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ABOUT ME
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Professional
Info
My interests are carbon-bearing, clay, sulfate minerals, remote IR spectroscopy, CRISM, image processing, craters, Mars, and instrumentation.
Education
Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D. Earth & Planetary Science
2018 - present
Sam Houston State University
M.S. Geographic Information Systems
2014 - 2017
Wesleyan University
B.A. Earth & Environmental Science
2010 - 2014
Work
Experience
Graduate Researcher
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
Aug 2018 - Present
Visiting Researcher
Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC
June 2017 - Present
SAT/ACT/PSAT/GRE Tutor
Novastar Prep, Remote
Mar 2019 - Present
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Intern
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
Geospatial Vector Data Production Manager
Army Geospatial Center, Alexandria, VA
Dec 2016 - May 2018
Planetary GIS Consultant (Intern)
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
May 2016 - April 2018
Atmospheric Data Scientist (Intern)
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
Jan 2016 - May 2016
GIS/CAD Technician
TranSystems, Houston, TX
July 2014 - Aug 2015
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Wesleyan University
May 2012 - May 2014
Outreach &
Leadership
DC STEM Network Ambassador
Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC
July 2017
Lead Observatory Volunteer
National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
August 2017 - Present
Diversity and Inclusion Committee Member
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
February 2019
The Women+ of Color Project Committee Member
Harvard University & Virtually
May 2019 - Present
Space Interns Committee Member
Washington, DC & Virtually
August 2020
Black in Geoscience Committee Member
Virtually
August 2020
Astrobiology Graduate Conference Committee Member
DC-Maryland-Virginia & Virtually
February 2021
Honors &
Awards
NASA Connecticut Space Grant Scholarship
Spring 2012
Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program Scholar
Spring 2012 - Spring 2014
2018 GEM Associate Fellow
The National GEM Consortium
Fall 2018 - Present
3rd Place Student Poster Competition
AbSciCon2019
Summer 2019
Kelly Miller Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University
Sept 2019
Conference
Abstracts
Aaron, L. M., Seelos, K. (2021), Investigation Of Hydrothermal Clays and Sulfates in Tyrrhena Terra Martian Craters. 52 ndLunar and Planetary Science Conference, Virtual, Abstract 2548.
Aaron, L. M., Steele, A., Shkolyar, S., Seelos, K., Viviano, C., Applin, D., Cloutis, E. (2019), Investigating Oxalate Mineral Formations on Mars using CRISM Hyperspectral Imaging Data. Astrobiology Science Conference, Seattle, WA, Abstract 118-014.
Aaron, L. M., Steele, A., Shkolyar, S., Seelos, K., Viviano, C., Applin, D., Cloutis, E. (2019), Detecting Oxalate Minerals on Mars Using CRISM and In-Situ Spectroscopy. 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, Abstract 2132.
Latorella, K., Tisdale, M., Aaron, L., Leinenveber, J., Wilson, J., Werynski, A., Gant, P. (2017). A GIS Layer Depicting Proposed Human Landing Sites & Exploration Zones on Mars & Tool to Investigate These. PSIDA.
Gilmore, M. S., Golder, K. B., Korn, L., & Aaron, L. M. (2014), Carbonate associated with gullies in the Eridania region of Mars. Eighth International Conference on Mars, 1791, 1388.
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