Darlene Lim
Research Scientist
Affiliation: NASA Ames Research Center, Planetary Science
Email: Darlene.lim@nasa.gov
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Professional Biography
Dr. Darlene Lim is a research scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center. She is currently the Deputy Project Scientist for the NASA VIPER Lunar Rover Mission, and also leads several NASA-funded research programs that are focused on blending field science with the development of capabilities and Concept of Operations (ConOps) for human-robotic spaceflight to the Moon, Mars and beyond. She is the Principal Investigator of the SUBSEA, BASALT and Pavilion Lake research programs, Deputy PI for FINESSE, and Science Ops lead for RESOURCE. Darlene has conducted field research around the world, on land and underwater. She has served on a number of NASA Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group committees and is currently serving on the NOAA Ocean Exploration Advisory Board, and the NASA Network for Ocean Worlds Steering Committee. Darlene founded the Haven House Family Shelter STEM Explorers’ Speakers Series, which from 2012-2015 enabled NASA and academic researchers to conduct educational sessions with homeless children in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Education & Professional Details
2020-present: Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
2014-2019: Senior Scientist, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute
2007-2014: Research Scientist, SETI Institute
2008-2010: Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences, UWO, Canada
2004-2007: NRC Post-doctoral Research Associate, NASA Ames, CA, USA
2004: Ph.D., Dept. of Geology, University of Toronto, Canada
1999: MSc. Geology, Dept. of Geology, University of Toronto, Canada
1994-1997: Account Executive, Leo Burnett Advertising Agency
1994: BSc.H. Biology, Biology Dept., Queen’s University, Canada
Selected Publications
1. V. Milesi, E. Shock, J. Seewald, S.P. Sylva, C. German and D.S.S. Lim. Hydrothermal fluids: are they best served cold? Lessons from geochemical modeling of low-temperature (<50C) vent-fluids at Lōʻihi Seamount. Submitted, In review. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
2. E.W. Chan, B.A. Alanis, C.R. German, D.S.S. Lim, and J.A. Breier. Oxygen and deuterium isotopic evidence that Lōʻihi Seamount hydrothermal systems are recharged by deep Pacific seawater. Submitted, In Review. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
3. V. Milesi, E. Shock, T. Ely, M. Lubetkin, S.P. Silva, J.A. Huber, A.R. Smith, S. Kobs Nawotniak, Z. Mirmalek, C.R. German, and Darlene S. S. Lim. 2021. Forward geochemical modeling as a guiding tool during exploration of Sea Cliff hydrothermal field, Gorda Ridge. Planetary and Space Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.105151
4. S. Hughes, W.B. Garry, A. Sehlke, E. Christiansen, S. Kobs Nawotniak, D. Sears, R. Elphic, D.S.S. Lim and J.L. Heldmann. 2020. Basaltic fissure types on Earth: Suitable analogs to evaluate the origins of volcanic terrains on the Moon and Mars? Planetary and Space Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.105091
5. K.H. Beaton, S.P. Chappell, A. Menzies, V. Luo, S. Kim-Castet, D. Newman, J. Hoffman, J. Norheim, E. Anandapadmanaban, S. Abercrombie, S. Love, AF.J. Abercromby, D.S.S. Lim. 2020. Mission Enhancing Capabilities for Science-driven Exploration Extravehicular Activity Derived from the NASA BASALT Research Program. Planetary and Space Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.105003
6. A.L. Brady, E. Gibbons, A. Sehlke, C.J. Renner, S. Kobs Nawotniak, D.S.S. Lim, G.F. Slater. 2020. Microbial community distribution in variously altered basalts: insights into astrobiology sample site selection. Planetary and Space Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.105107
7. C.S. Cockell, S. McMahon, D.S.S. Lim, J. Rummel, A. Stevens, S.S. Hughes, S.E. Kobs Nawotniak, A.L. Brady, V. Marteinsson, J. Martin-Torres, M.-P. Zorzano, and J. Harrison. 2019. Sample Collection and Return from Mars: Optimising Sample Collection Based on the Microbial Ecology of Terrestrial Volcanic Environments. Space Sci Rev 215, 44 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-019-0609-7
8. Belan, M., Brady, A.L., Kim, S-T., Lim, D.S.S., Slater, G.F. 2019. Spatial distribution and preservation of carbon isotope biosignatures in freshwater microbialite carbonate. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 3, 335-343. DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00182
9. Lim, D.S.S. Lim, Abercromby, A.F.J., Kobs Nawotniak, S., et al. 2019. The BASALT Research Program: Designing and developing mission elements in support of human scientific exploration of Mars. Astrobiology 19(3) DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1869
10. Beaton, K.H., Chappell, S.P., Abercromby, A.F.J., Miller, M.J.,Kobs Nawotniak, S.E., Brady, A.L., Stevens, A.H., Payler, S.J., Hughes, S.S., and Lim, D.S.S. (2019a) Using science-driven analog research to investigate extravehicular activity science operations concepts and capabilities for human planetary exploration. Astrobiology 19:300-320; doi: 10.1089/ast.2018.1861
11. Beaton, K.H., Chappell, S.P., Abercromby, A.F.J., Miller, M.J., Kobs Nawotniak, S.E., Brady, A.L., Stevens, A.H., Payler, S.J., Hughes, S.S., and Lim, D.S.S. (2019b) Assessing the acceptability of science operations concepts and the level of mission enhancement of capabilities for human Mars exploration. Astrobiology19:321-346; doi: 10.1089/ast.2018.1912
12. Brady, A.L., Kobs Nawotniak, S.E., Hughes, S.S., Payler, S.J., Stevens, A.H., Cockell C.S., Elphic, R.C., Sehlke, A., Haberle, C.W., Slater, G.F., and Lim, D.S.S. (2019) Strategic planning insights for future science-driven extravehicular activity on Mars. Astrobiology 19:347-368; doi: 10.1089/ast.2018.1850
13. Cockell, C.S., Harrison, J.P., Stevens, A., Payler, S.J., Hughes, S.S., Kobs Nawotniak, S.E., Brady, A.L., Elphic, R.C., Haberle, C.W., Sehlke, A., Beaton, K.H., Abercromby, A.F.J., Schwendner, P., Wadsworth, J., Landenmark, H., Cane, R., Dickinson, A.W., Nicholson, N., Perera, L., and Lim, D.S.S. (2019) A low-diversity microbiota inhabits extreme terrestrial basaltic terrains and their fumaroles: implications for the exploration of Mars. Astrobiology 19:284-299; doi: 10.1089/ ast.2018.1870.
14. Hughes, S.S., Haberle, C.W., Kobs Nawotniak, S.E., Sehlke, A., Garry, W.B., Elphic, R.C., Payler, S.J., Stevens, A.H., Cockell, C.S., Brady, A.L., Heldmann, J.L., and Lim, D.S.S. 2019. Basaltic terrains in Idaho and Hawai‘i as planetary analogs for Mars geology and astrobiology. Astrobiology 19:269-283; doi:10.1089/ast.2018.1847.
15. Kobs Nawotniak, S.E., Miller, M.J., Stevens, A.H., Payler, S.J., Brady, A.L., Hughes, S.S., Haberle, C.W., Sehlke, A., Beaton, K., Chappell, S., Elphic, R.C., Lim, D.S.S., and the BASALT Team. 2019. Opportunities and challenges of promoting scientific dialog throughout execution of future science-driven extravehicular activity. Astrobiology 19:426-439; doi: 10.1089/ast.2018.1901.
16. Miller, M.J., Miller, M.J., Santiago-Materese, D., Seibert, M.A. and Lim, D.S.S. 2019. A science-driven analog of telecommunication architectures for human planetary exploration. Astrobiology 19:478-496; doi: 10.1089/ast.2018.1906.
17. Payler, S.J., Mirmalek, Z., Hughes, S.S., Kobs Nawotniak, S.E., Brady, A.L., Stevens, A.H, Cockell, C.S., and Lim, D.S.S. 2019. Developing intra-EVA science support team practices for a human mission to Mars. Astrobiology 19:387-400; doi:10.1089/ast.2018.1846.
18. Sehlke, A., Mirmalek, Z., Burtt, D., Haberle, C.W., Santiago-Materese, D., Kobs Nawotniak, S.E., Hughes, S.S., Garry, W.B, Bramall, N., Brown, A.J., Heldmann, J.L., and Lim, D.S.S. 2019. Requirements for portable instrument suites during human scientific exploration of Mars. Astrobiology 19:401-425. doi: 10.1089/ast.2018.1841
19. Seibert, M.A., Lim, D.S.S., Miller, M.J., Santiago-Materese, D., and Downs, M.T. (2019) Developing future deep-space telecommunications architectures: a historical look at the benefits of analog research on the development of Solar System Internetworking for future human spaceflight. Astrobiology 19:462-477; doi: 10.108/ast.2018.1915.
20. Stevens, A.H., Kobs-Nawotniak, S.E., Garry, W.B., Payler, S.J., Brady, A.L., Miller, M.J., Beaton, K.H., and Lim, D.S.S. (2019) Tactical scientific decision-making during crewed astrobiology Mars missions. Astrobiology 19:369-386. doi:10.1089/ast.2018.1837
21. R.A. White III, S.A. Soles, G. Gavelis, E. Gosselin, G.F. Slater, D.S.S. Lim, B. Leander and C.A. Suttle. 2019. The complete genome and physiological analysis of the Eurythermal Firmicute Exiguobacterium chiriqhucha Strain RW2 isolated from a freshwater microbialite widely adaptable to broad thermal, pH, and salinity ranges. Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol.9, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03189
22. S. Hughes, S. Kobs Nawotniak, D. Sears, C. Borg, B. Garry, E. Christiansen, C. Haberle, D.S.S. Lim, J.L. Heldmann. Phreatic explosions during basaltic fissure eruptions: Kings Bowl lava field, Snake River Plain, USA. 2018. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2018.01.001
23. C. Neish, Hamilton, C., Hughes, S., Kobs Nawotniak, S., Garry, W.B., Skok, J.R., Elphic, R., Schaefer, E., Carter, L., Bandfield, J., Osinski, G.R., Lim, D.S.S., and Heldmann, J.L. 2016. Terrestrial analogues for lunar impact melt flows. Icarus, in press. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.08.008
24. Miller, M.J., Lim, D.S.S., Brady, A.L., Cardman, Z., Bell, E., Garry, W.B., Reid, D., Chappell, S., Abercromby, A.J. 2016. PLRP-3: Operational perspectives conducting science-driven extravehicular activity with communications latency. DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2016.7500643 /react-text react-text: 49 /react-text react-text: 50.
25. Heldmann, J.L., Colaprete, A., Elphic, R.C., Lim, D.S.S., Deans, M., Cook, A., Roush, T., Skok, J.R., Button, N.E., Karunatillake, S., Stoker, C., Marquez, J.J., Shirley, M., Kobayashi, L., Lees, D., Bresina, J., Hunt, R. Lunar polar rover science operations: Lessons learned and mission architecture implications derived from the Mojave Volatiles Prospector (MVP) terrestrial field campaign, Advances in Space Research: 58(4): 545-559, ISSN 0273-1177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2016.05.011.
26. White III R., Chan A., Gavelis, G.S., Leander, B.S., Brady A.L., Slater G.F., Lim D.S.S., and Suttle C. Metagenomic analysis suggests modern freshwater microbialites harbor distinct microbial community. 2016. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6(article1531):1-14.
27. R. Dalinana, V. Petryshyn, D.S.S. Lim, A.J. Braverman, and A.K. Tripati. 2015. Application of Clustering Techniques to Study Environmental Characteristics of Microbialite-Bearing Aquatic Systems. Biogeosciences Discuss, 12, 10511–10544.
28. B.A. Cohen, D.S.S. Lim, K.E. Young, A. Brunner, R.C. Elphic, A. Horne, M.C. Kerrigan, G.O. Osinski, J.R. Skok, S.W. Squyres, D. Saint-Jacques, J.L. Heldmann. 2015. Pre-Mission input requirements to enable successful sample collection by a remote Field/EVA team. 2015. Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments, 12(1), Article 7.
29. Harwood Theisen, C., Sumner, D.Y., Mackey, T.J., Lim, D.S.S., Brady, A.L., and G.F. Slater. 2015. Carbonate fabrics in the modern microbialites of Pavilion Lake: two suites of microfabrics that reflect variation in microbial community morphology, growth habit, and lithification. Geobiology 13(4): 357-372.
30. Petryshyn, V.A., Tripati, A.K., Lim, D.S.S., Brady, A., Slater, G., and Laval, B. 2015. Reconstruction of limnology and microbialite formation conditions from carbonate clumped isotope paleothermometry. Geobiology 13: 53-67.
31. Brady, AL, Laval, B., Lim, D.S.S., and G.F. Slater. 2014. Autotrophic and heterotrophic associated biosignatures in modern freshwater microbialites over seasonal and spatial gradients. Organic Geochemistry, 67: 8-18.
32. O. W. Chan, D. C. Bugler-Lacap, J. F. Biddle, D. S. S. Lim, C. P. McKay, and S. B. Pointing. 2014. Phylogenetic diversity of a microbialite reef in a cold alkaline freshwater lake. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 60: 1–8 (2014) dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2014-0024
33. Russell, J.A., Cardman, Z., Brady, A.L., Slater, G. F., Lim, D.S.S., and J.F. Biddle. 2014. Prokaryote populations of extant microbialites along a depth gradient in Pavilion Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Geobiology. 12(3): 1472-4669.
34. Brady, AL, Druschel, G, Lim, D.S.S. and G. Slater. 2013. Carbon cycling and biosignatures in carbonate rich, cyanobacteria dominated microbial mats of the Cariboo Plateau, BC, Canada. Geobiology. 11(5): 1472-4669.
35. Omelon, C., Brady, A.L., Slater, G.F., Laval, B., Lim, D.S.S. and G. Southam. 2013. Microstructure variability in freshwater microbialites, Pavilion Lake, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Paleo3). 392: 62-70.
36. Forrest, AL, Laval, BE, Pieters, R and DSS Lim. 2013. A cyclonic eddy in an ice covered lake. Limnology and Oceanography 58(1): 363–375.
37. Schulze-Makuch, D., Lim, D.S.S., et al. 2013. Pavilion Lake Microbialites: Morphological, Molecular and Biochemical Evidence for a Cold-Water Transition to Colonial Aggregates. Life, 3: 21-37; doi:10.3390/life3010021
38. Battler, MM, Osinski, GR, Lim, DSS, Davila, AF, Michel, FA, Craig, MA, Izawa, MRM, Leoni, L, Slater, GF, Fairen, AG,, Banerjee, NR and Preston, LJ. 2012. Characterization of the acidic cold seep emplaced jarositic Golden Deposit, NWT, Canada, as an analogue for jarosite deposition on Mars. Icarus doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2012.05.015
39. Kirk, J.L., Muir, D.C.M., Antoniades, D., Douglas, M.S.V., Evans, M.S., Jackson, T.A., Kling, H., Lim, D.S.S., Pienitz, R., Smol, J.P., Stewart, K., Wang, X., and Yang, F. 2011. Response to comment on climate change and mercury accumulation in Canadian high and subarctic lakes”. Environmental Science & Technology 45: 6705-6706.
40. Kirk, J.L., Muir, D.C.M., Antoniades, D., Douglas, M.S.V., Evans, M.S., Jackson, T.A., Kling, H., Lim, D.S.S., Pienitz, R., Smol, J.P., Stewart, K., Wang, X., and Yang, F. 2011. Climate change and mercury accumulation in Canadian high and subarctic lakes. Environmental Science & Technology 45: 964-970
41. Lim, D.S.S., A.L. Brady, and Pavilion Lake Research Project (PLRP) Team. 2011. A historical overview of the Pavilion Lake Research Project—Analog science and exploration in an underwater environment. The Geological Society of America, Special Paper 483: 85-116.
42. Fairen, A.G., Davila, A.F., Lim, D.S.S., Bramall, N., Bonaccorsi, R., Zavaleta, J., Uceda, E.R., Stoker, C., Wierzchos, J., Dohm, J.M., Amils, R., Andersen, D., McKay, C.P. 2010. Astrobiology through the ages of Mars: the study of terrestrial analogues to understand the habitability of mars. Astrobiology. 10(8); 821-843.
43. Brady A.L., G. Slater, C.R. Omelon, G. Southam, G. Druschel, D.T. Andersen, I. Hawes, B. Laval and D.S.S. Lim. 2010. Photosynthetic isotope biosignatures in laminated micro-stromatolitic and non-laminated nodules associated with modern, freshwater microbialites in Pavilion Lake, B.C. Chemical Geology 274, 56-67.
44. Lim, D.S.S., Warman, GL, Gernhardt, ML, McKay, CP, Fong, T, et al. 2010. Scientific field training for human planetary exploration. PSS 58:920-930.
45. Osinski, G. R, Lee, P.C., Cockell, C., Snook, K., Lim, D.S.S. and S. Braham. 2010. Field geology on the Moon: Some lessons learned from the exploration of the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic. PSS 58: 646–657
46. Forrest, AL, Laval, BE, Lim, DSS, Williams, D, Trembanis, A., Shepard, R. and C.P. McKay. 2010. Underwater vehicles as analogues for space exploration. PSS 58: 706–716.
47. Lim, D.S.S., B. E. Laval, G. Slater, D. Antoniades, A. Forrest, W. Pike, R. Pieters, M. Saffari, D. Reid, D. Andersen and C. P. McKay. 2009. Limnology of Pavilion Lake B.C. – Characterization of a microbialite forming environment. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 173(4): 329-351.
48. Brady, A., G. Slater, B. Laval and D.S.S. Lim. 2009. Constraining carbon sources and growth rates of freshwater microbialites in Pavilion Lake using 14C analysis. Geobiology 7, 544-555.
49. Cabrol, N. A., E. A. Grin, G. Chong, E. Minkley, A. N. Hock, Y. Yu, L. Bebout, E. Fleming, D. P. Häder, C. Demergasso, J. Gibson, L. Escudero, C. Dorador, D.S.S. Lim, C. Woosley, R. L. Morris, C. Tambley, V. Gaete, M. E. Galvez, E. Smith, I. Uskin-Peate, C. Salazar, G. Dawidowicz, and J. Majerowicz. 2009. The High-Lakes Project: Science Overview. J. Geophys. Res., 114, G00D06, doi:10.1029/2008JG000818.
50. Forrest, A.L. B.E. Laval, R. Pieters and D.S.S. Lim. 2008. Convectively driven transport in temperate lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 53: 2321-2332.
51. A.F. Davila, A.G. Fairén, L. Gago, C. Stoker, R. Amils, R. Bonaccorsi, J. Zavaleta, D. Lim, D. Schulze-Makuch, C. McKay (2008). Subsurface formation of oxidants on Mars and implications for the preservation of organic biosignatures. EPSL 272, pp. 456-463. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.05.015.
52. Fairén, A. G., Davila, A., Lim, D.S.S., Uceda, E. R., Zavaleta, J., Amils, R., McKay, C. P. (2007). The case for a cold and wet Mars. In Planet Mars Research Focus. NOVA Publishers, ISBN 978-1-60021-826-2.
53. Lim, D.S.S., J.P. Smol & M. S. V. Douglas. 2007. A quantitative paleolimnological investigation of recent environmental change on Banks Island, N. W. T., Canadian Arctic. Journal of Paleolimnology. DOI 10.1007/s10933-007-9168-0
54. Lim, D.S.S., J.P. Smol & M. S. V. Douglas. 2007. Diatom assemblages and their relationships to lakewater nitrogen levels and other limnological variables from 36 lakes and ponds on Banks Island, N.W.T., Canadian Arctic. Hydrobiologia 586:191–211.
55. Eglinton, L. B., Lim, D.S.S., Slater, G., Whelan, J. K. and Douglas, M. S. V. 2006. Geochemical Characterization of a Miocene Lacustrine Core from Haughton Impact Crater, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic. Organic Geochemistry 37(6): 688-710.
56. Lim, D.S.S., Douglas, M. S. V. and Smol, J. P. 2005. Limnology of 46 lakes and ponds on Banks Island, NWT, Canadian High Arctic. Hydrobiologia 545: 11-32.
57. Osinski, G., Lee, P., Spray, J., Grieve, R., Cockell, C., Parnell, J., Glass, B., Lim, D. S. S. and Bunch, T. E. 2005. Geological Overview and Cratering model of the Haughton Impact Structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic. Meteoritics Planetary Sci. 40(12): 1759-1776
58. Cockell, C., Lee, P., Lim, D.S.S., Osinski, G., Parnell, J., Pesonen, L. and Koeberl, C. 2005. Effects of Asteroid and Comet Impacts on Lithophytic Habitats – A synthesis. Meteoritics Planetary Sci. 40(12): 1901-1914
59. Lim, D.S.S. and Douglas, M. S. V. 2003. Limnological Characteristics of 22 Lakes and Ponds in the Haughton Crater Region of Devon Island, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 35(4): 509-519.
60. Lim, D.S.S. and Cockell, C. S. 2003. Paleolimnology in the High Arctic – Implications for the exploration of Mars. International Journal of Astrobiology, 1(4): 381-386.
61. Lim, D.S.S., Douglas, M.S.V., and Smol, J.P. 2001. Diatoms and their Relationship to Environmental Variables from Lakes and Ponds on Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic. Hydrobiologia 450:215-230.
62. Lim, D.S.S., Kwan, C., and Douglas, M.S.V. 2001. Periphytic Diatom Assemblages from Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic – An Examination of Community Relationships and Habitat Preferences. Journal of Phycology 37:379-392. (article featured as cover photo)
63. Lim, D.S.S., Douglas, M.S.V., Smol, J.P., and Lean, D.R.S. 2001. Physical and Chemical Limnological Characteristics of 38 Lakes and Ponds on Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic. Int. Rev. Hydrobiol. 86:1-2
Selected Invited Lectures, Seminars, Panels
1. Lunar Surface Science Workshop (LSSW) Session V “Lunar Surface Mobility” Co-Chair – October 2020
2. AIAA ASCEND 2020 virtual conference “The Potential of Telepresence to Transform Future Space Exploration Operations.” Invited Panelist – November 2020
3. MIT Open Ocean Summer Seminar Invite Speaker – July 2020
4. Tektite Mission II Keynote panel speaker – July 2020
5. Future In Space Operations (FISO) Speakers’ Series Invited presenter – May 2020
6. Northern California Science Writers’ Gala, Keynote Speaker – December 2019
7. AGU Returning to the Moon: The Science of Exploration I, Invited Speaker – December 2019
8. ASU SESE Invited Speaker Colloquium Series, Invited Speaker – December 2019
9. UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center Seminar Series, Invited Speaker – September 2019
10. Australian National Science Week Invited International Guest Speaker – August 2019
11. NASA HQ SMD PSD MSR Invited Speaker – August 2019
12. SSERVI Director’s Seminar Series, Invited Speaker – April 2019
13. UCSC Earth & Planetary Sciences Dept. Speakers’ Series, Invited Speaker – March 2019
14. NASA HQ SPTF Speakers’ Series – March 2019
15. Women in Space Conference, Keynote Speaker – February 2019
16. MIT Media Lab Invited Speaker – October 2017
17. Dent Space Conference Invited Speaker – September 2016
18. Google @NASA Tech Talk Series – November 2014, March 2014.
Accepted Proposals & Directed Activities
2020-on-going NASA VIPER Mission Team
2020-2021: NASA Ames Center Innovation Fund (CIF) (PI)
2019-2025: NASA SSERVI Grant for RESOURCE (Co-I)
2017-2020: NASA PSTAR Grant for SUBSEA (PI)
2015-2019: NASA PSTAR Grant for BASALT (PI)
2014-2015: Naval Post-graduate School (NPS) Contract for PLRP (PI)
2014-2019: NASA SSERVI Grant for FINESSE (Deputy PI)
2013-2015: NASA MMAMA Grant for MVP (Co-I)
2013-2017: NASA MMAMA Grant for PLRP (PI)
2013: NASA Astrobiology Institute Funding for UKCA partnership development (PI)
2010-2011: NASA DIO Support for NEEMO 15 & 16 (PI)
2011-2013: NASA LASER Grant for PLRP, DRATS (Co-I)
2010-2012: CSA Analogue Missions Contract for PLRP (Co-I)
2009-2013: NASA MMAMA Grant for PLRP (PI)
2008-2010: Canadian Space Agency (CSA) CARN Grant for PLRP and Golden Deposit
2005-2010: CSA CARN Site and Logistics Contract for PLRP
2005-2006: National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant for PLRP
Awards, Community Service & Others
2020 – AWG Mavis Kent Mid-Career Award
2020 – NASA Group Achievement Award, BASALT
2020 – NASA Partnership Award, RESOURCE
2020 – Canadian Foundation for Innovation Multidisciplinary Assessment Committee Member
2019 – Honoree/Int’l Guest of Honor, 2019 Australian National Science Week
2019 – WINGS WorldQuest 2019 Women of Discovery Award – Air & Space
2019-on-going: Queen’s University Dean’s Council Member
2019-on-going: NASA Network for Ocean Worlds (NOW) Steering Committee Member
2018 – NASA SMD PSD P-STAR program review chair
2017 – NASA Group Achievement Award, FINESSE
2010-2016: Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) Goal IV Co-Chair
2015 – NASA Group Achievement Award, MVP
2014 – NASA Group Achievement Award, PLRP
2014-on-going:NOAA Ocean Exploration Advisory Board
2013 – Wired (Magazine) Smart List Honoree
2013 – NASA Group Achievement Award, NEEMO 16
2012 – Mars Precursor Science Analysis Group (P-SAG) team member
2012 – NASA Ames Honor Award, Contractor
2012 – California Space Grant Award (for Haven House Speakers’ Series)
2011 – NASA Group Achievement Award, ISRU Field Test
2006 – Shad Valley Alumni of the Year Award
2004 – U.S. NRC Post Doctoral Research Associate
2004 – University of Toronto 2004 Top 40 Under 40 Award
2004 – NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF)
2004 – NSERC Canadian Space Agency PDF Supplement
2004 – NSERC Northern Research PDF Supplement
2003 – D. N. Chorafas Foundation Doctoral Thesis Award
2003 – Davies Charitable Foundation Post-doctoral Award
2004 – NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF)
2003 – Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada Graduate Student Award of Merit
2002-2008: Mars Society Steering Committee Member