Dr. Marie Julia Barich Henderson
Postdoctoral Research Associate · Non-Tenure Track
Center for Space Science and Technology
She/Her/Hers/Herself
About
Dr. Marie Henderson (she/her) is a planetary scientist with the University of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center since 2021. As a postdoctoral research associate, Dr. Henderson studies volcanic landscapes on the Moon and Mars using an orbit-to-outcrop research methodology. Dr. Henderson employs orbital imagery from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Moon Mineralogy Mapper spectroscopic data. Previously, Dr. Henderson was employed in the private sector at Malin Space Science Systems, specializing in the processing and science dissemination of images taken by the MArs Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the Mars Science Laboratory Rover. Currently, Dr. Henderson leads analog field campaigns to study the textural and spectral properties of volcanic pyroclasts and conducts field imaging and laboratory studies with the camera chosen for Artemis, the Nikon Z9. Building from experience in strategic and tactical mission operations of the Curiosity Rover and analog operation tests (RISE2, JETT5), Dr. Henderson was selected as a co-investigator on the Artemis II mission. Dr. Henderson prepares Artemis crewmembers and robotic missions to explore and study the surface of the Moon through science and operations.
Education
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Ph D, Planetary Science
— Purdue University (2021) Remote Sensing as a Window into Planetary Volcanic Eruption Styles
- BS, Solar, Earth, and Planetary Science — Florida Institute of Technology (2013)
Grants and Contracts
- Hawaiian Spectral and Textural investigations of Explosive Pyroclasts (HI-STEP): An Analog Study for Potential Lunar Landing Sites. 2022