JEAN-PIERRE WILLIAMS

Jean-Pierre Williams
University of California Los Angeles

Current Position

Researcher

Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences

University of California, Los Angeles CA, 90095

Education

◦ Ph.D. Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles CA, 2005

Dissertation: Geological and Geodynamical Studies of the Origin and History of the Tharsis and Valles Marineris Regions of Mars (Faculty advisor: David Paige)

◦ M.S. Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2001

◦ B.S. Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 1998

Research Interests

The surfaces and interiors of the terrestrial planets and asteroids; the thermal evolution and volcanism of the Moon, Mercury, and Mars; thermaophysical properties of regoliths; lunar polar volatiles; the production and modification of impact craters; and sound propagation in planetary atmospheres.

Space Mission Experience

◦ Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer (Lunar-VISE) – Co-I, 2022 – Present

◦ Lunar Meteoroid Impact Observer (LUMIO) – International Collaborator, 2022 – Present

◦ Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, ShadowCam – Participating Scientist, 2021 – Present

◦ Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Diviner – Deputy-PI, 2010 – Present

◦ Mars Polar Lander – Science Team Member, 1997 – 2000

Professional Experience

◦ Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles, 2020 – Present

◦ Associate Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles, 2014 – 2020

◦ Assistant Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles, 2010 – 2014

◦ Visiting Research Scientist, California Institute of Technology, 2010 – 2011

◦ Game System Development Specialist, Ashima Arts, 2009 – 2010

◦ Research Scientist, California Institute of Technology, 2008 – 2010

◦ O.K. Earl Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 2005 – 2008

◦ Research Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997 – 2005

◦ Teaching Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles, 2000, 2001, 2004

Honors and Awards

◦ NASA Group Achievment Award, LRO Extended Science Mission Team, 2015

For exceptional achievements during the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Extended Science Mission

◦ NASA Group Achievment Award, Diviner Instrument Team, 2013

For outstanding accomplishment in operating the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiement and analyzing and archiving its data during the Science Mission phase

◦ California Institute of Technology O. K. Earl Postdocatoral Fellowship, 2005

◦ NASA research fellowship, 1999

◦ Valedictorian: Department of Earth and Space Sciences (UCLA), class of 1998

◦ John W. and Francis Handin Scholarship for Academic Excellence, 1997

◦ Golden Key National Honor Society

Editorial Service

◦ Ices in the Solar System; origin, evolution and distribution, Icarus Special Issue,

Guest Editor, 2023

◦ Ices in the Solar System: A Volatile-Driven Journey from the Inner Solar System

to its far Reaches, Soare, R., Williams, J-P., Ahrens, C., Butcher, F., and Elmaarry, M. eds., 2023

◦ Mars Geological Enigmas: From the Late Noachian Epoch to the Present Day,

Soare, R., Conway, S.J., Williams, J.-P, and Oehler, D. eds., 2021

◦ Current and Recent Landscape Evolution on Mars, Icarus Special Issue,

Guest Editor, 2019

Professional Societies

◦ American Geophysical Union

◦ Geological Society of American

◦ American Astronomical Society - Division for Planetary Sciences