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1 ROBERT R. HERRICK Geophysical Institute University of Alaska Fairbanks 903 Koyukuk Dr. Fairbanks, AK Phone: Education Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas Ph.D., Geophysics, 1993 University of Houston, Houston, Texas M.S., Geophysics, 1988 Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas B.S., Geophysics, 1985 B.S., Physics, 1985 Overview of Skills Research - Using a variety of geological and geophysical techniques and data sets, I study planetary resurfacing histories and the impact cratering process. Techniques that I have used include spherical harmonic modeling of gravity and topography, photogeology, geologic field work, reflection seismology, photogrammetry, magnetic prospecting, experimental impacts, and finite-difference modeling. I have worked with topography, gravity, and image data from planetary missions that span the solar system. My research has been featured in news reports in Science, Nature, New Scientist, Science News, and Astronomy magazines. Management - I am currently the Group Leader for Remote Sensing at the Geophysical Institute; I also managed the EPO Department at the Lunar and Planetary Institute for a year. I have supervised professionals, technicians, research assistants, undergraduate interns, and graduate students at various times during my career. I am currently PI on grants totaling ~$1M/yr that employ around a dozen full- and part-time employees and students at a given time. Outreach - In addition to planning and management, I have worked with teachers, all levels of students, and the public in multiple capacities, and created nationally used outreach products. I currently oversee a statewide traveling planetarium program and two large outreach grants. Employment History 2004 present. Research Professor and Remote Sensing Group Leader, Geophysical Institute (GI), University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Maintain research and outreach program and supervise students and staff; occasionally teach graduate and undergraduate courses Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), Houston. Conducted research and helped develop, and then later managed, LPI's education and public outreach program Adjunct faculty, Rice University. Undergraduate course The Planets Adjunct faculty, University of Houston - Clear Lake. Graduate Planetary Geology course Graduate Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas Senior Geophysicist, Exploration Data Processing Center, Exxon, Houston. General marine and land seismic reflection data processing, managed processing for several 3-D marine surveys, tested new processing software Lab Instructor, Geophysics Department, Texas A & M University, College Station. Instructed lab for survey course in geophysical exploration Field Hand, Party 7, Professional Geophysics, Inc., Lufkin, Texas.

2 Robert R. Herrick p. 2 Other Educational and Professional Activities Review panel for NASA Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO) present. Member of VenusBridge Focus Group, Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) present. Geophysical Institute member, UAF Faculty Senate Academic Leadership Institute, UAF Lead U.S. team member, EnVision Venus mission proposal to ESA s M5 call Member of Performance Evaluation Committee for the GI Director, UAF Core team member, EnVision Venus mission proposal to ESA s M4 call Review panel for NASA Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research (LASER) Organizing committee for Venus Exploration Targets Workshop, LPI, Houston Review panel for NASA Planetary Mission Data Analysis Program (PMDAP) Co-Convener, AGU Special Session High Priority Investigations for Venus Exploration NASA Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration (MatISSE) - Review Panel in 2013, Progress Report reviewer in 2014 and Executive Committee for the Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) and Chair of the Venus Goals and Exploration Sites Focus Group present. UAF Limited Submission Proposals Review Committee. 2012, 2013, UAF Peer Review Committee for Promotion Research Faculty; Chair , Deputy PI and then Science Operations Center (SOC) Director, Radar at Venus (RAVEN) NASA Discovery mission proposal Instructor at Network on Impact Research (NIR) short course, Lappajärvi, Finland Co-Convener of workshop Bridging the Gap II: Effect of Target Properties on the Impact Cratering Process, September 22-26, Co-editor of Meteoritics and Planetary Science proceedings issue published in December, Invited participant to Workshop on Future Joint ICDP/IODP Drilling of the Chicxulub Crater, in Potsdam, Germany Scientific organizing committee for "Workshop on the Role of Volatiles and Atmospheres on Martian Impact Craters" Review panel for NASA ROSS educational outreach proposals Scientific organizing committee for "Third International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts" Co-Convener of workshop "Impact Cratering: Bridging the Gap Between Modeling and Observations". Co-editor of Meteoritics and Planetary Science proceedings issue Review panel for NASA Planetary Instrument Development and Design Program (PIDDP) , Review panel for NASA Mars Data Analysis Program Editorial Advisory Board, Earth in Space, AGU educational outreach magazine for high school teachers. 1996, 1997, 2001, Program Committee, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1996, 2004, Student Award Committee, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Taught 2-week Planetary Geology course at invitation of Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, in Mexico City Corresponding Scientist, Science-by-Mail program. 4th-9th grade children do science activity packets and correspond with scientist about results. I designed a Planetary Science packet for them in 1995.

3 Robert R. Herrick p Math and Geology Tutor, Southern Methodist University. Grants Institutional PI for Heliophysics Education Consortium (PI Alex Young, Goddard Space Flight Center), NASA Science Mission Directorate Education Cooperative Agreement. $1,240, PI on Mini-MAGGIE: CubeSat MAGnetism and Gravity Investigation at Europa, Europa CubeSat Concept Study, JPL. $23, PI , Co-I Learning through cultural connections: The Northern Lights, Dept. of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: Alaska Native Education Program. $1,440, PI on Generation of stereo-derived topography and studies of volcanic structures on Venus, NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics (PGG) program. $517, PI on Examining morphological transitions of lunar impact craters, NASA Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research (LASER) program. $383, PI on Global studies of Mercurian impact craters with MESSENGER Data, NASA Planetary Mission Data Analysis Program (PMDAP). $264, Science PI (NASA requires the local Space Grant Director to be official PI) on Stereo- Derived Topography for the Last Frontier and the Final Frontier, NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Cooperative Agreement. $745, PI on Bringing NASA Science to America's Most Remote Communities With a Digital Portable Planetarium, NASA Education and Public Outreach for Earth and Space Science (EPOESS) program. $488, PI on Generation and Use of Stereo-Derived Topographic Data on Venus and Studies of Impact Crater Excavation, NASA PGG program. $372, PI on Analysis of Impact Craters on Mercury using MESSENGER Data, NASA PMDAP program. $116, Co-I on Geologic investigations of Impact Crater Morphology, Topography, and Distribution on the Icy Saturnian Satellites: Insights from Cassini and the Galilean Satellites, NASA Cassini Data Analysis Program, PI Paul Schenk. $27,923 to UAF PI on Studies of Small Aypical Martian Impact Craters, NASA Mars Data and Analysis Program (MDAP). $195, PI on Studies of the Resurfacing History of Venus, NASA PGG program. $194, PI on Study of the Shape and Appearance of Craters on Mars Resulting from Oblique Impact, NASA MDAP. $88, PI on Using Impact Craters to Study the Resurfacing History of Venus, NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program. $126, A Broker/Facilitator Partnership to Serve Central, Soutwest Region and Hawai'I, NASA OSS Education and Outreach Broker/Facilitator. PI , Co-I for remaining Forging Partnerships with Libraries: Explore! And Fun with Science, NSF Informal Science Education. PI until departure from LPI, then Co-I PI on What Do Scientists Do? A Short Workshop for Teachers, Space Telescope Science Institute IDEA Grant. $28, Co-I on A Broker/Facilitator Team for Space Sciences Education and Outreach in the South Central Region, NASA OSS Broker/Facilitator Program Co-I on Large Body Impact and its Planetary Implications: Venus, Moon, Earth, NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.

4 Robert R. Herrick p Co-I on Topography from Magellan Radar Image Pairs: Compilation and Analysis of a New Crater Morphometry Data Base, NASA Venus Data Analysis Program. Honors The Roy Huffington Scholarship, Southern Methodist University Undergraduate Scholarships: Westinghouse Foundation, Society of Exploration Geophysics, Texas A&M Lechner, and Texas A&M Geophysics Department Dean's List and Distinguished Student, Texas A&M. Completed Theses and Dissertations Committee Chair or Member Calef, F. J., Investigating the Retention of Bright and Dark Ejecta from Small Rayed Craters on Mars, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010 Committee Chair Gleason, A., Steep-sided Domes on Venus: Morphologies and Emplacement Mechanisms Reevaluated Using High-Resolution Topography Data, M.S. Thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2008 Committee Chair. Hessen, K. K., Oblique Impact Cratering: A Comparison of Low-Velocity Experiments to High-Velocity Experiments, M.S. Thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2008 Committee Chair. Chappelow, J. E., Three Studies of Impact Phenomena in the Solar System, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2005 Committee member. Mongraine, J., Critical Parameters in Magmatic Degassing, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2008 Committee member. Pitiss, S. E., Constraints Upon the History of Meridiani Planum, Mars, Using Sub-Kilometer Crater Counting, M.S. Thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2005 Committee member. Community Service Chair, Board of Directors, Effective Resolution in Communication, Incorporated (ERiC, Inc.), Fairbanks area nonprofit servicing families of autistic children present. Discipline Hearing Committee, Alaska Bar Association Treasurer and faculty advisor, Fairbanks Masters Swim Team. Refereed Publications Marcucci, E. M., C. W. Hamilton, R. R. Herrick, Lava ground-ice interactions associated with the Lost Jim Lava Flow, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, submitted to Bulletin of Volcanology. Neish, C. D., R. R. Herrick, M. Zanettie, and D. Smith, The role of pre-impact topography in impact melt emplacement on terrestrial planets, Icarus, 297, Ghail, R. G., D. Hall, P. J. Mason, R. R. Herrick, L. M. Carter, and E. Williams, VenSAR on EnVision: taking Earth Observation radar to Venus, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, in press. Herrick, R. R., and B. M. Hynek, Investigating target versus impactor influences on Martian crater morphology at the simple-complex transition, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, in press. Carsten-Conner, L. D., A. M. Larson, J. Arseneau, and R. Herrick, Elementary student knowledge gains in the digital portable planetarium, Journal of Astronomy and Earth Sciences Education, 2, 65-75, Robbins, S. J., I. Antonenko, M. R. Kirchoff, C. R. Chapman, C. I. Fassett, R. R. Herrick, K. Singer, M. Zanetti, C. Lehan, D. Huang, P. L. Gay, The variability of crater identification among expert and community crater analysts, Icarus, 234, , 2014.

5 Robert R. Herrick p. 5 McGovern, P. J., G. A. Galgana, K. R. Verner, R. R. Herrick, New constraints on volcano-tectonic evolution of large volcanic edifices on Venus from stereo topography-derived strain estimates, Geology, 42, 59-62, Sharpton, V. L., R. V. Krochuk, and R. R. Herrick, Characterization and morphological reconstruction of the Terny impact structure, central Ukraine, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 48, , Herrick, R. R., P. M. Schenk, and S. J. Robbins, Surveys of elliptical crater populations on the Saturnian satellites, Mercury, and Mars, Icarus, 220, , Herrick, R. R., D. L. Stahlke, and V. L. Sharpton, Fine-scale Venusian topography from Magellan stereo data, EOS, 93, , Barnouin, O. S., M. T. Zuber, D. E. Smith, G. A. Neumann, R. R. Herrick, J. E. Chappelow, S. L. Murchie, L. M. Prockter, The morphology of craters on Mercury: Results from MESSENGER flybys, Icarus, 219, , Herrick, R. R., L. L. Curran, and A. T. Baer, A Mariner/MESSENGER global catalog of Mercurian craters, Icarus, 215, , Herrick, R. R., and M. E. Rumpf, Postimpact modification by volcanic or tectonic processes as the rule, not the exception, for Venusian craters, J. Geophys. Res 116, E02004, doi: /2010je003722, Gleason, A. L., R. R. Herrick, and J. M. Byrnes, Analysis of Venusian steep-sided domes utilizing stereoderived topography, J. Geophys. Res., 115, E06004, doi: /2009je003431, Calef, F. J. III, R. R. Herrick, and V. L. Sharpton, Geomorphic analysis of small rayed craters on Mars: Examining primary versus distant secondary impacts, J. Geophys. Res., 114, E10007, doi: /2008je003283, Chappelow, J. E., and R. R. Herrick, On the origin of a double, oblique impact on Mars, Icarus, 197, , Herrick, R. R., and K. K. Hessen, The planforms of low-angle impact craters in the northern hemisphere of Mars, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 41, , Herrick, R. R., J. Dufek, and P. J. McGovern, Evolution of large shield volcanoes on Venus, J. Geophys. Res., 110, E01002, doi: /2004je002283, Herrick, R. R., and N. K. Forsberg-Taylor, The shape and appearance of craters formed by oblique impact on the Moon and Venus, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 38, , Herrick, R. R., and V. L. Sharpton, Implications from stereo-derived topography of Venusian impact craters, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 20,245-20,262, Herrick, R. R., and P. J. McGovern, Kunhild and Ereshkigal, an extinct hot-spot region on Venus, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, , Herrick, R. R., Small mantle upwellings are pervasive on Venus and Earth, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, , Herrick, R. R., and S. N. Lyons, Inversion of crater morphometric data to gain insight on the cratering process, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 33, , Herrick, R. R., V. L. Sharpton, M. C. Malin, S. N. Lyons, and K. Feely, Morphology and morphometry of impact craters, in Venus II, eds. S. W. Bougher, D. M. Hunten, and R. J. Phillips, U. of Arizona Press, Tucson, , Herrick, R. R., and M. H. Price, It's a Dry Heat: The Geology of Venus from Magellan, LPI Slide Set, 40 slides w/ 18-page booklet, 1997.

6 Robert R. Herrick p. 6 Sharpton, V. L., B. O. Dressler, R. R. Herrick, J. Scott, and B. Schneiders, New constraints on the Slate Islands impact structure, Lake Superior, Ontario, Geology, 24, , Herrick, R. R., and V. L. Sharpton, Geologic history of Mead impact basin, Venus, Geology, 24, 11-14, Herrick, R. R., N. Izenberg, and R. J. Phillips, Comment on "The global resurfacing of Venus" by R.G. Strom, G.G. Schaber, and D.D. Dawson, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 23,355-23,359, Herrick, R. R., and R. J. Phillips, Effects of the Venusian atmosphere on incoming meteoroids and the impact crater population, Icarus, 112, , Herrick, R. R., and R. J. Phillips, Implications of a global survey of Venusian impact craters, Icarus, 111, , Herrick, R. R., The resurfacing history of Venus, Geology, 22, , Herrick, R. R., Analysis of the impact cratering record on Venus, Ph.D. Thesis, Southern Methodist University, Herrick, R. R., and R. J. Phillips, Geological correlations with the interior density structure of Venus, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 16,017-16,034, Phillips, R. J., R. F. Raubertas, R. E. Arvidson, I. C. Sarkar, R. R. Herrick, N. Izenberg, and R. E. Grimm, Impact craters and Venus resurfacing history, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 15,923-15,948, Herrick, R. R., and R. E. Grimm, Comment on "Terrestrial spreading centers under Venus conditions: evaluation of a crustal spreading model for Western Aphrodite Terra" by C. Sotin, D.A. Senske, J.W. Head, and E.M. Parmentier, EPSL., 104, , Herrick, R. R., and R. J. Phillips, Blob tectonics: A prediction for Western Aphrodite Terra, Venus, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, , Herrick, R. R., B. G. Bills, and S. A. Hall, Variations in effective compensation depth across Aphrodite Terra, Venus, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, , Herrick, R. R., Analysis of gravity data over Aphrodite Terra, Venus, M.S. Thesis, University of Houston, Other Publications and Media Ghail, R., C. Wilson, T. Widemann, L. Brozzone, C. Dumoulin, J. Helbert, R. Herrick, E. Marcq, P. Mason, P. Rosenblatt, A. C. Vandaele, L. Burz, EnVision: understanding why our most Earth-like neighbor is so different, ESA M5 proposal, posted at Herrick, R. R., Producer for Aurora Storm, a full-dome planetarium movie featuring time-lapse imaging of the aurora and describing its basic science and cultural significance, 2014 [distributed internationally by Loch Ness Productions]. VEXAG, Goals, Objectives, and Investigations for Venus Exploration: 2014, 19 pp., 2014 [I led the VEXAG focus group that took community input and created this document]. Herrick, R., G. Osinski, and E. Pierazzo, Proceedings of the workshop, Bridging the Gap II: Effect of target properties on the impact cratering process, Met. and Planetary Science, 43, , Osinski, G., E. Pierazzo, and R. Herrick, eds., Bridging the Gap II: Effect of Target Properties on the Impact Process, abstract volume, LPI Contribution 1360, [Co-editor of abstract volume and special issue of Meteoritics and Planetary Science for this workshop]. Herrick, R. R., Meteorite crater, Encyclopedia Brittanica, 2007.

7 Robert R. Herrick p. 7 Pierazzo, E., and R. Herrick, Proceedings of the workshop, Impact cratering: Bridging the gap between modeling and observations, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 39, , Herrick, R. R., Executive producer for series of short films, and supporting materials, on planetary topics for use with the Explore! Fun with Science program that I supervised; one film won a Telly Award. Herrick, R. R., and E. Pierazzo, Improving knowledge of impact cratering: Bringing together "modelers" and "observationalists", EOS, 84, 291, Herrick, R. R., and E. Pierazzo, eds., Results of the Workshop on Impact Cratering: Bridging the Gap Between Modeling and Observations, LPI Contribution [Co-editor of abstract volume, technical report, and special issue of Meteoritics and Planetary Science for this workshop]. Crisp, D., and 61 others (including me), Divergent evolution among Earth-like planets: The case for Venus exploration, in The Future of Solar System Exploration ( ), ASP Conference Proceedings, vol. 272, ed. Mark Sykes, Astronomical Society of the Pacifice, San Fransisco, 5-34, Herrick, R. R., Corona (Venus), pp ; Hot spot tectonics, p. 310; and Tesserae, pp ; articles for Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences, eds. J. H. Shirley and R. W. Fairbridge, Chapman and Hall, London, Herrick, R. R., JGR-Planets should be ended, Eos, Trans. AGU, 77(41), 395, Recently Published Abstracts Herrick, R. R., Examination of the shape and appearance of highly oblique impacts on the Moon, Mars, and Mercury, 48 th LPSC, Abs. #2803, 2017 Knicely, J. J., and R. R. Herrick, Morphometry of mid-sized Venusian shield volcanoes, 48 th LPSC, Abs. #2782, Chandnani, M., R. R. Herrick, and G. Y. Kramer, Analysis of causes for variations in lunar craters within the simple-complex transition, 48 th LPSC, Abs. #2610, Marcucci, E. C., C. W. Hamilton, and R. R. Herrick, Lava-ground-ice interactions associated with the Lost Jim Lava Flow, Seward Peninsula, AK, 48 th LPSC, Abs. #1518, Herrick, R. R., Initial stereo matching tests with Magellan opposite-look data, International Venus Conference 2016, Herrick, R., E. Wheeler, W. Crumpacker, and D. Bates, The unusual cratering and resurfacing history of Mercury as revealed by the spatial density of craters, 47th LPSC, Abs. #2766, Marcucci, E. C., C. W. Hamilton, and R. R. Herrick, Lava-Ice interactions in Lost Jim lava flow, Seward Peninsula, Alaka, and Tartarus Colles lava flow, Elysium Planitia, Mars, 47th LPSC, Abs. #2893, Burgett, B. J., J. Long, P. Whaley, A. Raz, R. R. Herrick, D. Thorsen, and P. Delamere, Mini-MAGGIE: CubeSat MAGnetism and Gravity Investigation at Europa, 47th LPSC, Abs. #1928, Neish, C. D., R. R. Herrick, D. Smith, R. Ripper, and J. Lashley, The role of pre-impact topography in impact melt emplacement on terrestrial planets, 47th LPSC, Abs. #1520, Herrick, R., E. Wheeler, W. Crumpacker, and D. Bates, Initial results from a global database of Mercurian craters, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, Abs. P53A-2097, Marcucci, E., C. Hamilton, and R. Herrick, Lost Jim lava flow, Seward Peninsula, Alaska as an analog for lava ice interactions on Mars, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, Abs. P31A-2030, Chandnani, M., and R. Herrick, Morphologic analysis of lunar craters in the simple-to-complex transition, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, Abs. P53B-2124, 2015.

8 Robert R. Herrick p. 8 Neish, C. D., R. R. Herrick, R. Ripper, and J. Lashley, The role of surface topography in impact melt emplacement on terrestrial planets, Bridging the Gap III, Impact Cratering in Nature, Experiments, and Modeling, Abs. #1072, Robbins, S. J., I. Antonenko, M. R. Kirchoff, C. R. Chapman, C. I. Fassett, R. R. Herrick, K. Singer, M. Zanetti, C. Lehan, D. Huang, and P. L. Gay, The variability of crater identification among expert and community crater analysts, Workshop on Issues in Crater Studies and the Dating of Planetary Surfaces, Abs. #9018, Herrick, R. R., Major constraints on the geodynamic state of Venus and compatible internal conditions, Comparative Tectonics and Geodynamics of Venus, Earth, and Rocky Exoplanets, Abs. #5030, Herrick, R. R., and B. M. Hynek, A search for impactor effects on Martian crater morphologies at the simple-complex transition diameter, 46th LPSC, Abs. #1661, Hynek, B. M., and R. R. Herrick, Target property controls on Martian impact crater morphologies, 46th LPSC, Abs. #1046, Marcucci, E. C., and R. R. Herrick, Stereo-derived topography of inflated lava flows near Elysium Mons, Mars, 46th LPSC, Abs. #1488, Herrick, R. R., Cleopatra crater, a circular portal to the soul of Venus, Venus Exploration Targets Workshop, Abs. #6025, Herrick, R. R., Protobasins are not part of the normal sequence, target is important, and other musings on the central-peak to peak-ring transition based on Mercury s impact craters, 45 th Lunar and Planet. Sci. Conf., Abs. #1782, Robbins, S., and 10 others (including me), The variability of crater identification among expert and community crater analysts, 45 th Lunar and Planet. Sci. Conf., Abs. #1675, 2014.