CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Lucy-Ann A. McFadden
Department of Astronomy
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2421
Research Professor
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, 1983
M.S. Earth and Planetary Science, M.I.T., 1977
B.A. Natural Sciences, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 1974
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2007-2011
NASA's Deep Impact Extended Mission, Co-Investigator, Education/Outreach Director
2002-2015
NASA's Dawn Discovery Mission-Co-Investigator, Education/Outreach Director
1999-2006
NASA's Deep Impact Discovery Mission-Co-Investigator, Education/Outreach Manager
1994-2000
Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Mission Science Team Multispectral Imager/Near-Infrared Spectrometer
1997-2001
Faculty Director, College Park Scholars: Science, Discovery & the Universe program
1996-2007
Graduate Faculty-University of Maryland Astronomy Dept, Associate Research Scientist
1995
Space Telescope Science Institute-Visiting Scientist
1992-1995
National Science Foundation Visiting Professor-U. Maryland
1991-1995
Associate Research Physicist, California Space Institute, UCSD
1987-1991
Assistant Research Physicist, California Space Institute, UCSD
1986-1987
Assistant Research Scientist, Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty, Astronomy Program, University of Maryland
1984-1986
Research Associate, Astronomy Program, University of Maryland
1983-1984
Research Associate, Geography Department, University of Maryland Cooperative Agreement with Earth Resources Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
COMMITEE APPOINTMENTS
NASA-Small Bodies Science Working Group 1992-1996
Icarus Editorial Board 1993-1995
UCSD Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women 1991
NASA-OSSA Research & Analysis Study Committee 1991
Space Sciences Board-Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration-(COMPLEX) 1989-1992
Space Sciences Board - Committee on Data Management and Computation(CODMAC) 1985-1988
ELECTED POSITIONS
AAAS-Member-at-Large Section Committee of Section on Astronomy 2000-2004
AAS-Division of Planetary Sciences - committee 1994-1997
American Geophysical Union-Secretary Planetology 1990-1992
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Astronomical Society-Division of Planetary Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union
The Meteoritical Society
AWARDS
NASA Group Achievement Award NEAR Shoemaker mission 2002
NASA Group Achievement Award NEAR Project Team 1998
1996 Hall Fellow, Concord Academy 1996
NASA-Group Achievement Award Public Outreach Comet SL-9 1995
Sverdrup Visiting Scholar, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN 1995
The Space Foundation - Space Industrialization Fellowship 1982-1983
Outstanding Young Woman of America 1985
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Concord Academy Board of Trustees 2002-present
Concord Academy, Advisory Board 1999-2001
Vice-President, Explore-It-All Science Center 1996-2000
Advisory Board, Explore-It-All Science Center 1994-1996