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Ph.D., Planetary Science1999, University of Arizona
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BA., Physics1994, Rice University
Dr. Nancy L. Chabot is a planetary scientist whose scientific research focuses on understanding the formation and evolution of rocky planetary bodies in our Solar System, and she has over 80 peer-reviewed publications. She is the Coordination Lead on NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, the Deputy PI for the Mars-moon Exploration with GAmma rays and NEutrons (MEGANE) instrument on the JAXA Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, and an Interdisciplinary Scientist on the joint ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission. Previously on NASA’s MESSENGER mission, she served as the Instrument Scientist for the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) and the Chair of the Geology Discipline Group. She has been a member of five field teams with the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program, is a Fellow of the Meteoritical Society, and asteroid 6899 Nancychabot is named in her honor. She has served in community leadership positions such as Chair of NASA’s Small Bodies Assessment Group, Chair of the Panel on Small Solar System Bodies for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey, and currently as President of the Meteoritical Society.
Researcher ID: F-5384-2015
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8628-3176
Notable Awards and Leadership
| Year(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| 2020-2022 | Chair of Small Solar System Bodies panel for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey |
| 2021-present | Meteoritical Society: President, 2023-2024; Vice President, 2021-2022 |
| 2018 | Fellow of The Meteoritical Society |
| 2013-2016 | NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) Chair |
| 2013-2016 | NASA Planetary Science Subcommittee member |
| 2007-2015 | Associate Editor for the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science |
| 2010-2014 | Meteoritical Society Council member |
| 2006 | Asteroid 6899 Nancychabot named in honor |
| 2001 | United States Antarctica Service Medal |
Scholarly Publications
Highly Resolved Topography and Illumination at Mercury’s South Pole from MESSENGER MDIS NAC
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
A revised trapped melt model for iron meteorites applied to the IIIAB group
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2022
Arecibo S-band Radar Characterization of Local-scale Heterogeneities within Mercury’s North Polar Deposits
The Planetary Science Journal, 2022
Science Goals and Mission Concept for a Landed Investigation of Mercury
The Planetary Science Journal, 2022
Compositions of carbonaceous-type asteroidal cores in the early solar system
Science Advances, 2022
New Constraints on the Volatile Deposit in Mercury’s North Polar Crater, Prokofiev
The Planetary Science Journal, 2022
The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2022
Analytical protocols for Phobos regolith samples returned by the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission
Earth, Planets and Space, 2021
DART and LICIACUBE: Documenting Kinetic Impact
2021
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART): Planetary Defense Investigations and Requirements
The Planetary Science Journal, 2021
MEGANE investigations of Phobos and the Small Body Mapping Tool
Earth, Planets and Space, 2021
Heavy iron isotope composition of iron meteorites explained by core crystallization
Nature Geoscience, 2020
Experimental partitioning of trace elements into schreibersite with applications to IIG iron meteorites
Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 2020
New Illumination and Temperature Constraints of Mercury’s Volatile Polar Deposits
The Planetary Science Journal, 2020
The thickness of radar-bright deposits in Mercury's northern hemisphere from individual Mercury Laser Altimeter tracks
Icarus, 2019
Using dust shed from asteroids as microsamples to link remote measurements with meteorite classes
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2019
Measuring the Elemental Composition of Phobos: The Mars‐moon Exploration with GAmma rays and NEutrons (MEGANE) Investigation for the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) Mission
Earth and Space Science, 2019
Constraining the thickness of polar ice deposits on Mercury using the Mercury Laser Altimeter and small craters in permanently shadowed regions
Icarus, 2018
Investigating Mercury's South Polar Deposits: Arecibo Radar Observations and High‐Resolution Determination of Illumination Conditions
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2018
Examining the Potential Contribution of the Hokusai Impact to Water Ice on Mercury
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2018
AIDA DART asteroid deflection test: Planetary defense and science objectives
Planetary and Space Science, 2018
Calibration, Projection, and Final Image Products of MESSENGER's Mercury Dual Imaging System
Space Science Reviews, 2018
Experimental determination of partitioning in the Fe‐Ni system for applications to modeling meteoritic metals
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2017
Analysis of MESSENGER high-resolution images of Mercury's hollows and implications for hollow formation
Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets, 2016
Comparison of areas in shadow from imaging and altimetry in the north polar region of Mercury and implications for polar ice deposits
Icarus, 2016
Imaging Mercury's polar deposits during MESSENGER's low-altitude campaign
Geophysical Research Letters, 2016
Mars-Moons Exploration, Reconnaissance, and Landed Investigation (MERLIN)
2016 Ieee Aerospace Conference, 2016
Methodology for finding and evaluating safe landing sites on small bodies
Planetary and Space Science, 2016
The Main-belt Asteroid and NEO Tour with Imaging and Spectroscopy (MANTIS)
2016 Ieee Aerospace Conference, 2016
Mercury's global color mosaic: An update from MESSENGER's orbital observations
Icarus, 2015
Orbital multispectral mapping of Mercury with the MESSENGER Mercury Dual Imaging System: Evidence for the origins of plains units and low-reflectance material
Icarus, 2015
Remembering Mike Drake
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2015
Stratigraphy of the Caloris basin, Mercury: Implications for volcanic history and basin impact melt
Icarus, 2015
The effect of oxygen as a light element in metallic liquids on partitioning behavior
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2015
Experimental constraints on Mercury's core composition
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014
Images of surface volatiles in Mercury's polar craters acquired by the MESSENGER spacecraft
Geology, 2014
MERLIN: Mars-Moon Exploration, Reconnaissance and Landed Investigation
Acta Astronautica, 2014
Phase-ratio images of the surface of Mercury: Evidence for differences in sub-resolution texture
Icarus, 2014
Craters hosting radar-bright deposits in Mercury's north polar region: Areas of persistent shadow determined from MESSENGER images
Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets, 2013
Mercury's hollows: Constraints on formation and composition from analysis of geological setting and spectral reflectance
Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets, 2013
MODELING IRON METEORITE CRYSTALLIZATION WITH TRACE ELEMENT PARTITIONING
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2013
Wustite in the fusion crust of Almahata Sitta sulfide-metal assemblage MS-166: Evidence for oxygen in metallic melts
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2013
Areas of permanent shadow in Mercury's south polar region ascertained by MESSENGER orbital imaging
Geophysical Research Letters, 2012
CONSTRAINING MERCURY'S BUILDING BLOCKS THROUGH CORE FORMATION EXPERIMENTS.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2012
WUSTITE IN THE FUSION CRUST OF THE MS-166 ALMAHATA SITTA METAL-SULFIDE ASSEMBLAGE
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2012
DO WE HAVE ANY IRONS RELATED TO THE IIIAB GROUP BY CRYSTALLIZATION AT THE FE-FES EUTECTIC?
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2011
Flood Volcanism in the Northern High Latitudes of Mercury Revealed by MESSENGER
Science, 2011
Group IVA irons: New constraints on the crystallization and cooling history of an asteroidal core with a complex history
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2011
Hollows on Mercury: MESSENGER Evidence for Geologically Recent Volatile-Related Activity
Science, 2011
Mercury's spectrophotometric properties: Update from the Mercury Dual Imaging System observations during the third MESSENGER flyby
Planetary and Space Science, 2011
Moderately and slightly siderophile element constraints on the depth and extent of melting in early Mars
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2011
Partitioning behavior at 9 GPa in the Fe-S system and implications for planetary evolution
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2011
Photometric correction of Mercury's global color mosaic
Planetary and Space Science, 2011
Effect of silicon on trace element partitioning in iron-bearing metallic melts
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2010
Partitioning behavior at pressure in the Fe-S System
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2010
PREDICTING THE COMPOSITIONS OF IRON METEORITES FORMED AT THE EUTECTIC IN THE FE-NI-S SYSTEM
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2010
An investigation of the behavior of Cu and Cr during iron meteorite crystallization
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2009
EXAMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENT PARTITIONING BEHAVIOR IN THE FE-NI SYSTEM
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2009
Iron meteorites: Crystallization, thermal history, parent bodies, and origin
Chemie Der Erde-Geochemistry, 2009
The Evolution of Mercury's Crust: A Global Perspective from MESSENGER
Science, 2009
The iron-nickel-phosphorus system: Effects on the distribution of trace elements during the evolution of iron meteorites
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2009
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Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2009
A study of Cu and Cr during iron meteorite crystallization
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2008
Modeling fractional crystallization of group IVB iron meteorites
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2008
The Fe-C system at 5 GPa and implications for Earth's core
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2008
Low-Ni IVA irons depleted in volatiles by impact reheating?
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2007
The effect of Ni on element partitioning during iron meteorite crystallization
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2007
The effect of Ni on element partitioning during iron meteorite crystallization
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2007
Planetary materials research at APL
Johns Hopkins Apl Technical Digest, 2006
The influence of carbon on trace element partitioning behavior
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2006
Conditions of core formation in the Earth: Constraints from Nickel and Cobalt partitioning
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2005
Distinguishing between sulfur and carbon-bearing metallic liquids during meteorite histories
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2005
Shock melts in QUE 94411, Hammadah al Hamra 237, and Bencubbin: Remains of the missing matrix?
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2005
Sulfur content of the IIIAB iron meteorite group
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2004
Sulfur contents of the parental metallic cores of magmatic iron meteorites
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2004
An experimental test of Henry's Law in sold metal-liquid metal systems with implications for iron meteorites (vol 38, pg 181, 2003)
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2003
An experimental test of Henry's Law in solid metal-liquid metal systems with implications for iron meteorites
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2003
Core formation in the Earth and Moon: New experimental constraints from V, Cr, and Mn
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 2003
The parameterization of solid metal-liquid metal partitioning of siderophile elements
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2003
Parameterizing iron meteorite partitioning experiments.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2002
Analysis of lunar lineaments: Far side and polar mapping
Icarus, 2000
Crystallization of magmatic iron meteorites: The effects of phosphorus and liquid immiscibility
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2000
AMBASSADOR: Asteroid sample return mission to 7 Iris
Acta Astronautica, 1999
Crystallization of magmatic iron meteorites and liquid immiscibility in the iron-phosphorus-sulfur system.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 1999
Crystallization of magmatic iron meteorites: The role of mixing in the molten core
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 1999
Potassium solubility in metal: the effects of composition at 15 kbar and 1900 degrees C on partitioning between iron alloys and silicate melts
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 1999
Examining crystallization scenarios for magmatic iron meteorites with a mixing model.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 1998
Silicate and metal phases in the Queen Alexandra Range 94411 iron meteorite.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 1998
An experimental investigation of liquid immiscibility during crystallization of magmatic iron meteorites.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 1997
An experimental study of silver and palladium partitioning between solid and liquid metal, with applications to iron meteorites
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 1997