제목: The MESSENGER mission to Mercury: Seeking clues to the formation and evolution of the inner solar system

연사: Sean C. Solomon

 Principal Investigator of MESSENGER mission

 Director of Department of Terrestrial Magnetism,

 Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA

일시: 2005년 8월 11일 (목요일) 오후 4시

장소: 서울대학교 25-1동 국제회의실 (1층)

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연사 소개:

Sean C. Solomon is Director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Educated at Caltech and MIT, he was a member of the MIT faculty for more than 20 years.

A seismologist, marine geophysicist, and planetary scientist, Solomon has worked on a wide range of problems in earthquake seismology, geodynamics, and the nature and evolution of the terrestrial planets. He served on science teams for NASA’s Magellan mission to Venus and Mars Global Surveyor mission, and he is the Principal Investigator for the MESSENGER mission now en route to orbit the planet Mercury.

Solomon is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a past President of the American Geophysical Union. A former Sloan and Guggenheim Fellow, he received the Arthur L. Day Prize from the National Academy of Sciences, the G. K. Gilbert Award from the Geological Society of America, the Harry H. Hess Medal from the American Geophysical Union, and the Public Service Medal from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.