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Planetary Scientist; Hypervelocity Impact Physicist
  • Ph.D, Geological Sciences, Impact Physics
    2012, Brown University
  • Master of Science, Engineering, Mechanics
    2011, Brown University
  • Master of Science, Geology
    2009, Brown University
  • Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
    2007, University of Washington
  • Bachelor of Science, Earth and Space Sciences
    2007, University of Washington

I am a planetary geologist specializing in hypervelocity impact processes and dynamic failure of materials. Currently, I am a Co-I on the Mini-RF radar and LAMP UV spectrometer onboard the Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter, a Co-I on the Dragonfly mission, a team member on the Europa Imaging System (EIS) on Europa Clipper, the lead for the Impact Modeling Working Group on the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, and a member of the Steering Committee and Investigation Team for the AIDA international collaboration. I am also involved in studying phenomenology following hypervelocity impacts into a variety of materials, and am a member of the NASA NEO Action Plan Modeling Working Group. My main research interests include dynamic properties and failure/fragmentation mechanisms of brittle materials, impact cratering on planetary surfaces, planetary surface evolution, lunar lighting analysis for mission planning, modeling impact signature phenomenology, and planetary defense. My research utilizes experimental facilities such as the NASA Ames Vertical Gun Range, the APL planetary impact lab, and Kolsky bar systems at the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, numerical models using the CTH hydrocode, and analysis of planetary spacecraft data. 

 

Notable Awards and Leadership

Year(s) Description
2019 - present Member of the NASA Near-Earth Object Action Plan Modeling Working Group
2019-2021 Chair of the 2021 Hypervelocity Impact Symposium
2019 Department of Defense David Packard Award for excellence in innovation and acquisition
2015 - 18 Small Bodies Assessment Group Steering Committee member (Early Career Secretary)
2010, 2015 Nominated as one of the 10 best papers at the Hypervelocity Impact Symposium
2011 Elected to the Sigma Xi honor society
2010 Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Fall meeting
2005-2006 Astronaut Scholarship recipient

Scholarly Publications

The Relative Effects of Surface and Subsurface Morphology on the Deflection Efficiency of Kinetic Impactors: Implications for the DART Mission

The Planetary Science Journal, 2024
Mallory E. DeCoster, Robert Luther, Gareth S. Collins, Kaiyi Dai, Thomas Davison, Dawn M. Graninger, Felix Kaufmann, Emma S. G. Rainey, Angela M. Stickle, (2024), The Relative Effects of Surface and Subsurface Morphology on the Deflection Efficiency of Kinetic Impactors: Implications for the DART Mission, The Planetary Science Journal

Surface Roughness at the Moon’s South Pole: The Influence of Condensed Volatiles on Surface Roughness at the Moon’s South Pole

The Planetary Science Journal, 2024
Lizeth O. Magaña, Parvathy Prem, Ariel N. Deutsch, Anna C. Martin, Heather M. Meyer, Caleb I. Fassett, Michael K. Barker, Angela Stickle, Benjamin D. Byron, Kathleen E. Mandt, Kurt D. Retherford, (2024), Surface Roughness at the Moon’s South Pole: The Influence of Condensed Volatiles on Surface Roughness at the Moon’s South Pole, The Planetary Science Journal

Achievement of the Planetary Defense Investigations of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission

The Planetary Science Journal, 2024
Nancy L. Chabot, Andrew S. Rivkin, Andrew F. Cheng, Olivier S. Barnouin, Eugene G. Fahnestock, Derek C. Richardson, Angela M. Stickle, Cristina A. Thomas, Carolyn M. Ernst, R. Terik Daly, Elisabetta Dotto, Angelo Zinzi, Steven R. Chesley, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Brent W. Barbee, Paul Abell, Harrison F. Agrusa, Michele T. Bannister, Joel Beccarelli, Dmitriy L. Bekker, Megan Bruck Syal, Bonnie J. Buratti, Michael W. Busch, Adriano Campo Bagatin, Joseph P. Chatelain, Sidney Chocron, Gareth S. Collins, Luca Conversi, Thomas M. Davison, Mallory E. DeCoster, J. D. Prasanna Deshapriya, Siegfried Eggl, Raymond C. Espiritu, Tony L. Farnham, Marin Ferrais, Fabio Ferrari, Dora Föhring, Oscar Fuentes-Muñoz, Igor Gai, Carmine Giordano, David A. Glenar, Edward Gomez, Dawn M. Graninger, Simon F. Green, Sarah Greenstreet, Pedro H. Hasselmann, Isabel Herreros, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Marek Husárik, Simone Ieva, Stavro L. Ivanovski, Samuel L. Jackson, Emmanuel Jehin, Martin Jutzi, Ozgur Karatekin, Matthew M. Knight, Ludmilla Kolokolova, Kathryn M. Kumamoto, Michael Küppers, Fiorangela La Forgia, Monica Lazzarin, Jian-Yang Li, Tim A. Lister, Ramin Lolachi, Michael P. Lucas, Alice Lucchetti, Robert Luther, Rahil Makadia, Elena Mazzotta Epifani, Jay McMahon, Gianmario Merisio, Colby C. Merrill, Alex J. Meyer, Patrick Michel, Marco Micheli, Alessandra Migliorini, Kate Minker, Dario Modenini, Fernando Moreno, Naomi Murdoch, Brian Murphy, Shantanu P. Naidu, Hari Nair, Ryota Nakano, Cyrielle Opitom, Jens Ormö, J. Michael Owen, Maurizio Pajola, Eric E. Palmer, Pasquale Palumbo, Paolo Panicucci, Laura M. Parro, Jason M. Pearl, Antti Penttilä, Davide Perna, Elisabeta Petrescu, Petr Pravec, Sabina D. Raducan, K. T. Ramesh, Ryan Ridden-Harper, Juan L. Rizos, Alessandro Rossi, Nathan X. Roth, Agata Rożek, Benjamin Rozitis, Eileen V. Ryan, William H. Ryan, Paul Sánchez, Toni Santana-Ros, Daniel J. Scheeres, Peter Scheirich, Cem Berk Senel, Colin Snodgrass, Stefania Soldini, Damya Souami, Thomas S. Statler, Rachel Street, Timothy J. Stubbs, Jessica M. Sunshine, Nicole J. Tan, Gonzalo Tancredi, Calley L. Tinsman, Paolo Tortora, Filippo Tusberti, James D. Walker, C. Dany Waller, Kai Wünnemann, Marco Zannoni, Yun Zhang, (2024), Achievement of the Planetary Defense Investigations of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission, The Planetary Science Journal

Mini-RF S-band Radar Characterization of a Lunar South Pole–crossing Tycho Ray: Implications for Sampling Strategies

The Planetary Science Journal, 2024
Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín, Caleb I. Fassett, Brett W. Denevi, Heather M. Meyer, Catherine D. Neish, Gareth A. Morgan, Joshua T. S. Cahill, Angela M. Stickle, G. Wesley Patterson, (2024), Mini-RF S-band Radar Characterization of a Lunar South Pole–crossing Tycho Ray: Implications for Sampling Strategies, The Planetary Science Journal

Radar Perspective of the Aristarchus Pyroclastic Deposit and Implications for Future Missions

The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
G. A. Morgan, E. R. Jawin, B. A. Campbell, G. W. Patterson, A. M. Bramson, C. A. Nypaver, J. D. Stopar, L. M. Jozwiak, A. M. Stickle, S. S. Bhiravarasu, (2023), Radar Perspective of the Aristarchus Pyroclastic Deposit and Implications for Future Missions, The Planetary Science Journal

Shape Modeling of Dimorphos for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

The Planetary Science Journal, 2022
R. Terik Daly, Carolyn M. Ernst, Olivier S. Barnouin, Robert W. Gaskell, Eric E. Palmer, Hari Nair, Ray C. Espiritu, Sarah Hasnain, Dany Waller, Angela M. Stickle, Michael C. Nolan, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Elisabetta Dotto, Alice Lucchetti, Maurizio Pajola, Simone Ieva, Patrick Michel, (2022), Shape Modeling of Dimorphos for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), The Planetary Science Journal

Mini-RF Bistatic Observations of South Polar Craters on the Moon

2022
Wes Patterson, Angela Stickle, Gareth Morgan

Model of Double Asteroid Redirection Test Impact Ejecta Plume Observations

The Planetary Science Journal, 2022
Andrew F. Cheng, S. D. Raducan, Eugene G. Fahnestock, Elisabetta Dotto, Vincenzo Della Corte, Angela M. Stickle, (2022), Model of Double Asteroid Redirection Test Impact Ejecta Plume Observations, The Planetary Science Journal

Statistical Significance of Mission Parameters on the Deflection Efficiency of Kinetic Impacts: Applications for the Next-generation Kinetic Impactor

The Planetary Science Journal, 2022
Mallory E. DeCoster, Emma S.G. Rainey, Thomas W. Rosch, Angela M. Stickle, (2022), Statistical Significance of Mission Parameters on the Deflection Efficiency of Kinetic Impacts: Applications for the Next-generation Kinetic Impactor, The Planetary Science Journal

Effects of Impact and Target Parameters on the Results of a Kinetic Impactor: Predictions for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission

The Planetary Science Journal, 2022
Angela M. Stickle, Mallory E. DeCoster, Christoph Burger, Wendy K. Caldwell, Dawn Graninger, Kathryn M. Kumamoto, Robert Luther, Jens Ormö, Sabina Raducan, Emma Rainey, Christoph M. Schäfer, James D. Walker, Yun Zhang, Patrick Michel, J. Michael Owen, Olivier Barnouin, Andy F. Cheng, Sidney Chocron, Gareth S. Collins, Thomas M. Davison, Elisabetta Dotto, Fabio Ferrari, M. Isabel Herreros, Stavro L. Ivanovski, Martin Jutzi, Alice Lucchetti, Elena Martellato, Maurizio Pajola, Cathy S. Plesko, Megan Bruck Syal, Stephen R. Schwartz, Jessica M. Sunshine, Kai Wünnemann

Predicting Asteroid Material Properties from a DART-like Kinetic Impact

The Planetary Science Journal, 2022
Kathryn M. Kumamoto, J. Michael Owen, Megan Bruck Syal, Jason Pearl, Cody Raskin, Wendy K. Caldwell, Emma Rainey, Angela M. Stickle, R. Terik Daly, Olivier Barnouin

DART and LICIACUBE: Documenting Kinetic Impact

2021

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART): Planetary Defense Investigations and Requirements

The Planetary Science Journal, 2021
Andrew S. Rivkin, Nancy L. Chabot, Angela M. Stickle, Cristina A. Thomas, Derek C. Richardson, Olivier Barnouin, Eugene G. Fahnestock, Carolyn M. Ernst, Andrew F. Cheng, Steven Chesley, Shantanu Naidu, Thomas S. Statler, Brent Barbee, Harrison Agrusa, Nicholas Moskovitz, R. Terik Daly, Petr Pravec, Petr Scheirich, Elisabetta Dotto, Vincenzo Della Corte, Patrick Michel, Michael Küppers, Justin Atchison, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, (2021), The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART): Planetary Defense Investigations and Requirements, The Planetary Science Journal , 2, 5, 173, https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/ac063e

Prominent volcanic source of volatiles in the south polar region of the Moon

Advances in Space Research, 2021
David A. Kring, Georgiana Y. Kramer, D. Benjamin J. Bussey, Dana M. Hurley, Angela M. Stickle, Carolyn H. van der Bogert, (2021), Prominent volcanic source of volatiles in the south polar region of the Moon, Advances in Space Research , 68, 11, 4691--4701, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.09.008

Benchmarking impact hydrocodes in the strength regime: Implications for modeling deflection by a kinetic impactor

ıcarus, 2020
Stickle, Angela M. and Bruck Syal, Megan and Cheng, Andy F. and Collins, Gareth S. and Davison, Thomas M. and Gisler, Galen and G"uldemeister, Nicole and Heberling, Tamra and Luther, Robert and Michel, Patrick and Miller, Paul and Owen, J. Michael and Rainey, Emma S.~G. and Rivkin, Andrew S. and Rosch, Thomas and W"unnemann, Kai, (2020), Benchmarking impact hydrocodes in the strength regime: Implications for modeling deflection by a kinetic impactor, icarus, 338, 113446

An Examination of Several Discrete Lunar Nearside Photometric Anomalies Observed in Lyman-\ensuremathα Maps

Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 2019
Cahill, Joshua T.~S. and Wirth, Anna A. and Hendrix, Amanda R. and Retherford, Kurt D. and Greathouse, Thomas K. and Mand t, Kathleen E. and Liu, Yang and Greenhagen, Benjamin T. and Denevi, Brett W. and Stickle, Angela M. and Hurley, Dana M., (2019), An Examination of Several Discrete Lunar Nearside Photometric Anomalies Observed in Lyman-ensuremathalpha Maps, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 124, 2, 294-315

Assessing possible mutual orbit period change by shape deformation of Didymos after a kinetic impact in the NASA-led Double Asteroid Redirection Test

Advances in Space Research, 2019
Hirabayashi, Masatoshi and Davis, Alex B. and Fahnestock, Eugene G. and Richardson, Derek C. and Michel, Patrick and Cheng, Andrew F. and Rivkin, Andrew S. and Scheeres, Daniel J. and Chesley, Steven R. and Yu, Yang and Naidu, Shantanu P. and Schwartz, Stephen R. and Benner, Lance A.~M. and Pravec, Petr and Stickle, Angela M. and Jutzi, Martin and DART Dynamical Group and Physical Properties (WG3) Analysis Group, (2019), Assessing possible mutual orbit period change by shape deformation of Didymos after a kinetic impact in the NASA-led Double Asteroid Redirection Test, Advances in Space Research, 63, 8, 2515-2534

AIDA DART asteroid deflection test: Planetary defense and science objectives

\planss, 2018
Cheng, Andrew F. and Rivkin, Andrew S. and Michel, Patrick and Atchison, Justin and Barnouin, Olivier and Benner, Lance and Chabot, Nancy L. and Ernst, Carolyn and Fahnestock, Eugene G. and Kueppers, Michael and Pravec, Petr and Rainey, Emma and Richardson, Derek C. and Stickle, Angela M. and Thomas, Cristina, (2018), AIDA DART asteroid deflection test: Planetary defense and science objectives, planss, 157, 104-115

The Surface Roughness of Large Craters on Mercury

Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 2018
Susorney, Hannah C.~M. and Barnouin, Olivier S. and Ernst, Carolyn M. and Stickle, Angela M., (2018), The Surface Roughness of Large Craters on Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 123, 7, 1581-1595

Modeling an exogenic origin for the equatorial ridge on Iapetus

ıcarus, 2018
Stickle, Angela M. and Roberts, James H., (2018), Modeling an exogenic origin for the equatorial ridge on Iapetus, icarus, 307, 197-206

Contributions of solar wind and micrometeoroids to molecular hydrogen in the lunar exosphere

ıcarus, 2017
Hurley, Dana M. and Cook, Jason C. and Retherford, Kurt D. and Greathouse, Thomas and Gladstone, G. Randall and Mandt, Kathleen and Grava, Cesare and Kaufmann, David and Hendrix, Amanda and Feldman, Paul D. and Pryor, Wayne and Stickle, Angela and Killen, Rosemary M. and Stern, S. Alan, (2017), Contributions of solar wind and micrometeoroids to molecular hydrogen in the lunar exosphere, icarus, 283, 31-37

Bistatic radar observations of the Moon using Mini-RF on LRO and the Arecibo Observatory

ıcarus, 2017
Patterson, G.~W. and Stickle, A.~M. and Turner, F.~S. and Jensen, J.~R. and Bussey, D.~B.~J. and Spudis, P. and Espiritu, R.~C. and Schulze, R.~C. and Yocky, D.~A. and Wahl, D.~E. and Zimmerman, M. and Cahill, J.~T.~S. and Nolan, M. and Carter, L. and Neish, C.~D. and Raney, R.~K. and Thomson, B.~J. and Kirk, R. and Thompson, T.~W. and Tise, B.~L. and Erteza, I.~A. and Jakowatz, C.~V., (2017), Bistatic radar observations of the Moon using Mini-RF on LRO and the Arecibo Observatory, icarus, 283, 2-19

Mini-RF and LROC observations of mare crater layering relationships

ıcarus, 2016
Stickle, A.~M. and Patterson, G.~W. and Cahill, J.~T.~S. and Bussey, D.~B.~J., (2016), Mini-RF and LROC observations of mare crater layering relationships, icarus, 273, 224-236

LRO-LAMP detection of geologically young craters within lunar permanently shaded regions

ıcarus, 2016
Mandt, Kathleen E. and Greathouse, Thomas K. and Retherford, Kurt D. and Randall Gladstone, G. and Jordan, Andrew P. and Lemelin, Myriam and Koeber, Steven D. and Bowman-Cisneros, Ernest and Wesley Patterson, G. and Robinson, Mark and Lucey, Paul G. and Hendrix, Amanda R. and Hurley, Dana and Stickle, Angela M. and Pryor, Wayne, (2016), LRO-LAMP detection of geologically young craters within lunar permanently shaded regions, icarus, 273, 114-120

Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment mission: Kinetic impactor

\planss, 2016
Cheng, A.~F. and Michel, P. and Jutzi, M. and Rivkin, A.~S. and Stickle, A. and Barnouin, O. and Ernst, C. and Atchison, J. and Pravec, P. and Richardson, D.~C. and AIDA Team, (2016), Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment mission: Kinetic impactor, planss, 121, 27-35

A review of mechanisms and models for dynamic failure, strength, and fragmentation

\planss, 2015
Ramesh, K.~T. and Hogan, James D. and Kimberley, Jamie and Stickle, Angela, (2015), A review of mechanisms and models for dynamic failure, strength, and fragmentation, planss, 107, 10-23

Subsurface failure in spherical bodies: A formation scenario for linear troughs on Vesta's surface

ıcarus, 2015
Stickle, A.~M. and Schultz, P.~H. and Crawford, D.~A., (2015), Subsurface failure in spherical bodies: A formation scenario for linear troughs on Vesta's surface, icarus, 247, 18-34

Discrete shear failure planes resulting from oblique hypervelocity impacts

Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 2014
Stickle, A.~M. and Schultz, P.~H., (2014), Discrete shear failure planes resulting from oblique hypervelocity impacts, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 119, 8, 1839-1859

Investigating pressure magnitudes at depth for oblique impacts into layered targets: Applications to terrestrial impacts in sedimentary targets

Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 2013
Stickle, A.~M. and Schultz, P.~H., (2013), Investigating pressure magnitudes at depth for oblique impacts into layered targets: Applications to terrestrial impacts in sedimentary targets, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 48, 9, 1638-1650

Subsurface damage from oblique impacts into low-impedance layers

Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 2012
Stickle, A.~M. and Schultz, P.~H., (2012), Subsurface damage from oblique impacts into low-impedance layers, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 117, E7, E07006

Model/data comparisons of ionospheric outflow as a function of invariant latitude and magnetic local time

Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 2008
Winglee, R.~M. and Peterson, W.~K. and Yau, A.~W. and Harnett, E. and Stickle, A., (2008), Model/data comparisons of ionospheric outflow as a function of invariant latitude and magnetic local time, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 113, A6, A06220

Prompt ionospheric/magnetospheric responses 29 October 2003 Halloween storm: Outflow and energization

Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 2008
Harnett, E.~M. and Winglee, R.~M. and Stickle, A. and Lu, Gang, (2008), Prompt ionospheric/magnetospheric responses 29 October 2003 Halloween storm: Outflow and energization, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 113, A6, A06209

Multiscale/multifluid simulations of flux ropes at the magnetopause within a global magnetospheric model

Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 2008
Winglee, R.~M. and Harnett, E. and Stickle, A. and Porter, J., (2008), Multiscale/multifluid simulations of flux ropes at the magnetopause within a global magnetospheric model, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 113, A2, A02209