Anthony Colaprete
Principal investigator on the LCROSS mission
Contents
Branch: Planetary Systems Branch (STT)
Email: Anthony.Colaprete-1@nasa.gov
Professional Biography
Dr. Colaprete is a planetary scientist in Code SST. He came to NASA Ames in 2000 from the University of Colorado as a Post-Doc who joined the Mars Climate Modeling group, working on implementing cloud microphysical models into Mars climate models. Hired as a civil servant in 2003, Colaprete split his time between fundamental scientific research and developing flight instrumentation. Colaprete has been the Principal Investigator (PI) for several flight projects and instruments, including the LCROSS mission and the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Ultraviolet and Visible Spectrometer (UVS). Currently, he is the Project Scientist for the VIPER mission, PI for the Near Infrared Volatile Spectrometer Subsystem (NIRVSS) and leads the Ames Flight Instrument Group.
Education
1992 B.A., Physics, University of Colorado
1998 M.S., Astrophysical, Planetary and Atmospheric Science, University of Colorado
2000 Ph.D., Astrophysical, Planetary and Atmospheric Science, University of Colorado
Experience
1990 -2000, Colorado Space Grant Consortium
1992 -2000, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
2000 – March 2003, National Research Council Associate at NASA Ames Research Center
April 2003 – August 2003, principle investigator, SETI Institute
August 2003 – present, space scientist, NASA