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Angela G Marusiak

Geology Department University of Maryland marusiak@umd.edu

Angela G Marusiak, PhD

PhD Candidate in Geology | marusiak@umd.edu

Geology Department 8000 Regents Drive, University of Maryland- College Park 20742

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EDUCATION

University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

2015 –2020 | PhD in Geology.

Advisor: Nicholas Schmerr

Boston University, Boston MA 02215

2009-2013 | B.A in Geophysics and Planetary Science (minor: Mechanical Engineering)

Advisor: Michael Mendillo and Paul Hall

HONORS AND AWARDS

2018-2020 | NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF)

2015-2020| Dean’s Fellowship - University of Maryland

2019 | Seismological Society of America (SSA) Travel Grant

2019| Goldhaber Travel Grant

2017 | Best Pre-Candidate Graduate Student Talk - University of Maryland

2017-2019 | ESSIC Travel Grant - University of Maryland

2013 | Center for Space Physics Prize - Boston University

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Publications

Moore, K., Courville, S., Ferguson, S., Schoenfeld, A., Llera, K., Agrawal, R., … Marusiak, A., … Budney, C. (Planetary and Space Sciences, submitted) Bridge to the stars: A mission concept to an interstellar object.

Nunn, C., Garcia, R., Nakamura, Y., Marusiak, A. G., Kawamura, T., Sun, D., … Zhu, P. (Space Science Reviews, in revision) Lunar Seismology: A Data and Instrumentation Review

Marusiak, A.G., Nicholas C. Schmerr, Danielle DellaGiustina, S. Hop Bailey, Veronica J. Bray, Erin Pettit, Peter H. Dahl, Brad Avenson, Natalie Wagner. (2020) The Deployment of the Seismometer to Investigate Ice and Ocean Structure (SIIOS) on Gulkana Glacier, Alaska. Seismological Research Letters doi: 10.1785/0220190328

Panning, M. P, Pike, T., Lognonne, P., Banerdt W., Murdoch, N.,… Marusiak, A.,…Warren, T., (2020) On-deck seismology: Lessons from InSight for future planetary seismology. JGR Planets. DOI:10.1029/2019JE006353

Marusiak, A.G., Schmerr, N.C., Banks, M.E., Daubar, I.J., (2020)Terrestrial Single-Station Analog for Constraining the Martian Core and Deep Interior: Implications for InSight Icarus 335, 113396. DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113396

Garcia, R., Khan, A., Drilleau, M., Margerin, L., Kawamura, T.,...Marusiak, A G.., … Zhu, (2019) Lunar Seismology: An Update on Interior Structure Models. Space Science Reviews. 215: 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-019-0613-y

Mendillo, M., Marusiak, A.G., Withers, P., Morgan, D., Gurnett, D., 2013. A new semiempirical model of the peak electron density of the Martian ionosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 40, 5361-5365.

Mendillo, M., Narvaez, C., Marusiak, A.G., 2013. Are ionospheric storms the same during different solar cycles? Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics 118, 6795-6805.

Conference Abstracts

Marusiak, A.G., Schmerr, N. C., Bailey, H., DellaGiustina, D., Bray, V. J., Weber, R., ….Wagner N.(2019). Ambient Seismicity on Europan Analogs using the Seismometer to Investigate Ice and Ocean Structure (SIIOS). AGU Fall Meeting.

Marusiak, A. G., Schmerr, N. C., Bailey, S. H., DellaGiustina, D. N., Bray, V. J., Dahl, P., … Weber, R. C. (2019). Location of Seismicity with a Small Aperture Seismometer Array: Implications for Seismology with an Ocean World Lander. In 50th LPSC. Woodlands, TX, Abstract 1546.

Marusiak, A. G., Schmerr, N., DellaGiustina, D., Bailey, H., Bray, V., Broadbeck, J., … Avenson, B. (2018). The Seismometer to Investigate Ice and Ocean Structure (SIIOS) in Greenland: Testing Instrument Performance on an Icy World Analog. AGU Fall Meeting 2018. Washington D.C

A. G. Marusiak, N. C. Schmerr, R. C. Weber, D. N. DellaGiustina, S. H. Bailey, V. J. Bray, E. C. Pettit, C. Carr, N. Wagner, P. Dahl, B. Avenson, M. Siegler, 2018. SIIOS in Alaska - Active Source Comparative Test for Europan Lander Seismometers, LPSC XLIX, Houston, TX.

Garcia, R.F, Zhu, P., Zhao, N., Wieczorek, M., Weber, R., Sun, D., Rivoldini, A., Margerin, L., Nunn, C., Nakamura, Y., Lognonne, P., Kawamura, T., Khan, A., Marusiak, A., Dilleau, M. 2018. An International Team to Create Reference Models and Data Sets for Moon Seismology, Vol. 20, EGU2018-4824.

Marusiak, A.G., Schmerr, N.C., Banks, M.E., Daubar, I.J., 2017. Terrestrial Single-Station Analog for Constraining the Martian Deep Interior., LPSCXLVIII, Houston. TX.

Marusiak, A.G., Schmerr, N.C., Banks, M.E., Daubar, I.J., 2016. Terrestrial Single-Station Analog for the Detection of the Martian Core, LPSCXLVII, Houston. TX.

Invited Talks

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Webinar. 25th September 2019 "Seismology in the Solar System: The InSight Mission to Mars"

Potomac Geophysical Society, Sept. 12th, 2019. "Seismology in the Solar System: The InSight Mission to Mars"

Public Lecture Geological Society of Washington, February 6th, 2019. "Investigating Icy Worlds: How Greenland can help us Understand Ocean Worlds"

Thule Air Force Base, August 19th 2018. "Investigating Icy Worlds: How Greenland can help us Understand Ice Covered Worlds"

RESEARCH AND EMPLOYMENT

2015- | Graduate Assistant: University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Research: Planetary Seismology using Single-Station and Small Aperture Arrays: Implications for Mars and Icy-Ocean Worlds

Advisor: Nicholas Schmerr

2015- | InSight Science Collaborator: University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Instrument: SEIS (Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure)

2016| NASA/APL Internship: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (Civil Space)

Research: Simulating Impact Ejecta Trajectories and Landing Locations using pkdgrav

Advisors: Olivier Barnouin and Carolyn Ernst

2014-2015| Teaching Assistant and Lecturer: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Courses: Geochemistry (Fall 2014) Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Spring 2015)

2013-2014| Technical Assistant: Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Duties: Catalog and test equipment used by the Borehole Group in conjunction with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)

Advisors: Gerrado Iturrino and David Goldberg

2011-2013| Undergraduate Student Researcher: Center for Space Physics, Boston University

Research: "A new semiempirical model of the peak electron density of the Martian ionosphere" (2012-2013) "Are ionospheric storms the same during different solar cycles?" (2011-2013)

Advisor: Michael Mendillo

2012| NASA PGGURP Internship: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (Civil Space)

Research: Thermo-spectra analysis of planetary analog materials

Advisor: Noam Izenberg

2010-2012| Undergraduate Student Researcher: Earth Sciences Department, Boston University

Research: Mapping olivine melt in peridotite

Advisor: Uli Faul

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2017 | University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Teaching Assistant for GEOL 110: Introduction to Geology Lab

2016, 2017 | University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Teaching Assistant for GEOL 200: Earth’s Fury

2015 | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Grader, Volcanoes and Earthquakes

2014 | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Teaching Assistant, Geochemistry

2010-2014| Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth

Teaching Assistant for Astronomy (Bristol, RI 2010), Astrophysics (Baltimore, MD 2013, Lancaster, PA 2014)

SERVICE/OUTREACH

AGU Voices for Science (2019)

Inclusiveness Diversity Equity and Awareness (IDEA) committee graduate student representative (2019)

AGU Guest Instagrammer for SIIOS project Sept 20-24th 2018

College of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Graduate Student Council, Geology Dept. Representative (2017-2019)

NASA Panel Executive Secretary ( 2017-2019)

Volunteer for Geology Department at University of

Maryland, Maryland Day Open House (2016-2019)

Volunteer for IRIS at USA Science & Engineering Festival (2018)

Volunteer for Structural Geology Class Field Trip (2018)

Volunteer for Field Geophysics Class Field Trip (2018)

Popular Media Appearances

On SIIOS Deployment:

Europa: The Search for Life (2019). Matthew E. Wright. UMD College of Computer, Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

UAF scientists use Gulkana Glacier for NASA research - KTVA 11 - The Voice of Alaska. (2017). Retrieved January 29, 2018, from http://www.ktva.comstory/36504597/uaf-scientists-use-gulkana-glacier-for-nasa-research

A glacier in Interior Alaska is a testing ground for equipment intended for use in Space. Rosen, Yereth. Anchorage Daily News. 18 September 2017)

WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIUMS ATTENDED

2019 Jet Propulsion Laboratory Planetary Summer Science Seminar

2018 AGU's Sharing your Science Communications Workshop

2018 Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

2017 POLENET/SCAR-SERCE Glacial Seismology School

MEMBERSHIPS/COLLABORATIONS

NASA Discovery Mission InSight: Science Team Collaborator (Since 2015)

International Space Science Institute (ISSI): An International Reference for Seismological Data Sets and Internal Structure Models of the Moon: Young Scientist (2017-2018)

American Geophysical Union

Seismology Society of America

Geological Society of America, Planetary Sciences Division