Nadine G. Barlow (1958–2020) was an American planetary scientist. She was a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at

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(NAU). She became Associate Chair of the NAU Department of Physics and Astronomy in Fall 2010. She was also the director of the Northern Arizona University/NASA Space Grant Program and an associate director of the Arizona Space Grant Consortium.

Career

During her career, Barlow taught at

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(UCF), and NAU, where she was on staff until the time of her death. She also conducted research at the

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, the

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, and the

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(USGS) Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff. She served as the first director of the UCF

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. Barlow worked on a number of NASA lunar and planetary science projects, including: *Detailed Investigations of Martian Central Pit Craters *Investigating Indicators of Volatile-Rich Material in Arabia Terra, Mars *Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Database of Lunar Impact Craters *Morphologic Analysis of Impact Craters on Ganymede *GIS Database and Tools for Martian Impact Craters *Investigations of Martian Impact Crater Morphologies and Morphometries She was considered to be one of the top Mars scholars in the world. Barlow died on August 17, 2020, from

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Awards and honors

Barlow received the University of Central Florida Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2002 and the Palomar Community College Alumna of the Year Award for 2002–2003. In 1999 she was awarded the asteroid name 15466 Barlow by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in her honor.

Selected works

*''Mars: An Introduction to its Interior, Surface, and Atmosphere'' (2008) *''Space Sciences'' (co-editor, 2002) *''Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences'' (co-editor, 1996)

References

External links

Nadine Barlow’s Northern Arizona University webpage

NASA Solar System Exploration Profile: Nadine Barlow

Women in Planetary Science: Meet Nadine Barlow
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