Astronomy and Astrophysics

Erik Asphaug
Title Professor
Division Physical & Biological Sciences
Department Earth & Planetary Sciences
Affiliations Astronomy & Astrophysics Department
Phone 831-459-2260
Email
FAX 831-459-3074
Web Site Web Page
Office A108 Earth & Marine Sci Bldg
Campus Mail Stop Earth and Planetary Sciences
Research Interests
Asteroid and comet geophysics, Mars surface evolution, planetary collisions of all kinds, and the origin of planets, satellites, meteorites and their parent bodies. I am also interested in spacecraft exploration of comets and asteroids, and zero gravity experiments to understand the rheology and petrology of small bodies and accreting planetesimals.

Biography, Education and Training
2006-: UCSC Earth and Planetary Sciences, Professor
2002-2006: UCSC Earth Sciences, Associate Professor
2000-2002: UCSC Earth Sciences, Assistant Professor
1998-2000: UCSC Earth Sciences, Assoc. Geophysicist
1996-1998: SETI Institute, Principal Investigator
1993-1995: NASA Ames NRC Postdoctoral Fellow
1988-1993: U. Arizona, Tucson, Graduate Researcher
1985-1988: St. Gregory HS, Science and English Faculty
PhD: 1993: U. Arizona: Planetary Sciences, Geophysics
BS: 1984: Rice University: Mathematics and English

Honors, Awards and Grants
Asteroid 7939 Asphaug
Harold C. Urey prize of the AAS

Teaching Interests
Planetary Surfaces
Planetary Discovery
Formation of the Solar System
Planetary Collisions

Title	Professor
Division	Physical & Biological Sciences
Department	Earth & Planetary Sciences
Affiliations	Astronomy & Astrophysics Department
Phone	831-459-2260
Email
FAX	831-459-3074
Web Site	Web Page
Office	A108 Earth & Marine Sci Bldg
Campus Mail Stop	Earth and Planetary Sciences