Rhonda Stroud

Rhonda Stroud
Rhonda Stroud
Born
Rochester, NY
Alma materCornell University

California Institute of Technology

Washington University in St. Louis
Scientific career
Fieldsmaterials physics, planetary science
InstitutionsNaval Research Laboratory
Arizona State University

Rhonda M. Stroud (born 1971)[1] is a materials physicist and planetary scientist at Arizona State University, where she serves as Director of the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies.[2] From 1998- 2022, she was a Research Physicist at the United States Naval Research Laboratory, where she led the Nanoscale Materials Section.[3] She is known for her research on nanostructures, including quasicrystals and aerogel,[4] and on the materials that make up comets[5] and cosmic dust.[6][7] She pioneered the use of focused ion beam technology in the study of meteorites.[8]

Education and career

Stroud graduated from Cornell University in 1991 and completed a Ph.D. in 1996 at Washington University in St. Louis.[4] She joined the Naval Research Laboratory in 1996 as a postdoctoral researcher, and two years later obtained a permanent position there as a Research Physicist.[9]

She served as president of the Microanalysis Society for 2018–2020.[10]

Recognition

Stroud was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2010, [4] of the Microscopy Society of America in 2021.,[11] and of the Microanalysis society in 2022.[12] She is also a fellow of the Meteoritical Society.[10][13] Asteroid 8468 Rhondastroud was named after her in 2012.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "8468 Rhondastroud (1981 EA40)", JPL Small-Body Database, retrieved 2020-06-07
  2. ^ New Meteorite Studies Director 2022, August 30, 2022
  3. ^ a b Parry, Daniel (June 20, 2012), NRL Scientist Honored in Naming of Astronomical Body, US Naval Research Laboratory
  4. ^ a b c Bowie, Amanda (June 14, 2010), Dr. Rhonda Stroud Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, US Naval Research Laboratory
  5. ^ Chen, Victor (November 12, 2019), NRL Researchers Find Insights into the Formation of the Solar System in Ancient Comet Dust, US Naval Research Laboratory
  6. ^ Eichner, Cassandra (April 9, 2019), NRL Researcher Ventures to the Antarctic in Search of Cosmic Dust, US Naval Research Laboratory
  7. ^ Condliffe, Jamie (August 2014), "NASA Scientists Find The First Interstellar Space Particles", Gizmodo
  8. ^ Stroud, Rhonda M.; Nittler, Larry R.; Alexander, Conel M. O'D. (September 2004). "Polymorphism in Presolar Al2O3 Grains from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars". Science. 305 (5689): 1455–1457. Bibcode:2004Sci...305.1455S. doi:10.1126/science.1101099. PMID 15353800. S2CID 31682165.
  9. ^ Niebur, Susan (December 17, 2010), "Rhonda Stroud: Be visible and be involved", 51 Women in Planetary Science, Women in Planetary Science, retrieved 2020-06-07
  10. ^ a b Executive Council, Microanalysis Society, November 10, 2018, retrieved 2020-06-07
  11. ^ "Awards & Scholarships - MSA Fellows by Election Year".
  12. ^ MAS Fellows, Microanalysis Society, retrieved 2022-08-30
  13. ^ "Fellows | Meteoritical Society". meteoritical.org. Retrieved 2020-07-11.