Bio
BioDr. David T. Blewett is a planetary geologist whose research emphasizes remote sensing, geological analysis, and spectral algorithm development using data from planetary spacecraft, including Mariner 10, Clementine, Galileo, Lunar Prospector, NEAR, LRO, MESSENGER, and Dawn. He has been a principal investigator on NASA planetary research programs since 2002 and was named a MESSENGER participating scientist in 2007 and a Dawn at Vesta participating scientist in 2010. Dr. Blewett has focused on geological and compositional analysis of UV-NIR spectra and multispectral images, including studying space weathering on the Moon, Mercury, Vesta, and Eros. He was the lead geologic mapper on a Vesta quadrangle and for three years was co-chair of the MESSENGER Geology Discipline Group and a member of the PI’s Science Steering Committee. Dr. Blewett fielded all the questions from the public that were submitted via the MESSENGER Q&A website. In 2015 and 2016, during two-month Visiting International Scholar fellowships from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he lectured on his planetary research and collaborated on analysis of data from the Chang’e lunar missions. He was an Antarctic Search for Meteorites field party member during the 1988–1989 austral summer.
Notable Awards and Leadership
Notable Awards and LeadershipYear(s) | Description |
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Year(s) 2017 | Description NASA Group Achievement Award, MESSENGER Science Team (orbital mission at Mercury) |
Year(s) 2015, 2016 | Description President’s Visiting International Scholar fellowship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), hosted in Beijing by the Key Laboratory for Lunar and Deep Space Exploration of the National Astronomical Observatories of CAS (NAOC) |
Year(s) 2014 | Description Asteroid 8897 named Davidblewett |
Year(s) 2012 | Description NASA Group Achievement Award, Dawn Science Team (mission at asteroid Vesta) |
Year(s) 2009 | Description NASA Group Achievement Award, MESSENGER Science Team (first Mercury flyby) |
Year(s) 1989 | Description Antarctica Service Medal |