Heidi Fuqua Haviland

Affiliation: NASA MSFC/ST13

Email: heidi.haviland@nasa.gov

Phone: (256) 961-7711

Heidi Haviland is a planetary scientist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Originally from California, Dr. Haviland studied at Biola University and the University of Southern California earning two bachelor’s, and began her career designing and building spacecraft at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. Following, Dr. Haviland then moved to Strasbourg, France, to study at the International Space University and obtained a master’s degree. Afterwards, Dr. Haviland studied at UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Lab and completed her dissertation. Subsequently, she joined the Planetary Science Laboratory at Louisiana State University.

Research Areas

Planetary Interiors: Understanding planetary interiors using electromagnetic geophysical methods and equations of state modeling. Dr. Haviland also has studied lunar seismic normal modes and is a science team member of the Lunar Geophysical Network (LGN) New Frontiers mission development. Heidi also co-leads an interdisciplinary research group focused on understanding the chemistry of the Moon and Mars through thermoelastic and petrological modeling.

Neutron Measurements: Developing and analyzing low energy neutron measurements for planetary science applications. She is the Principal Investigator of the Neutron Measurements at the Lunar Surface (NMLS) instrument that will fly on the CLPS CP21 delivery aboard Firefly’s Blue Ghost 3 mission.

Space Plasma Physics: Dr. Haviland also studies the surface plasma environments for identifying hazards for crew and robots living and working on the surface of the Moon.

Missions: Dr. Haviland is the Project Scientist for the CLPS PRISM1a (CP-11 or IM-3) delivery which will investigate the Reiner Gamma surface swirl.

Education

PhD, Earth & Planetary Sciences
University of California, Berkeley, 2017

MS, Space Studies
International Space University, 2010

BS, Aerospace-Astronautics Engineering
University of Southern California, 2004

BS, Physical Science
Biola University, 2004

Professional Exterience

Planetary Scientist
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Current position

Researcher
Planetary Science Laboratory, Louisiana State University
Prior to MSFC

Spacecraft Design Engineer
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Early career