2716
N. Cloverland Dr .
Tucson,
AZ 85712
520.327.7505
jgrier@lpl.arizona.edu
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EXPERT
TECHNICAL WRITER AND EDITOR with experience
writing
proposals, manuals, progress reports, newsletters, articles,
reviews,
and scientific research papers.
TALENTED
MANAGER able to supervise project development
and
coordinate special events such as fundraisers, conferences, and
field
trips.
SKILLED
DESKTOP PUBLISHER using graphs, plots, figures,
illustrations,
schematics and text to produce camera-ready copy and
publication-quality
formatting.
SUPERB
PUBLIC SPEAKER AND INSTRUCTOR with experience
presenting
at conferences in Berlin, Versailles, Padua, Houston,
Denver,
Flagstaff, Tucson, Washington D.C., and Madison WI.
Instructional
background includes teaching in formal classrooms,
conducting
workshops, and mentoring students.
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Research Associate 1999-Present
Planetary Science Institute and Lunar and
Planetary Laboratory,
Tucson, Arizona
Researched crater formation on Mars and
the Moon. Managed Mars
research group in absence of
supervisor. Peer-reviewed proposals,
including assessment of scientific merit,
technical feasibility, and
justification of proposed funds. Initiated new program to test the
hypothesis of very young volcanic
terrains on Mars by detailed counting
of geologic units. Created plan to investigate the breakup of
ejecta from
craters on rocky surfaces, starting with Mars as a case study.
Achievements:
NASA
Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program
- Principal Investigator and primary author
of a three-year, $127,943
proposal to study the formation of
secondary swarms, crater clusters,
and patterned crater ejecta on Mars, the
Moon, Earth, and Venus.
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Co-Investigator and assisting author of a $218,199 three-year
proposal and progress report entitled “Impact Cratering Rates During
the Past Billion Years.”
NASA
Mars Data Analysis Program
- Principal Investigator and primary author
of a $251,851 proposal to
study the ages of volcanoes on Mars.
- Co-Investigator and assisting author of
progress report for a three
year, $265,882 proposal to study Martian
channel formation, young
lava flows, impactor rates, and crater
morphologies.
NASA
- Education and Public Outreach Program
- Principal Investigator and primary author
of $27,951 proposal to
produce a series of math/science
teaching modules in conjunction
with a math teacher and Tucson area
schools.
Research/Outreach
- Managed production of ten instructional
packets on Martian sample
return sites for The Planetary
Society. Packets included explanatory
text, detailed images of Martian
surface, and a glossary (in preparation).
- First author or co-author of three
peer-reviewed research papers and
nine conference abstracts.
- Primary author and researcher of a book
chapter entitled “The Lunar
Record of Recent Impact Cratering” for
the American Geophysical
Union special publication “Accretion of
Extraterrestrial Matter
Throughout Earth's History” (in
preparation).
Graduate Research Associate 1997-1999
Planetary Image Research Laboratory, University
of Arizona ,
Tucson, Arizona
Collected, digitized and reduced lunar
data from the Clementine
spacecraft. Utilized these data to determine approximate chronology of
lunar craters and the flux of recent
impactors into Earth/Moon space.
Conducted surveys of Apollo images versus
Clementine images of the
Moon to determine possible changes in the
extreme recent flux of
asteroids and comets.
Achievements:
- Sole author of 230 page technical
research dissertation entitled
“Determining the Ages of Impact Events: Multidisciplinary Studies
Using Remote Sensing and Sample Analysis
Techniques.”
- Primary author of ~$9,000 proposal to the
Head of the Planetary
Sciences Department, University of
Arizona to obtain funds for an
annual graduate student run conference
of approximately 80 attendees.
Key committee member (of three) for the
first two years of the
conference.
- First author or co-author of three
peer-reviewed research papers and
seven conference abstracts.
Graduate Research Assistant 1992-1997
Noble
Gas Mass Spectrometry/Radiometric Dating, University of Arizona,
Tucson,
AZ
Conducted vacuum gas extraction
procedures on meteorite samples.
Carried out electron microprobe and
petroscopic microscope analyses of
lunar meteorites. Assisted with target identification and
extraction of
microcores (less than 350 microns in
size) from meteorites. Pioneered new
procedures and designed tools for handling, preparing, processing
and
irradiating these cores.
Achievements:
- Co-author of five peer-reviewed research
papers and first or
co-author of eleven conference
abstracts.
- Sole author of research proposals to the
NASA Graduate Student
Researchers Program. Total yearly budgets proposed: $22,000.
- Primary author of ~ $11,000 proposal to
Head of the Planetary
Sciences Department, University of
Arizona to obtain funds for a
graduate research field trip of 25
students to Yellowstone National
Park.
Compiled and edited the research abstract volume and field
guide handbook for the trip.
Support Specialist 1991-1992
Edited and illustrated
technical documents. Collated,
published and
bound several proposals,
varying from 50-600 pages, used to bid for
contracts for long term
work from the Contra Costa Water District, the
Colorado River
Commission, the Greater Vancouver Regional District
and other organizations.
Achievements:
- Initiated and published monthly
newsletter for the software division
of the Southwest Region Office.
- Wrote the Tucson EMA Branch column for
EMA Today, the
monthly company-wide newsletter.
- Wrote review of software for publication
in the Journal of the
Tucson Computer Society.
- Composed and assembled 30+ page manual
detailing support
specialist responsibilities
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Ph.D.
Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, 1999
B.S.
Astronomy, University of Arizona, 1990