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- PhD Geological and Environmental Sciences Stanford University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Kevin Hand is an astrobiologist and planetary scientist at JPL. He is also the founder of Cosmos Education and was its president until 2007. He was working at NASA Ames when he was inspired to form Cosmos Education in 1999 after getting a grant from the Earth and Space Foundation to tour African schools to talk about how education relates to space research.
Kevin Hand's Published Works
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Published Works
- PROBING FOR EVIDENCE OF PLUMES ON EUROPA WITH HST/STIS (2016) (176)
- Energy, chemical disequilibrium, and geological constraints on Europa. (2007) (170)
- Mars 2020 Mission Overview (2020) (166)
- SALTS AND RADIATION PRODUCTS ON THE SURFACE OF EUROPA (2013) (135)
- Astrobiology: The Study of the Living Universe (2005) (132)
- Empirical constraints on the salinity of the europan ocean and implications for a thin ice shell (2007) (127)
- Active Cryovolcanism on Europa? (2017) (123)
- Geophysical controls of chemical disequilibria in Europa (2016) (114)
- Science potential from a Europa lander. (2013) (96)
- Europa's surface color suggests an ocean rich with sodium chloride (2015) (94)
- Sodium chloride on the surface of Europa (2019) (88)
- Astrobiology and the Potential for Life on Europa (2009) (86)
- Clathrate hydrates of oxidants in the ice shell of Europa. (2006) (86)
- Life Without Photosynthesis (2001) (76)
- Radiolysis and Photolysis of Icy Satellite Surfaces: Experiments and Theory (2010) (67)
- Preservation of potential biosignatures in the shallow subsurface of Europa (2018) (66)
- Clathrate formation and the fate of noble and biologically useful gases in Lake Vostok, Antarctica (2003) (63)
- The Possible Emergence of Life and Differentiation of a Shallow Biosphere on Irradiated Icy Worlds: The Example of Europa (2017) (61)
- Tubular Compression Fossils from the Ediacaran Nama Group, Namibia (2009) (59)
- Perseverance’s Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) Investigation (2021) (51)
- SPATIALLY RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY OF EUROPA: THE DISTINCT SPECTRUM OF LARGE-SCALE CHAOS (2015) (49)
- DEEP-WATER INCISED VALLEY DEPOSITS AT THE EDIACARAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY IN SOUTHERN NAMIBIA CONTAIN ABUNDANT TREPTICHNUS PEDUM (2012) (40)
- H2O2 production by high-energy electrons on icy satellites as a function of surface temperature and electron flux (2011) (40)
- Electromagnetic Induction from Europa's Ocean and the Deep Interior (2009) (36)
- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for Mars science (2005) (34)
- Science Goals and Objectives for the Dragonfly Titan Rotorcraft Relocatable Lander (2021) (34)
- KECK II OBSERVATIONS OF HEMISPHERICAL DIFFERENCES IN H2O2 ON EUROPA (2013) (30)
- On the Habitability and Future Exploration of Ocean Worlds (2020) (29)
- Methane sources in arctic thermokarst lake sediments on the North Slope of Alaska (2015) (27)
- Dragonfly: In Situ Exploration of Titan's Organic Chemistry and Habitability (2017) (26)
- The lens feature on the inner saturnian satellites (2014) (24)
- Exploring ocean worlds on Earth and beyond (2017) (23)
- Evidence for Ammonia-bearing Species on the Uranian Satellite Ariel Supports Recent Geologic Activity (2020) (23)
- Distinct Microbial Assemblage Structure and Archaeal Diversity in Sediments of Arctic Thermokarst Lakes Differing in Methane Sources (2018) (22)
- Adsorbed water and thin liquid films on Mars (2012) (21)
- Nuclear Smuggling Chains (2003) (21)
- Analog environments for a Europa lander mission (2011) (20)
- Differential Incorporation of Bacteria, Organic Matter, and Inorganic Ions Into Lake Ice During Ice Formation (2019) (20)
- SPATIALLY RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY OF EUROPA’S LARGE-SCALE COMPOSITIONAL UNITS AT 3–4 μm WITH KECK NIRSPEC (2016) (18)
- Enceladus Astrobiology, Habitability, and the Origin of Life (2018) (17)
- Teleoperation and robotics under ice: Implications for planetary exploration (2018) (16)
- The near-surface electron radiation environment of Saturn's moon Mimas (2016) (16)
- Spectral Behavior of Irradiated Sodium Chloride Crystals Under Europa‐Like Conditions (2017) (16)
- Galactic Cosmic-Ray Bombardment of Europa’s Surface (2019) (15)
- An active nitrogen cycle on Mars sufficient to support a subsurface biosphere (2012) (14)
- On the Use of System-on-Chip Technology in Next-Generation Instruments Avionics for Space Exploration (2015) (14)
- Towards a generic and adaptive System-on-Chip controller for space exploration instrumentation (2015) (14)
- Astrobiology: Frontier or fiction (2012) (13)
- JET: a Journey to Enceladus and Titan (2010) (13)
- Follow the Oxygen: Comparative Histories of Planetary Oxygenation and Opportunities for Aerobic Life. (2019) (12)
- Exobiology and Planetary Protection of icy moons (2010) (12)
- Production of Sulfur Allotropes in Electron Irradiated Jupiter Trojans Ice Analogs (2017) (12)
- Microbial Habitability of Icy Worlds (2012) (11)
- An integrated SoC for science data processing in next-generation space flight instruments avionics (2015) (11)
- Laboratory spectroscopic analyses of electron irradiated alkanes and alkenes in solar system ices (2012) (10)
- Visible Near-infrared Spectral Evolution of Irradiated Mixed Ices and Application to Kuiper Belt Objects and Jupiter Trojans (2018) (10)
- ELECTRON IRRADIATION AND THERMAL PROCESSING OF MIXED-ICES OF POTENTIAL RELEVANCE TO JUPITER TROJAN ASTEROIDS (2016) (10)
- Methods and measurements to assess physical and geochemical conditions at the surface of Europa (2011) (10)
- A New Spectral Feature on the Trailing Hemisphere of Europa at 3.78 μm (2016) (9)
- A Search for Water Vapor Plumes on Europa using SOFIA (2019) (9)
- Joule heating of the south polar terrain on Enceladus (2009) (9)
- H2O2 within Chaos Terrain on Europa’s Leading Hemisphere (2019) (9)
- Joint Europa Mission (JEM): a multi-scale study of Europa to characterize its habitability and search for extant life (2017) (9)
- Science Goals and Mission Architecture of the Europa Lander Mission Concept (2022) (9)
- Fourier transform spectrometer controller for partitioned architectures (2013) (9)
- Remote Under-Ice Roving in Alaska with the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration (2013) (9)
- Thermal Testing of the Compositional InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (CIRIS) (2012) (8)
- Microchip nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis of saturated fatty acids using a new fluorescent dye (2014) (8)
- Low mass SN Ia and the late light curve (1997) (7)
- Energy conservation and Poynting's theorem in the homopolar generator (2015) (7)
- The Compositional InfraRed Interferometric Spectrometer (CIRIS) for Assessing the Habitability of Europa (2013) (7)
- Discovery of novel structures at 10.7 km depth in the Mariana Trench may reveal chemolithoautotrophic microbial communities (2020) (7)
- Adaptive controller for a Fourier Transform Spectrometer with space applications (2015) (7)
- Electric Power Generation from Earth’s Rotation through its Own Magnetic Field (2016) (6)
- Comets and prebiotic organic molecules on early earth (2006) (6)
- Evidence for Sulfur-bearing Species on Callisto’s Leading Hemisphere: Sourced from Jupiter’s Irregular Satellites or Io? (2020) (6)
- Endogenic and Exogenic Contributions to Visible-wavelength Spectra of Europa’s Trailing Hemisphere (2020) (6)
- The effect of fission neutron irradiation upon the oxidation of a 20 wt % Cr/25 wt % Ni/Nb stabilised stainless steel by carbon dioxide beween 580 and 840 °C (1968) (5)
- Demonstration of Autonomous Nested Search for Local Maxima Using an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (2020) (5)
- On the physics and chemistry of the ice shell and sub-surface ocean of Europa (2007) (5)
- Spectroscopic and spectrometric differentiation between abiotic and biogenic material on icy worlds (2010) (5)
- Hubble Space Telescope observations of Europa in and out of eclipse (2010) (4)
- Is there life on Europa? (2009) (4)
- The mid-IR spectral effects of darkening agents and porosity on the silicate surface features of airless bodies (2017) (4)
- Compositions of dissolved organic matter in the ice-covered waters above the Aurora hydrothermal vent system, Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean (2022) (4)
- Laboratory Simulation of Sublimating Planetary Surface Ices: Experiment Design and Thermal Considerations (2018) (4)
- Utilizing active mid-infrared microspectrometry for in situ analysis of cryptoendolithic microbial communities of Battleship Promontory, Dry Valleys, Antarctica (2005) (4)
- Enceladus Vent Explorer Concept (2018) (3)
- Designing a SoC to control the next-generation space exploration flight science instruments (2015) (3)
- Science Goals, Objectives, and Investigations of the 2016 Europa Lander Science Definition Team Report. (2017) (3)
- Evaluation of AUV Search Strategies for the Localization of Hydrothermal Venting (2020) (3)
- Exploring the Ocean Worlds (2018) (3)
- Halogens on and Within the Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System (2018) (3)
- Science of the Europa Multiple Flyby Mission (2016) (3)
- Science education in Africa; A critical time for critical thinking. (2005) (3)
- Penitente formation is unlikely on Europa (2019) (3)
- Magnetic induction heating of planetary satellites: Analytical formulae and applications (2021) (3)
- The Europa Lander Mission Concept and Science Goals of the 2016 Europa Lander Science Definition Team Report (2018) (3)
- Autonomous Nested Search for Hydrothermal Venting (2018) (3)
- Sylph: life detection probe for a Europa plume (2016) (2)
- A Highly-Efficient, Adaptive and Fault-Tolerant SoC Implementation of a Fourier Transform Spectrometer Data Processing (2015) (2)
- Magnetospheric Ion Bombardment of Europa’s Surface (2022) (2)
- COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection Colloquium, Bern, Switzerland, September 2015 (Meeting Reports) (2016) (2)
- Design and integration of an adaptive controller for a Fourier Transform Spectrometer (2014) (2)
- Ocean System Science to Inform the Exploration of Ocean Worlds (2022) (2)
- A Comprehensive Revisit of Select Galileo/NIMS Observations of Europa (2021) (2)
- SCIENCE OF THE NASA EUROPA MISSION (2016) (2)
- Microbial Mats in the Tswaing Impact Crater: Results of a South African Exobiology Expedition and Implications for the Search for Biological Molecules on Mars (2001) (2)
- Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space (2020) (2)
- Compositional Mapping of Europa's Surface with SUDA (2015) (2)
- Chelyabinsk: An Ordinary Chondrite From a Spectacular Fall in Russia (2013) (2)
- Exploring Ocean Worlds: A Systems-Level Approach for the Search for Life Beyond Earth (2019) (2)
- Evidence of Plumes on Europa from far-ultraviolet observations with HST (2018) (2)
- Erosion of Penitentes Under Experimental Conditions Relevant to Ice‐Covered Airless Worlds (2021) (2)
- A Virtual, Collaborative Web Environment for Mars Landing Site Studies (2000) (2)
- The Europa Lander Mission Concept: In Situ Exploration of an Ocean World (2021) (1)
- Development of Autonomous Actions to Enable the Next Decade of Ocean World Exploration (2021) (1)
- Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration (2012) (1)
- Journey to the center of icy moons (2016) (1)
- Europa Habitability and Extant Life Exploration with Combined Flyby-Lander-Orbiter Mission (2016) (1)
- Waves of the Future (for Mars): In-Situ Mid-infrared, Near-infrared, and Visible Spectroscopic Analysis of Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Communities. (2005) (1)
- SILICATES ON IAPETUS FROM CASSINI’S COMPOSITE INFRARED SPECTROMETER (2015) (1)
- Internal-current Lorentz-force Heating of Astrophysical Objects (2021) (1)
- UPDATES ON THE EUROPA LANDER MISSION CONCEPT (2018) (1)
- Low-Radiation Europa Lander Mission Concept (2011) (1)
- Radiation Noise Effects at Jupiter’s Moon Europa: In-Situ and Laboratory Measurements and Radiation Transport Calculations (2015) (1)
- Science of the Europa Lander Mission Concept (2021) (1)
- The Astrobiology of Mars: Methane and Other Candidate Biomarker Gases, and Related Interdisciplinary Studies on Earth and Mars (2010) (1)
- The Europa Lander Mission Concept (2018) (1)
- Candidate-Landing Sites and Backups for the Mars Surveyor Program in the Schiaparelli. Crater Region (1999) (1)
- Spectral Evidence for Irradiated Sodium Chloride on the Surface of 1 Ceres (2022) (1)
- The Workman-Reynolds Effect: An Investigation of the Ice-Water Interface of Dilute Salt Solutions (2014) (1)
- Suppression of Penitente Formation at Temperatures and Pressures Above the Sublimation Curve (2020) (1)
- Reply to “Comment on ‘Electric Power Generation from Earth’s Rotation through its Own Magnetic Field’ ” (2020) (1)
- Cryogenic Ices Under Vacuum: Preliminary Tests Related to Sampling Material on Europa's Surface (2016) (1)
- Mapping of plume deposits and surface composition on Enceladus (2017) (1)
- Samples Collected from the Floor of Jezero Crater with the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover (2023) (1)
- In Situ Science and Instrumentation for Primitive Bodies (2013) (1)
- Detectability of biological activity in frozen Alaskan lakes using in-situ spectral probe (2010) (1)
- Effect of H2S on the Near-infrared Spectrum of Irradiation Residue and Applications to the Kuiper Belt Object (486958) Arrokoth (2021) (1)
- Jupiter System Observatory at Sun-Jupiter Lagrangian Point One (2021) (1)
- EUROPA: SCIENCE-DRIVEN PREPARATIONS FOR LANDING ON AN UNKNOWN SURFACE (2021) (0)
- Discovering New Compounds on Icy Moon Surfaces with Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy (2015) (0)
- Positive-Buoyancy Rover for Under Ice Mobility (2013) (0)
- An Exploration Strategy for Europa (2021) (0)
- Detection of HCN and diverse redox chemistry in the plume of Enceladus (2023) (0)
- Some Speculations Concerning The Abitibi Greenstone Belt As A Possible Analog To The Early Martian Crust (2011) (0)
- The Nitrile Deficit: What does Enceladus' lack of significant nitrile chemistry tell us about surface processes and subsurface chemistry? (2011) (0)
- Properties of the Nili Fossae Olivine-clay-carbonate lithology: orbital and in situ at S\'e\'itah (2022) (0)
- A Virtual Collaborative Environment for Mars Surveyor Landing Site Studies (1999) (0)
- Development of a New Class of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Orpheus, for the Exploration of Ocean World Analogues (2019) (0)
- A RECONNAISSANCE STRATEGY FOR LANDING ON EUROPA, BASED ON EUROPA CLIPPER DATA. (2022) (0)
- Unmanned Air Systems: Technology and Regulatory Advances for the Oil Spill Response Community (2017) (0)
- Geophysical Controls on the Habitability of Icy Worlds: Focus on Europa (2015) (0)
- Surface morphologies and oddities for ices under temperature and pressure conditions extending from Earth to ocean worlds of the outer solar system: Do penitentes and suncups form on Europa and Enceladus? (2017) (0)
- Preservation of potential biosignatures in the shallow subsurface of Europa (2018) (0)
- Hydrogen peroxide production via electron bombardment on Europa: Laboratory studies (2005) (0)
- Ocean Worlds Explorer (2017) (0)
- Icy Target Thermal Test Apparatus and Calibration of a Planetary Spectrometer (2014) (0)
- Observational Constraints on the Distribution and Temperature Dependence of H2O2 on the Surface of Europa (2018) (0)
- SPECTRAL EVIDENCE FOR HALITE IN THE FACULAE ON CERES AS OBSERVED BY THE DAWN VIR SPECTROMETER. (2022) (0)
- Europa's surface radiation environment (2018) (0)
- Achieving the Impossible: Planning and Engineering New Space Probes (2015) (0)
- The Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System: Compelling Targets for Exploration (2017) (0)
- Characterizing the Habitability of Europa and Ganymede (2010) (0)
- Analogs from LEO: Mapping Earth Observations to Planetary Science & Astrobiology. (Invited) (2010) (0)
- Determination of the Utility of Particle Precipitation Data as an Input to Thermospheric Density Models for Satellite Orbital Analysis (1988) (0)
- Mission Concepts for Exploring Europa's Habitability (2012) (0)
- The Search for Signs of a Second Origin of Life in Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System (2017) (0)
- Energetic charged particle interactions at icy satellites (2016) (0)
- An experimental path to constraining the origin of Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids by identifying chemical fingerprints (2015) (0)
- TESTING OF SLUSH ICE PENETRATING PROBE IN EUROPA, ENCELADUS AND MARS ENVIRONMENTS (2022) (0)
- Elastic Wave Analyzer for Icy Sub-Surfaces (EWAIS) in the Solar System (2021) (0)
- The SUfarce Dust Analyzer (SUDA ): Compositional Mapping of Europa's Surface. (2019) (0)
- EXPLORING THE JEZERO CRATER FLOOR: THE MARS 2020 PERSEVERANCE ROVER’S FIRST SCIENCE CAMPAIGN (2021) (0)
- The distinct spectrum of large-scale chaos on Europa from 1-4 micron (2015) (0)
- The Near Surface Radiation Environment of Europa, Biosignature Destruction, and Implications for In-Situ Sampling (2018) (0)
- Sources and sinks of methane beneath polar ice (2014) (0)
- A continuum of icy satellites’ radar properties explained by the coherent backscatter effect (2023) (0)
- Surface radiation environment of Saturn's icy moon Mimas (2012) (0)
- Europa Landing Site Analog: LiDAR Surveys of Devil's Golf Course as a Pathological Case for the Surface Morphology of Europa (2016) (0)
- Thermal and Electron Irradiation Processing of Outer SolarSystem Ice Simulants: Chemical and Spectroscopic Laboratory Characterization (2014) (0)
- Dragonfly and the Exploration of Titan's Astrobiological Potential (2018) (0)
- Mid-infrared spectroscopy to better characterize icy moon surface compositions (2016) (0)
- Astrobiology Research Priorities for the Outer Solar System (2009) (0)
- Organosulfur Chemistry in Cometary Materials: Insights from ROSINA Data and Laboratory Simulations (2022) (0)
- Exploration Pathways for Europa After Initial In Situ Analyses for Biosignatures (2017) (0)
- The Geology and Astrobiology of Europa (Invited) (2009) (0)
- Communication: Popcorn and Petri dishes (2011) (0)
- Up Close and Personal on a Carbon-Rich Ocean World: Dragonfly's In Situ Investigation of Titan's Astrobiological Potential (2018) (0)
- Tubular Compression Fossils from the Ediacaran Nama (2008) (0)
- Alien Oceans (2019) (0)
- Sea Ice as a Sink for CO 2 and Biogeochemical Material: a Novel Sampling Method and Astrobiological Applications (2017) (0)
- Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System (2018) (0)
- Molecular Transport Conditions Required for the Formation of Penitentes on Airless, Ice‐Covered Worlds, with Specific Application to Europa, Enceladus, and Callisto (2023) (0)
- Hot Vents Beneath an Icy Ocean: The Aurora Vent Field, Gakkel Ridge, Revealed (2023) (0)
- Composition of Irradiation Residue from Jupiter Trojan Laboratory Simulations (2016) (0)
- On the Past, Present, and Future Role of Biology in NASA’s Exploration of our Solar System (2021) (0)
- Geologically agnostic approaches to constraining the ice shell thickness of Europa. (2007) (0)
- Using the Abitibi Greenstone Belt to Understand Martian Hydrothermal Systems and the Potential for Biosignature Preservation in High Temperature Aqueous Environments (2011) (0)
- ICY SATELLITE SURFACE COMPOSITIONS FROM THERMAL INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (2013) (0)
- Scientific Synergies from the Europa Multiple-Flyby Mission (2015) (0)
- Analogue experiments for the identification of organics in ice grains from Europa using mass spectrometry (2021) (0)
- Astrobiological Aspects of Radiation Chemistry in Europa's Icy Regolith (2006) (0)
- Laboratory Architecture as an Infrastructural Capability to Increase the Science Returned by Ocean World Missions (2021) (0)
- The Mars Surveyor Program, Human Exploration Objectives and the Case for Gusev Crater (1999) (0)
- THE EUROPA LANDER MISSION CONCEPT: PREPARING FOR THE IN-SITU EXPLORATION OF AN OCEAN WORLD (2021) (0)
- The Europa Lander Mission Concept and Science Goals — Highlighting Ice Properties and Surface Activity (2018) (0)
- Europa's surface radiation environment and considerations for in-situ sampling and biosignature detection (2017) (0)
- THE APPLICATION OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS LANDING AND / OR SAMPLING MISSIONS TO THE EUROPA LANDER MISSION CONCEPT (2022) (0)
- Laboratory Infrared Spectroscopy to Identify New Compounds on Icy Moon Surfaces (2014) (0)
- Life beneath an icy moon (2020) (0)
- Identifying new surface constituents of icy moons using mid-infrared spectroscopy (2015) (0)
- Radiation processing of organics and biological materials exposed to ocean world surface conditions. (2017) (0)
- Intelligent Controller for a Compact Wide-Band Compositional Infrared Fourier Transform Spectrometer (2013) (0)
- SUDA: A Dust Mass Spectrometer for compositional surface mapping for the JUICE mission to the Galilean moons (2012) (0)
- An Experimental Path to Constraining the Origins of the Jupiter Trojans Using Observations, Theoretical Predictions, and Laboratory Simulants (2014) (0)
- Bacterial activity in methane-rich, icy habitats (2011) (0)
- What is the origin and composition of Callisto's 4-micron band? (2020) (0)
- The Colors of Irradiated Mixed Ices and Application to the Trojan Asteroids (2015) (0)
- Adaptive Controller for Compact Fourier Transform Spectrometer with Space Applications (2014) (0)
- Surface Modification and Surface - Subsurface Exchange Processes on Europa (2017) (0)
- A New Mechanism for the Lorentz-Force Heating of Astrophysical Objects: Application to Io (2020) (0)
- Simulating Extraterrestrial Ices in the Laboratory (2017) (0)
- Radiation bombardment at Europa by magnetospheric particles and cosmic rays (2019) (0)
- Biomarkers on Europa: Unique signatures produced by radiolysis? (2006) (0)
- Electron irradiation and thermal driven chemistry on H2S-CH3OH-NH3-H2O and CH3OH-NH3-H2O ices: application to Jupiter Trojans (2015) (0)
- Active and Passive Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy on Mars for In Situ Analyses and Connection to Remote Sensing Observation (2012) (0)
- CITADEL: An Icy Worlds Simulation Testbed (2021) (0)
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