Rhonda Stroud
Rhonda M. Stroud (born 1971)[1] is a materials physicist and planetary scientist at the United States Naval Research Laboratory, where she heads the Nanoscale Materials Section.[2] She is known for her research on nanostructures, including quasicrystals and aerogel,[3] and on the materials that make up comets[4] and cosmic dust.[5][6] She pioneered the use of focused ion beam technology in the study of meteorites.[7]
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Born | Rochester, NY |
Alma mater | Cornell University California Institute of Technology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | materials physics, planetary science |
Institutions | Naval Research Laboratory |
Education and career
Stroud graduated from Cornell University in 1991 and completed a Ph.D. in 1996 at Washington University in St. Louis.[3] She joined the Naval Research Laboratory in 1996 as a postdoctoral researcher, and two years later obtained a permanent position there as a staff scientist.[8]
She served as president of the Microanalysis Society for 2018–2020.[9]
Recognition
Stroud was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2010.[3] She is also a fellow of the Meteoritical Society.[9][10] Asteroid 8468 Rhondastroud was named after her in 2012.[1][2]
References
- "8468 Rhondastroud (1981 EA40)", JPL Small-Body Database, retrieved 2020-06-07
- Parry, Daniel (June 20, 2012), NRL Scientist Honored in Naming of Astronomical Body, US Naval Research Laboratory
- Bowie, Amanda (June 14, 2010), Dr. Rhonda Stroud Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, US Naval Research Laboratory
- Chen, Victor (November 12, 2019), NRL Researchers Find Insights into the Formation of the Solar System in Ancient Comet Dust, US Naval Research Laboratory
- Eichner, Cassandra (April 9, 2019), NRL Researcher Ventures to the Antarctic in Search of Cosmic Dust, US Naval Research Laboratory
- Condliffe, Jamie (August 2014), "NASA Scientists Find The First Interstellar Space Particles", Gizmodo
- Stroud, Rhonda M.; Nittler, Larry R.; Alexander, Conel M. O'D. (September 2004). "Polymorphism in Presolar Al2O3 Grains from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars". Science. 305 (5689): 1455–1457. doi:10.1126/science.1101099.
- Niebur, Susan (December 17, 2010), "Rhonda Stroud: Be visible and be involved", 51 Women in Planetary Science, Women in Planetary Science, retrieved 2020-06-07
- Executive Council, Microanalysis Society, retrieved 2020-06-07
- "Fellows | Meteoritical Society". meteoritical.org. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
External links
- Rhonda Stroud publications indexed by Google Scholar