CURRICULUM VITAE : Ann L. Sprague, Ph.D.

sprague _at_ lpl.arizona.edu

520-621-2282 (o)

I am a Senior Research Associate at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL), The University of Arizona. A major focus of my efforts is analysis of the GRS data (W. V. Boynton, PI) obtained from instruments on Mars Odyssey Spacecraft. I have also worked extensively on theoretical and observational studies concerning Mercury, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Comet SL-9. Concentrated efforts have been in visible and mid-infrared spectroscopy. Robert Strom and I have recently published Exploring Mercury: The Iron Planet (Springer/Praxis, 2003). Past projects include identifying relationships between the atmosphere and surface of Mercury, measuring water vapor in Mars atmosphere, and studying the effects of Comet SL-9 on the jovian atmosphere. Another area of scientific effort is thermal modeling of rough planetary surfaces and modeling aspects of planetary atmospheres; jovian, martian, mercurian and lunar. One major research focus is to interpret the results of a large ground-based data set of martian water vapor obtained during 1996 – 1999. Together with other colleagues, an effort is being made to explain the low southern latitude Spring water vapor minimum. As an active participant in matters of planetary science in general, I have served on the Solar System Decadal Survey Panels for the Inner Planets and Mars, the Icarus Editorial Board, the National Research Council's Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX). In addition I have served as the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences Chair of the Committee for the Status of Women and Chair of the Nominating Committee. I am currently a member of the Nominating Committee for the AAAS. In addition, I was recently elected to sit on the Division for Planetary Sciences Committee from 2003 – 2005 and to serve on the Management Operations Working Group (MOWG) for the KECK and IRTF telescopes.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

2004 Convener of Surface-bounded Exospheres session for the Spring AGU meeting in Montreal, Canada

2004 - 2007 Management Operations Working Group (MOWG) for KECK and IRTF telescopes

2003-2005 Division for Planetary Sciences Committee

2003 Scientific Organizing Committee Mercury Session IAU Symposium Sydney Australia, August 2003

2002 Scientific Organizing Committee Hapke Symposium Pittsburgh, PA September, '02

2001 Scientific Organizing Committee Mercury Meeting Chicago, October 2001

2002-2003 elected position, AAAS Nominating Committee

2002 Solar System Decadal Survey: Inner Planets and Mars Sub-panels

1999 – 2002 COMPLEX

1995-present member of numerous review panels for NASA and NSF

1998-2000 ICARUS Editorial Board

1998- DPS 98 Organizing Committee

1998-Chair “Thermal Emission Spectroscopy and Data Analysis of Dusts, Disks and Regoliths”

Houston, TX April 28-30, 1999.

1997 Convener of Mars Telescopic Workshop II, held in Tucson, Arizona October 4-6, 1997

1995-96 DPS Organizing Committee

1994-96 Terrestrial Planets Science Working Group (TePSWg), subcommittee.

1994 International Astronomical Union. Commission #16: Physical Studies of Planets and

Satellites.

1992-1995 AIAA, Technical Sub-Committee of Space Sciences.

1991-1994 Chair, Committee for the Status of Women in Planetary Science for the Division of Planetary Sciences, Amer. Ast. Society

1991 Guest editor for a special issue on the Moon: Geophysical Research Letters

1991 Organizational Committee for the Division of Planetary Science Annual Meeting:

Palo Alto, CA

1988 Deputy Administrator for the Mars Ball Organization: LPL, University of Arizona

AWARDS AND HONORS:

1996 Exceptional Achievement Award, from Goddard Space Flight Center. This award is granted for either a single exceptional achievement or sustained achievements that have contributed significantly to Goddard’s mission.

1995 NASA Group Achievement Award, from NASA for contributions to the outstanding

achievements of the Kuiper Airborne Astronomy Program in observing Comet

Shoemaker Levy 9.

1990 Gerard P. Kuiper Memorial Award. This award is given to a graduating student from the

Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona who has demonstrated

outstanding research and scholastic capability.

INVITED TALKS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:

2003 Sprague, A. L. “Search for volcanics and pyroxene in Mercury’s regolith” IAU Symposium,

Sydney Australia, July 21, 2003.

2001 Sprague, A. L. "Mercury MESSENGER Mission: Finding Answers to Questions Raised

from Mariner 10 and Ground-based Observations", May 24, ISDC 2001, Albuquerque NM.

2001 Sprague, A. L. "Mars Atmosphere: A Review With Emphasis on Future Missions"

COMPLEX, Tucson, AZ to be presented January 29.

2000 Sprague, A. L. "Mercury's Tenuous Atmosphere; Enigmas and Opportunities"

AGU Spring meeting, June 6, Washington, D.C.

2000 Sprague, A. L. "Mercury: What We Know About This Unusual Planet", April 12, Explorer's Club, Tucson, AZ.

1997 Sprague, A. L. “Gaseous components of Mercury: exogenous and endogenous” AGU, San

Francisco, Dec. 1997.

1996 Hunten, D.M. and A. L. Sprague Origin and Character of the Lunar and Mercurian

Atmospheres COSPAR, presented July 14, 1996.

1996 Sprague, A. L. Mercury: New Perspectives and Unanswered Questions. Western Pacific

Geophysical Meeting. Brisbane, Australia, presented July 24, 1996.

1996 Sprague, A. L. Dust and Hydrocarbons from SL-9. Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting.

Brisbane, Australia, presented July 24, 1996.

1996 Sprague, A. L. “A Coronograph for Lunar Atmosphere Studies” DPS sub-committee on

Coronographic Telescopes. Presented, Tues. October 22.

1995 Sprague, A. L. Mid-infrared observations and the Chemistry following the Impact

of Comet Shoemaker Levy-9 into the Jovian Atmosphere AAAS Annual meeting,

Atlanta, Georgia. February 17, 1995.

1994 Sprague, A. L. A Comparison of the Lunar and Mercurian Na and K Atmospheres. July

13, at Search for other Solar Systems, Hilo, Hawaii.

1993 Sprague, A. L. The Lunar Sodium Atmosphere and Related Topics: A Review. Sodium

Atmospheres Workshop, San Juan Capistrano, CA.

1992 Sprague, A. L. Surface Mineralogy of Asteroids Determined from Mid-Infrared

Spectroscopy: The Potential. Astronomical Infrared Spectroscopy Conference,

Calgary, Canada.

1991 Sprague, A. L. Mercury: A Review of Recent (1989-present) Results from Observations

and Theory. DPS annual meeting, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 23, 1192.

1991 Morgan, T. H., Sprague, A. L., Hunten, D.M., Potter, A. E., Recent Observations of the

Lunar Atmosphere. Spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union. EOS, 72,

17, 178.

EDUCATION:

Doctor of Philosophy in Planetary Science: May, 1990

Minor in Optical Sciences

Dissertation: 1990 An Observational Comparison of Mercury and the Moon.

The University of Arizona, Department of Planetary Sciences.

Master of Arts in Astronomy: June, 1982

Investigation of Equatorial Plasma Depletions Using All-sky Photographs of 6300 Angstrom Airglow. Masters Thesis,

Boston University, Department of Astronomy and Space Physics.

1983 Mendillo, Michael and Ann L. Tyler, Geometry of Depleted Plasma

Regions in the Equatorial Ionosphere. JGR, 88, 5778 - 5782.

Bachelor of Arts in Geology: June, 1969 Syracuse University

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:

1990 Gerard P. Kuiper Memorial Award

An award for outstanding scholarship and research of a cash prize and honor given by

the Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona to a graduating Ph.D. student.

1969 Chauncy Holmes Outstanding Geology Major

A stipend and book were awarded to a senior geology major that had shown

academic and scholarly achievement in studies in the Department of Geology at Syracuse University.

1969 1968 NDEA Scholarships.

These scholarships were awarded

to students with high scholastic achievement who promised to pursue

public school teaching.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Susquehanna University (1983 - 1984)

Adjunct Instructor of Astronomy and Introduction to Mathematics

Boston University (1980 – 1982)

Astronomy 101 teaching assistant

Selinsgrove Area Public School District (1982-83) and (1974 – 1979)

Physical Science

Director of Planetarium that served area school district and community

Susquehanna University (1979 - 1982, adjunct Professor)

Bucknell University (1979 - 1982), adjunct Professor)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

International Astronomical Union Section 16: Planetary Science

American Geophysical Union

American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Science

American Association for the Advancement of Science