Megan Borel Spansel
Research Associate · Non-Tenure Track
Center for Space Science and Technology
Center for Space Sciences and Technology
She/Her/Hers/Herself
About
Post-doctoral research associate with CRESST II cooperative at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Interests in geology training for Artemis astronauts, lunar science, Artemis science operations, digital training modules, geology field work, planetary geology, and tectonics. My background is in extensional tectonics of metamorphic core complexes which includes thermo- and geochronology, geologic mapping, and structural geology.
Research interests
Lunar science, geochronology, lunar mapping.
Teaching interests
Geology, lunar geology, tectonics, field geology and mapping.
Education
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Ph D, Geology
— University of Florida (2023) Extensional Processes and the 3D Development of the Pioneers Metamorphic Core Complex, ID
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MS, Geology
— University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2018) A Microstructural Analysis and Geochronologic Investigation of the Coyote Mountains Metamorphic Core Complex, AZ
- BS, Geology — Louisiana State University (2016)
Publications
- ARTEMIS SCIENCE PLANNING AND INTEGRATION: OVERVIEW AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE JETT5 MISSION SIMULATION 2025
- SCIENCE EVALUATION ROOM (SER) PHYSICAL LAYOUT ASSESSED DURING THE JETT5 ANALOG TEST. 2025
- TRAINING THE ARTEMIS II ASTRONAUTS FOR OBSERVING THE MOON 2025
- Lunar Geography of the South Pole
- Lunar Geography of the Far Side
- Lunar Geography of the Nearside