Amanda Hendrix
American planetary scientist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1968 · age 58
Amanda R. Hendrix is an American planetary scientist known for her pioneering studies of Solar System bodies at ultraviolet wavelengths. She is director and CEO of the Planetary Science Institute. Her research interests include moon and asteroid surface composition, space weathering effects and radiation products.
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She is a co-investigator on the Cassini UVIS instrument, was a co-investigator on the Galileo UVS instrument, is a Participating Scientist on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LAMP instrument and is a Principal Investigator on Hubble Space Telescope observing programs. As of 2019, she is also the co-lead of the NASA Roadmaps to Oceans World Group.
