Kelly Kolb
B.S. Astronomy and
Astrophysics,
Villanova University, May 2004
Switzerland! The Swiss
Alps!
Left: Me and some
glaciers and the
top of Europe
Right: Me in the Ice
Palace at the
top of Europe
Contact Info
Office:
320 Kuiper Space Sciences
Office
phone: 520-621-1479
Advisor:
Alfred
McEwen
Research Interests
Hi
my name is Kelly Kolb, and I am a fourth year grad student at
LPL. I'm from
NJ, and I graduated from Villanova
University in Pennsylvania with a degree in Astronomy and
Astrophysics. I recently received my
M.S. in Planetary Sciences with a thesis entitled, "Modeling
Bright Gully Deposits in Hale Crater, Mars: Implications for Recent
Liquid Water." I'm primarily interested in studying
water on Mars and space science education and public outreach. I
am
currently surveying water-related features on Mars as possible targets
for the HiRISE camera
aboard Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter. I’m also
working on a project involving
the martian gullies and bright gully deposits in hopes of determining
their formation mechanism. I completed a
minor in Geosciences and am pursuing a certificate in College Science
Teaching and Learning at the
UA.
Here is the link to my
education research project page.
Here
is a link to my programs that combine Mars topography and images.
Here is a link to a Mars
Teacher Workshop I am co-organizing.
Course
Work
Grad
school courses
EDP
541 Statistical Methods in Education Research (Spring 2008)
STCH
595b Colloquium in Science Teaching and Learning (Spring 2008)
MCB
520 College Science Teaching and Learning (Fall 2007)
STCH
595b Colloquium in Science Teaching and Learning (Fall 2007)
PTYS
594a Geology Field Practicum (Fall 2007)
PTYS
594a Geology Field Practicum (Spring 2007)
PTYS
505B Principles of Planetary Physics B (Spring 2006)
PTYS
512 Planetary Global Tectonics (Spring 2006)
GEOS
596C Fluvial Geomorphology Seminar (Spring 2006)
PTYS
505A Principles of Planetary Physics A (Fall 2005)
GEOS/PTYS 511 Geology of the Solar System (Fall 2005)
GEOS/PTYS
567 Inverse Problems in Geophysics (Fall 2005)
PTYS 507 Chemistry of the Solar System (Spring 2005)
GEOS/PTYS 542 Mars (Spring 2005)
PTYS 554 Evolution of Planetary Surfaces (Spring 2005)
PTYS 510 Principles of Cosmochemistry
(Fall
2004)
PTYS
517 Atmospheres and Remote Sensing (Fall 2004)
PTYS
594a Geology Field Practicum (Fall 2004)
GEOS
578 Global Change (Fall 2004)
Courses
I've been a TA for
NATS
101 Planet Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World (Spring 2005)
[received
Department and College of ScienceTA Excellence Awards
:) ]
Prof: Rick
Greenberg
TA: John Keller
NATS
102 The Universe and Humanity: Origin and Destiny (Fall 2004)
Prof: John
Lewis
TA: Moses
Milazzo
3
semesters of Stellar Lab (w/ Larry Dewarf) and
1
semester of Planets Lab (w/ George McCook) at Villanova
Research Experience
Mar
2008- modeling bright gully deposits on Mars
present
Mar
2007- analyzing
the topographical and geographical settings of bright gully deposits on
Mars
present
Dec
2005- evaluating gully
elevations on Mars
present
May
2005- selecting targets
for HIRISE and calibrating test images
present
Aug.
2003- Determined a temperature for Rho Coronae Borealis
using
Dec.
2003 spectral analysis. AST 4122 Undergraduate
Research 2
at
Villanova University (Villanova, PA).
May
2003- Reproduced a water distribution model for Mars
(individual project)
Aug.
2003 2003 NASA Academy at Goddard Space Flight
Center (Greenbelt,
MD).
May
2003- Determined target criteria and selection for
the
Stellar Imager
Aug.
2003 Pathfinder Mission (NASA Academy group project). 2003
NASA
Academy at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Jan.
2003- Determined period-age-activity relations for
K0-K5V
stars.
May
2003 AST 4121 Undergraduate Research 1 at
Villanova University.
May
2002- Modeled the hot components of symbiotic
variable
systems and
Aug.
2002 researched HD152391, a peculiar star. Villanova
University
Astronomy Department.
Publications and
Presentations
Kolb, K.J. A Model for Near-Surface Groundwater on Mars. Presented at the Philadelphia Area
Astronomer’s
Meeting. Rowan University, NJ, 2003.
Kolb,
K.J. Modeling
the Hot Components of Symbiotic Variables. Poster presented at the
202nd American Astronomical Society Meeting. Nashville,
TN, 2003.
Kolb, K.J. Modeling the Hot Components of Symbiotic Variables. Poster presented at the
Sigma
Xi Research Day, Villanova, PA, 2004. (received an Honorable Mention)
Kolb, K.J. Modeling the Hot Components of Symbiotic Variables. Presented at the Philadelphia
Area
Astronomer’s Meeting. Villanova University, PA, 2002.
Kolb,
K.J. NASA Academy Individual
Research Project. A Model for Near-Surface
Groundwater
on Mars. http://academy.gsfc.nasa.gov/ra/kolb/research.html
Kolb,
K.J., Miller, J.K., Sion, E.M., and
J.Mikolajewska. Synthetic Spectral Analysis of the Hot
Component
in
the S-Type Symbiotic Variable EG Andromedae.
2004, AJ, 128, p. 1790-1794.
Miller, J.K., Kolb, K.J., and Sion, E.M. The Properties and Evolutionary State of the Hot
Component in the S-Type Symbiotic Variable SY Muscae. Submitted for publication Fall
2003 to Astronomical Journal.
I need to update this part J
Links
UA
Dept. of
Planetary Sciences/ Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
NASA
Academy Alumni Association
Education Project
MOLA + Mars Images Page
updated: 6-13-08