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Joshua Emery's CV Joshua P. Emery Lawrence A. Taylor Associate Professor of Planetary Science Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences University of Tennessee 1621 Cumberland Ave; Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 (865) 974-8039; [email protected] Education December 2002: PhD in Planetary Sciences (minor in Geosciences); Univ. Arizona, Tucson May 1995: Bachelor of Science in Astronomy and Physics; Boston University Research Interests The goal of my research is to contribute to the understanding of the formation and evolution of the Solar System and the distribution of organic material. As an observational planetary astronomer, I apply the techniques of reflection and emission spectroscopy and spectrophotometry of primitive and icy bodies in the near- (0.8 to 5.0 m) and mid-infrared (5 to 50 m) to address these topics. The Jupiter Trojan asteroids have been a strong focus of my research, and I also regularly observe Kuiper Belt objects, icy satellites, and other asteroid groups to understand the state of their surfaces as related to these topics. Along with telescopic observations, I contribute to Solar System exploration as a science team member on the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission and the Lucy Trojan asteroid flyby mission. Employment History 2016 – present: Associate Professor, University of Tennessee 2011 – 2016: Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee. 2010 – 2011: Research Associate Professor, University of Tennessee. 2008 – 2010: Research Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee. 2005 – 2008: Principal Investigator, SETI Institute. 2002 – 2005: Research Scientist, SETI Institute (NASA Ames contractor). 1995 – 2002: Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant/Associate, University of Arizona. 1992 – 1995: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Boston University. Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards Endowment – Lawrence A. Taylor Professorship in Planetary Science, May 2016 UT Chancellor’s Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement Award, Apr 2015 UT Quest Scholar of the Week, Oct 2014 Tom Cronin and Helen Sestak Faculty Achievement Award, Univ. Tennessee, 2013-present Asteroid 8242 Joshemery named in recognition of contributions to planetary science, IAU, 2012 Outstanding Research Paper, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, 2011 College of Science Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), Univ. of Arizona, 2001 Department of Planetary Sciences GTA Excellence Award, Univ. of Arizona, Fall 1999 NASA Space Grant Fellowship, University of Arizona, Fall 1995 – Summer 1997 Professional Organizations American Astronomical Society / Division for Planetary Sciences – Federal Relations Subcommittee, 2008-2012 – DPS Leadership Committee, 2014-2017 – LOC chair, 50th DPS meeting, 2018 American Geophysical Union 1 Research Publications (* denotes grad student author, ** denotes undergrad student author, ***denotes post-doc authors) 89. Nolan, M.C., E.S. Howell, D.J. Scheeres, J.W. McMahon, O. Golubov, C.W. Hergenrother, J.P. Emery, K.S. Noll, S.R. Chesley, D.S. Lauretta 2018. Detection of the YORP Effect on Bennu using HST Lightcurve Observations. Geophys. Res. Lett. submitted. 88. Rivkin, A.S., E.S. Howell, J.P. Emery 2018. Infrared Spectroscopy of Large, Low-Albedo Asteroids: Are Ceres and Themis Archetypes or Outliers? J. Geophys Res. submitted. 87. MacLennan, E.M.* and J.P. Emery 2018. Thermophysical Modeling of Asteroids Using Ellipsoid Shape Models. Astron. J. in press. 86. Lucas, M.P.*, J.P. Emery, T. Hiroi, H.Y. McSween 2018. Spectral Properties and Mineral Compositions of Acapulcoite-Lodranite Clan Meteorites: Establishing S-type Asteroid- Meteorite Connections. Meteor. Planet. Sci. in press. 85. Trilling, D.E. and 22 co-authors (including J.P. Emery) 2018. Spitzer Observations of Interstellar Object 1I/’Oumuamua. Astrophys. J. 165, id 261 (9pp). 84. McSween, H.Y., J.P. Emery, A.S. Rivkin, M.J. Toplis, J. Castillo-Rogez, T.H. Prettyman, C. De Sanctis, C.M. Pieters, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russel 2017. Carbonaceous chondrites as analogs for the composition and alteration of Ceres. Meteor. Planet. Sci. 53,1793-1804, doi: 10.1111/maps.12947. 83. Hora, J.L., A. Siraj, M. Mommert, A. McNeill, D.E. Trilling, A. Gustafsson, H.A. Smith, G.G. Fazio, S. Chesley, J.P. Emery, A. Harris, M. Mueller 2018. Infrared Lightcurves of Near- Earth Objects. Astrophys. J. Suppl. 238, id 22 (12pp). 82. Cartwright, R.J.*, J.P. Emery, N. Pinilla-Alonso, M.P. Lucas, A.S. Rivkin, D.E. Trilling 2018. Red material on the large moons of Uranus: Dust from the irregular satellites? Icarus 314, 210-231. 81. Rozitis, B., S.F. Green, E. MacLennan, J.P. Emery 2018. Observing the variation of asteroid thermal inertia with heliocentric distance. Mon. Not. Royal. Astron. Soc. 477, 1782-1802. 80. Landsman, Z.A.*, J.P. Emery, H. Campins, J. Hanuš, L.F. Lim, D.P. Cruikshank 2018. Asteroid (16) Psyche: Evidence for a silicate regolith from Spitzer space telescope spectroscopy. Icarus 304, 58-73. 79. Rivkin, A.S., E.S. Howell, J.P. Emery, J. Sunshine 2018. Evidence for OH or H2O on the surface of 433 Eros and 1036 Ganymed. Icarus 304, 74-82. 78. Lauretta, D.S. and 47 co-authors (incluing J.P. Emery) 2017. OSIRIS-Rex: Sample Return from Asteroid (101955) Bennu. Space Science Rev. 212, 925-984. 77. Wong, I., M.E. Brown, J.P. Emery 2017. 0.7-2.5 µm Spectra of Hilda Asteroids. Astron. J. 154, article 104 (9pp). 76. Lucas, M.P.*, J.P. Emery, N. Pinilla-Alonso, S.S. Lindsay, V. Lorenzi 2017. Hungaria Asteroid Region Telescopic Spectral Survey (HARTSS) I: Stony Asteroids Abundant in the Hungaria Background Population. Icarus 291, 268-287. 75. Müller, T.G, and 29 co-authors (including J.P. Emery) 2017. Hayabusa-2 mission target asteroid 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3): Searching for the object’s spin-axis orientation. Astron. Astrophys. 599, id.A103 (25pp). 74. Vernazza, P., J. Castillo-Rogez, P. Beck, J.P. Emery, R. Brunetto, M. Delbó, M. Marsset, F. Marchis, O. Groussin, B. Zanda, P. Lamy, L. Jorda, O. Mousis, A. Delsanti, Z. Djouadi, Z. Dionnet, F. Borondics, B. Carry 2017. Different Origins or Different Evolutions? Decoding the Spectral Diversity Among C-type Asteroids. Astron. J. 153, article 72 (10pp). 2 73. Takir, D., V. Reddy, J.A. Sanchez, M.K. Shepard, J.P. Emery 2017. Detection of Water and/or Hydroxyl on Asteroid (16) Psyche. Astron J. 153, article id. 31, 6pp. 72. Trilling, D.E., M. Mommert, J. Hora, S. Chesley, J.P. Emery, G. Fazio, A. Harris, M. Meuller, H. Smith 2016. NEOSurvey 1: Initial Results from the Warm Spitzer Exploration Science Survey of Near-Earth Object Properties. Astron. J. 152, article id 172, 10 pp. 71. Lindsay, S.L.***, T.L. Dunn, J.P. Emery, N.E. Bowles 2016. The red edge problem in asteroid band parameter analysis. Meteor. Plan. Sci. 51, 806-817. 70. Hanuš, J., M. Delbó, D. Vokrouhlicky, P. Pravec, J.P. Emery, et al. 2016. Near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon: Characterization of its orbit, spin state, and thermophysical parameters. Astron. Astrophys. 592, id.A34, 15pp. 69. Scheeres, D.J. and 17 others (including J.P. Emery) 2016. The geophysical environment of Bennu. Icarus 276, 116-140. 68. Lorenzi, V*., N. Pinilla-Alonso***, J. Licandro, D.P. Cruikshank, W. Grundy, R.P. Binzel, J.P. Emery 2016. The spectrum of Pluto, 0.4 – 0.93 μm I. Secular and longitudinal distribution of ices and complex organics. Astron. Astrophys. 585, id.A131, 12pp. 67. Rivkin, A.S., C.A. Thomas, E.S. Howell, J.P. Emery 2015. The Ch-class asteroids: Connecting a visible taxonomic class to a 3-μm band shape. Astron. J. 150, article id 198, 14pp. 66. Mommert, M. and 10 others (including J.P. Emery) 2015. ExploreNEOS VIII: Dormant short- period comets in the near-Earth asteroid population. Astrophy. J. 150, article id 106, 9pp. 65. Cartwright, R.J.*, J.P. Emery, A.S. Rivkin, D.E. Trilling, N. Pinilla-Alonso 2015. Distribution of CO2 ice on the large moons of Uranus and evidence for compositional stratification of their near-surfaces. Icarus 257, 428-456. 64. Takir, D., J.P. Emery, H.Y. McSween 2015. Toward an understanding of phyllosilicate mineralogy in the out main asteroid belt. Icarus 257, 185-193. 63. Burr, D.M., N.T. Bridges, J.R. Marshall, J.K. Smith, B.R. White, J.P. Emery 2015. Experimental derivation of threshold wind speeds on Titan: Implications for dune-forming wind speeds and directions. Nature 517, 60-63. 62. Binzel, R.P. and 16 others (including J.P. Emery) 2015. Spectral slope variations for OSIRIS- REx target Asteroid (101955) Bennu: Possible evidence for a fine-grained regolith equatorial ridge. Icarus 256, 22-29. 61. Hargrove, K.D.*, J.P. Emery, H. Campins, M.S.P. Kelley 2015. Asteroid (90) Antiope: Another icy member of the Themis family? Icarus 254, 150-156. 60. Lauretta, D.S. and 28 others (including J.P. Emery) 2015. The OSIRIS-REx target asteroid (101955) Bennu: Constraints on its physical, geological, and dynamical nature from astronomical observations. Met. Planet. Sci. 50, 834-849. 59. Dalle Ore, C.M., M.A. Barucci, J.P. Emery, D.P. Cruikshank, C. de Bergh, T.L. Roush, D. Perna, F. Merlin, L.V. Dalle Ore 2015. The composition of “ultra-red” TNOs and Centaurs. Icarus 252, 311-326. 58. Davidsson, B. and 11 others (including J.P. Emery) 2015. Interpretation of thermal emission. I. The effect of roughness for spatially resolved atmosphereless bodies. Icarus 252, 1-21. 57. Gulbis, A.A.S., J.P. Emery, M.J. Person, A.S. Bosh, C.A. Zuluaga, J.M. Pasachoff, B.A. Babcock 2015. Observations of a successive stellar occultation by Charon and graze by Pluto in 2011. Icarus 246, 226-236. 56. Beddingfield, C.B.*, D.M. Burr, J.P. Emery 2015. Fault geometries on Uranus’ satellite Miranda: Implications for internal structure and heat flow. Icarus 247, 35-52. 3 55. Lindsay, S.S.***, F.
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