-Scarp Thrust Faults on Mercury, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, 1751–1762, doi:10.1002/2015JE004828.

Banks, M. E., X. Zhiyong, S. E. Braden, S. S. Marchi, N. G. Barlow, C. R. Chapman, C. I. Fassett, 2015, Revised age constraints on absolute age limits for Mercury’s Kuiperian and Mansurian systems, 47th Annual Meeting for the Division for Planetary Sciences.

Banks, M. E., N. Barlow, C. Klimczak, Z. Xiao, T. R. Watters, C. R. Chapman, 2015, Duration of activity on lobate-scarp thrust faults on Mercury. Planetary Crater Consortium.

Banks, M. E., P. E. Geissler, N. T. Bridges, P. , S. Silvestro, M. Chojnacki, J. R. Zimbelman, and W. A. Delamere, 2015, Emerging global trends in aeolian beform mobility on Mars, Fourth International Planetary Dunes Workshop, abstract #8036.

Stern, S. A., et al. 2015. The Pluto System: Initial Results from Its Exploration by New Horizons. Science, 350(6258), doi:10.1126/science.aad1815.

Walsh, L. S., T. R. Watters, M. E. Banks, S. C. Solomon, 2015, Wrinkle ridges on Mercury and the Moon: a morphometric comparison of length-relief relations with implications for tectonic evolution, Lunar Planet. Sci, 46, abstract #2937.

Maria Banks, p. 11 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND ABSTRACTS, Continued Banks, M. E., I. J. Daubar, N. C. Schmerr, M. P. Golombek, 2015, Predicted seismic signatures of recent dated Martian impact events: implications for the InSight lander, Lunar Planet. Sci, 46, abstract #2679.

Watters, T. R., M. S. Robinson, G. C. Collins, M. E. Banks, K. Daud, N. R. Williams, M. M. Selvans, 2015, Global thrust faulting on the Moon and the influence of tidal stresses, Geology, 43, 10, 851-854, doi:10.1130/G37120.1.

Watters, T. R., M. M. Selvans, M. E. Banks, S. A. Hauck II, K. J. Becker, M. S. Robinson, 2015, Distribution of large-scale contractional tectonic landforms on Mercury: Implications for the origin of global stresses, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 3755–3763, doi:10.1002/2015GL063570.

Dohm, J. M., T. M. Hare, S. J. Robbins, J. –P. Williams, R. J. Soare, M. R. El-Maarry, S. J. Conway, D. L. Buczkowski, J. S. Kargel, M. E. Banks, A. G. Fairen, et al., 2015, Geological and hydrological histories of the Argyre province, Mars, Icarus, 253, 66-98.

Watters, T. R., Solomon, S. C., Daud, K. E., Banks, M. E., Selvans, M. M., Robinson, M. S., Murchie, S. L., Chabot, N. L., Denevi, B. W., Ernst, et al., 2015, Small thrust fault scarps on Mercury revealed in Low-Altitude MESSENGER Images, Lunar Planet. Sci, 46, abstract #2240.

Banks, M. E., Geissler, P. E., Bridges, N. T., Silvestro, S. Zimbelman, J. R., 2014, Preliminary Global Trends in Aeolian Bedform Mobility on Mars, Lunar Planet. Sci, 45, abstract #2857.

Banks, M. E., Klimczak, C., Xiao, Z. Watters, T. R., Strom, R. G. et al., 2014, Duration of Activity on Lobate-Scarp Thrust Faults on Mercury, Lunar Planet. Sci, 45, abstract #2722.

Schmerr, N. C., Ashley, J. W., Banks, M. E., Daubar, I., Golombek, M. P., McEwen, A. S., 2014, Modeled seismic effects of recent meteoroid impacts on Mars: Predictions for the InSight lander, Geological Society of America, paper no. 244389.

Watters, T. R., Solomon, S. C., Daud, K. E., Banks, M. E., Selvans, M. M., Robinson, M. S., Murchie, S. L., Chabot, N. L., Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Chapman, C. R., Fassett, C. I., Klimczak, C., Byrne, P. K., Blewett, D. T., 2014, Small Fault Scarps on Mercury Detected in Low-Altitude MESSENGER Images, American Geophysical Union, abstract P21C-3942

Bridges, N. T., Banks, M. E., Ayoub, F., Silvestro, S., Chojnacki, M. F., Geissler, P. E., Hansen, C. J., Mattson, S. S., Runyon, K. D., Russell P. S., 2014, Windy Mars: A record of bedform migration and sand activity, Eighth International Conference on Mars, abstract #1297.

Banks, M. E., T. R. Watters, M. S. Robinson, N. R. Williams, L. S. Walsh, K. Daud, C. Klimczak, K. Burns, S. Mattson, L. Ojha, and N. Gizzi, 2013, Displacement-length relationship of thrust faults associated with lobate scarps on the moon, Lunar Planet. Sci, 44, abstract #3042.

Bridges, N. T., Geissler, P., Silvestro, S., Banks, M. E., 2013, Bedform migration on Mars: current results and future plans, Aeolian Research, 9, 133-151.

Maria Banks, p. 12 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND ABSTRACTS, Continued Klimczak, C., P. K. Byrne, S. C. Solomon, F. Nimmo, T. R. Watters, B. W. Denevi, C. M. Ernst, M. E. Banks, 2013, The role of thrust faults as conduits for volatiles on Mercury, Lunar Planet. Sci, 44, abstract #1719.

Williams, N. R., T. R. Watters, M. E. Pritchard, M. E. Banks, J. F. Bell III, 2013, Fault dislocation modeled structure of lobate scarps from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera digital terrain models, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 118, 224–233, doi:10.1002/jgre.20051.

Watters, T. R., S. C. Solomon, C. Klimczak, M. Selvans, L. S. Walsh, M. E. Banks, P. K. Byrne, C. M. Ernst, S. L. Murchie, J. Oberst, F. Preusker, S. A. Hauck, II, M. T. Zuber, and R. J. Phillips, 2013, Distribution of prominent lobate scarps on Mercury: contribution to global radial contraction, Lunar Planet. Sci, 44, abstract #2213.

Nelson, D. M., T. R. Watters, M. E. Banks, M. S. Robinson, N. R. Williams, K.Daud, and W. A. von Dassow, 2013, Mapping lobate scarps on the Moon, Lunar Planet. Sci, 44, abstract # 2777.

Banks, M. E., T. R. Watters, M. S. Robinson, L. L. Tornabene, T. Tran, L. Ojha, 2012, Morphometric analysis of small-scale lobate scarps on the Moon using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 117, E00H11, doi:10.1029/2011JE003907.

Banks, M. E., T. R. Watters, R. G. Strom, S. C. Solomon, S. E. Braden, C. R. Chapman, Z. Xiao, and N. G. Barlow, 2012, Stratigraphic relationships between lobate scarps and young impact craters: implications for the duration of lobate scarp formation, Lunar Planet. Sci, 43, abstract #2684.

Banks, M. E., T. R. Watters, M. S. Robinson, N. R. Williams, 2012, Updating the Displacement- Length Relationship of Thrust Faults Associated with Lobate Scarps on the Moon: Preliminary Results, American Geophysical Union, abstract #P53A-2040.

Watters, T. R., M. S. Robinson, M. E. Banks, T. Tran, B. W. Denevi, 2012, Recent Extensional faulting on the Moon revealed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, Nature Geosciences, doi:10.1038/ngeo1387.

Strom, R. G., Z. Xiao, D. T. Blewett, C. R. Chapman, B. W. Denevi, J. W. Head, C. I. Fassett, S. E. Braden, S. C. Solomon, T. R. Watters, and M. E. Banks, 2012, Impact Crater Populations on Mercury, Lunar Planet. Sci, 43, abstract #1115.

Williams, N. R., J. F. Bell III, T. R. Watters, M. E. Banks, M. S. Robinson, 2012, Tectonic mapping of Mare Frigoris using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera images, Lunar Planet. Sci, 43, abstract #2708 van der Bogert, C. H., H. Hiesinger, M. E. Banks, T. R. Watters, and M. S. Robinson, 2012, Derivation of Absolute Model Ages for Lunar Scarps, Lunar Planet. Sci, 43, abstract #1847.

Stickle, A. M., M. E. Banks, S. D. Benecchi, B.K. Bradley, C. J. Budney, G.B. Clark, B. A. Corbin, P. B. James, K. Kumar, R. C. O’Brien, et al., 2012, VULCAN: A concept study for a New Frontiers class Venus lander, Lunar Planet. Sci, 43, abstract #1939.

Maria Banks, p. 13 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND ABSTRACTS, Continued Banks, M. E., T. R. Watters, M. S. Robinson, J. F. Bell III, M. E. Pritchard, N. R. Williams, K. Daud, 2011, The search for lunar lobate scarps using images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Planet. Sci., 42, abstract # 2736.

Banks, M. E., T. R. Watters, M. S. Robinson, L. L. Tornabene, T. Tran, L. Ojha, 2011, Morphological analysis of lunar lobate scarps using LROC NAC and LOLA data, European Planetary Science Conference.

Martínez-Alonso, S., Mellon. M. T., Banks, M. E., Keszthelyi, L. P., McEwen, A. S., and The HiRISE Team, 2011, Evidence of volcano-ice interaction in Acidalia Planitia, Mars, Icarus, 212, 597–621.

Strom, R. G., M. E Banks, C. R. Chapman, C. I. Fassett, J. A. Forde, J. W. Head, W. J. Merline, L. M. Prockter, S. C. Solomon, 2011, Mercury crater statistics from MESSENGER flybys: Implications for the stratigraphy and resurfacing history, Planetary and Space Science, 59, 15, 1827-1828.

Bridges, N. T., M.C. Bourke, P.E. Geissler, M.E. Banks, C. Colon, S. Diniega, M.P. Golombek, C.J. Hansen, S. Mattson, A.S. McEwen, M.T. Mellon, N. Stantzos, & B.J. Thomson, 2011, Planet-wide sand motion on Mars, Geology, doi:10.1130/G32373.1.

Watters, T. R., M. S. Robinson, R. A. Beyer, M. E. Banks, J. F. Bell III, M. E. Pritchard, H. Hiesinger, C. van der Bogert, P. C. Thomas, E. P. Turtle, N. R. Williams, 2010, New evidence of recent thrust faulting on the Moon revealed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, Science, 329, 936.

McEwen, S., M. E. Banks, N. Baugh, K. Becker, A. Boyd, J. W. Bergstrom, R. A. Beyer, E. Bortolini, N. T. Bridges, S. Byrne, et al., 2010, The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) during MRO’s Primary Science Phase (PSP), Icarus, 205, 1, 2-37.

Lawrence, S. J., B. L. Jolliff, B. W. Denevi, M. Robinson, J. D. Stopar, M. E. Banks, W. B. Garry, H. Sato, V. J. Bray, and the LROC Team, 2010, LROC Views the Constellation Regions Of Interest: Example Science and Exploration Observations, LEAG Meeting.

Bridges, N. T., M.E. Banks, R.A. Beyer, F.C. Chuang, E.Z. Noe Dobrea, K.E. Herkenhoff, L.P. Keszthelyi, K.E. Fishbaugh, A.S. McEwen, T.I. Michaels, B.J. Thomson, J.J. Wray, 2010, Aeolian bedforms, yardangs, and indurated surfaces in the Montes as seen by the HiRISE Camera: Evidence for dust aggregates, Icarus, 205, 1, 165-182, ISSN 0019-1035, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.05.017.

Banks, M. E., Bryne, S., Galla, K. G., McEwen, A. S., Bray, V. J., Fishbaugh, K. E., Dundas, C. M., Herkenhoff, K. E., Murray, B. C., and the HiRISE Team, 2010, Crater Population and Resurfacing of the Martian North Polar Layered Deposits, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 115, E08006, doi:10.1029/2009JE003523.

Herkenhoff, K. E., P. S. Russell, S. Byrne, M. E. Banks, C. J. Hansen, and the HiRISE Team, 2010, HiRISE Monitoring of Ongoing Activity in the North Polar Region, American Geophysical Union, abstract #P53F-02.

Maria Banks, p. 14 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND ABSTRACTS, Continued Banks, M. E., N. P. Lang, J. S. Kargel, A. S. McEwen, V. R. Baker, J. A. Grant, J. D. Pelletier, and R. G. Strom, 2009, An analysis of sinuous ridges in the southern Argyre Planitia, Mars using HiRISE and CTX images and MOLA data, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 114, E09003, doi:10.1029/2008JE003244.

Byrne, S., M. E. Banks, C. M. Dundas, S. Mattson, P. S. Russell, K. E. Herkenhoff, A. S. McEwen, 2010, North polar ice accumulation modeled from impact crater statistics, Lunar Planet. Sci, 41, abstract #1697.

Banks, M. E. 2009, Glacial processes and morphologies in the southern hemisphere of Mars, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Banks, M. E., Galla, K. G. Bryne, S., Murray, B. C., McEwen, A. S., and the HiRISE Team, 2009, Crater Population and Resurfacing of the Martian North Polar Cap, Lunar Planet. Sci, 40, abstract # 2441.

Banks, M. E., Galla, K. G., Bryne, S. McEwen, A. S., Bray, V. J., Fishbaugh, K. E., Herkenhoff, K. E., Murray, B. C., and the HiRISE Team, 2009, Crater Population and Resurfacing of the Martian North Polar Layered Deposits, Geological Society of America, paper No. 135-4.

Strom, R. G., M. E. Banks, C. R. Chapman, D. L. Domingue, S. E. Hawkins III, J. W. Head, W. E. McClintock, S. L. Merline, S. L. Murchie, L. M. Prockter, M. S. Robinson, T. R. Watters, D. T. Blewett, J. J. Gillis-Davis, S. C. Solomon, and the Messenger Team, 2008, The Size Distribution of Impact Craters on Mercury: a Perspective After the First Messenger Flyby, Lunar Planet. Sci, 39, abstract # 1219.

Banks, M. E., McEwen, A.S., Kargel, J.S., Baker, V.R., Strom, R.G., Gulick, V.C., Keszthelyi, L., Grant, J.A., Jaeger, W.L., Pelletier, J.D., and the HiRISE Team, 2008, HiRISE Observations of Glacial Morphologies in Argyre Planitia, Mars, AGU, abstract #P41A-1353.

Banks, M. E., McEwen, A. S., Kargel, J. S., Baker, V. R., Strom, R. G., Mellon, M. T., Pelletier, J. D., Gulick, V. C., Keszthelyi, L., Herkenhoff, K. E., Jaeger, W. L., and the HiRISE Team, 2008, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) observations of glacial and periglacial morphologies in the circum-Argyre Planitia highlands, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 113, E12015, doi:10.1029/2007JE002994.

Banks, M.E., and Pelletier, J., 2008, Forward Modeling of Ice Topography on Mars to Infer Basal Shear Stress Conditions, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 113, E01001, doi:10.1029/2007JE002895.

Banks, M. E., Lang, N. P., Kargel, J. S., McEwen, A. S., Baker, V. R., Strom, R. G., Grant, J. A., Pelletier, J. D., and the HiRISE Team, 2008, An Analysis of the Sinuous Ridges in the Southern Argyre Planitia, Mars using HiRISE Images and MOLA Data, 2008, Lunar Planet. Sci, 39, abstract # 2480.

Lang, N. P. and Banks, M. E., 2007, Evidence for Ice-Related Processes in Southern Argyre Planitia, Mars, Geological Society of America¸ paper # 131775.

Maria Banks, p. 15 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND ABSTRACTS, Continued Banks, M. E., Lang, N. P., Kargel, J. S., McEwen, A. S., Baker, V. R., Strom, R. G., Grant, J. A., and the HiRISE Team, 2007. Analysis of the Argyre Planitia (Mars) Sinuous Ridges Using Early MRO Images, American Geophysical Union, abstract #P31B-0438.

Banks, M., McEwen, A. S., Mellon, M. T., Kargel, J. S., Gulick, V. C., Jaeger, W. L., Keszthelyi, L., Herkenhoff, K. E., and the HiRISE Team, 2007. Glacial Morphologies in the Western Charitum Montes, Argyre Basin Rim, Lunar Planet. Sci, 38, abstract # 2164.

McEwen, A., C. Hansen, A. Delamere, E. Eliason, K. Herkenhoff, L. Keszthelyi, V. Gulick, R. Kirk, M. Mellon, J. Grant, J., et al., 2007, A Closer Look at Water-Related Geologic Activity on Mars, Science, 317 (5845), 1706, doi:10.1126/science.1143987.

Banks, M., and Pelletier, J., 2006, Forward Modeling of the Topography and Flow of Ice on Mars to Infer Basal Shear Stress Conditions. American Geophysical Union, abstract #P31A-0114.

Banks, M., Strom, R. G., and Kring, D. A., 2006, Evaluating the Duration of the Lunar Cataclysm. GeoDaze, University of Arizona, Geosciences Department.

Banks, M., Bridges, N. T., and Benzit, M. 2005, Measurements of the Coefficient of Restitution of Quartz Sand on Basalt: Implications for Abrasion Rates on Earth and Mars. Lunar Planet. Sci, 36, abstract #2116.

- Over 10 additional 1st author abstracts - Over 20 additional coauthor abstracts and manuscripts - Four first author manuscripts in preparation for submission in 2016 to early 2017: “Mobility in high southern latitude dune fields,” “Estimated model ages for lobate-scarp thrust faults on Mercury,” “Global trends in aeolian bedform mobility on Mars,” and “Displacement-length relationship of thrust faults associated with lunar lobate scarps.”