Craig Hardgrove, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Scientist @ Arizona State University
Email: chardgrove@gmail.com

Research Advisor: Dr. Jim Bell (Arizona State University)
Previous Research Advisors: Dr. Deanne Rogers (Stony Brook University)
Dr. Jeff Moersch (University of Tennessee)
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Research Interests

Next Generation Neutron and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Small Satellites and Planetary Rovers

PI of NASA Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO) Proposal: Title: Next Generation Neutron and Gamma-Ray Spectrometer for Planetary Spacecraft - Using new detector materials to develop new instrumentation for small spacecraft (CubeSats) to scout for water and other elements in the solar system.

Collaborator on MSL Curiosity Rover: Analysis of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) data from Curiosity for estimation of high neutron absorption cross section element abundances (Cl, Fe) in order to reconstruct the near-surface distribution of volatile elements on Mars.

Planetary Surface Processes using Imaging & Spectroscopy

Co-Investigator on Mars 2020 Rover Mastcam-Z: Downlink Operations Lead and Science Operations Center data analyst.

Visible, thermal and raman spectroscopy for characterization of water-related processes, grain-sorting, and mineral cements on Earth and Mars.

Using Mastcam multispectral data from the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity's to characterize ancient habitable environments on Mars.

Rover Autonomy using Machine Learning

Infrared and visible data can be combined with machine learning algorithms to develop autonomous rover capabilities. Specifically, computational algorithms can be combined with rover engineering to result in highly capable rovers that can both travel long distances and autonomously acquire data on targets of high priority along the way.

Curriculum Vitae

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Education and Appointments

2013- Mars 2020 Rover Science Team Member. Co-Investigator: Mastcam-Z

2013- Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Arizona State University. Supervisor: Dr. Jim Bell

2012- Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Science Team Member. Collaborator: Mastcam and DAN (Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons)

2012-2013 Assistant Staff Scientist, Malin Space Science Systems.

2011-2012 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Stony Brook University. Supervisor: Dr. Deanne Rogers and Dr. Tim Glotch

2005-2011 Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Earth and Planetary Sciences. Advisor: Dr. Jeff Moersch

1999-2004 B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, Physics

Support:

2015- : NASA PICASSO (Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations), Next Generation Neutron and Gamma-Ray Spectrometer for Planetary Spacecraft (PI: Craig Hardgrove)

2014- : NASA Mars 2020 Rover Investigation (Co-Investigator), analysis of multispectral images and downlink lead (PI: Jim Bell)

2013-2016: Arizona State University NewSpace Initative (Postdoctoral Research Scientist), partnering academia with commercial space (PI: Jim Bell)

2011-2013: NASA Mars Science Laboratory Participating Scientist (Collaborator), analysis of DAN data for high Cl, Fe materials, (PI: Jeff Moersch)

Publications

Thermal Emission Spectroscopy of Microcrystalline Sediment Phases: Effects of Natural Surface Roughness on Spectral Feature Shape, Craig Hardgrove, A. Deanne Rogers, Tim Glotch, and J. A. Arnold, in prep, (2015).

Thermal infrared and Raman microspectroscopy of moganite-bearing rocks, Craig Hardgrove and A. Deanne Rogers, American Mineralogist, Vol. 98, pp.78-84, (2013).

Effects of geochemical composition on neutron die-away measurements: Implications for Mars Science Laboratory's Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument, Craig Hardgrove, Jeffrey E. Moersch, Darrell Drake, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A (2011).

Thermal Imaging of Sedimentary Features on Alluvial Fans, Craig Hardgrove, Jeffrey E. Moersch, Stephen Whisner, Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 58, pp. 482-508 (2010).

Thermal Imaging of Alluvial Fans; A New Technique for Remote Classification of Sedimentary Features, Craig Hardgrove, Jeffrey E. Moersch, Stephen Whisner, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 285, pp. 124-130 (2009).

Transient Liquid Water and Water Activity at Gale Crater on Mars, F. Javier Martin-Torres, Maria-Paz Zorzano, Patricia Valentin-Serrano, Ari-Matti Harri, Maria Genzer, Osku Kemppinen, Edgard G. Rivera-Valentin, Insoo Jun, James Wray, Morten Bo Madsen, Walter Goetz, Alfred S. McEwen, Craig Hardgrove, Nilton Renno, Vincent F. Chevrier, Michael Mischna, Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, Jesus Martinez-Frias, Pamela Conrad, Tim McConnochie, Charles Cockell, Gilles Berger, Ashwin R. Vasavada, Dawn Sumner and David Vaniman, Nature - Geoscience, Vol. 8, 357-361 doi:10.1038/ngeo2412 (2015)

Water and chlorine content in the Martian soil along the first 1900 m of the Curiosity rover traverse as estimated by the DAN instrument, I.G. Mitrofanov, M.L. Litvak, A. Sanin, R. Starr, D.I. Lisov, R.O. Kuzmin, A. Behar, W.V. Boynton, C. Hardgrove, K. Harshman, I. Jun, R.E. Milliken, M.A. Mischna, J.E Moersch, C.G. Tate, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, Vol. 119, 7, 1579-1596 (2014).

Local Variations of Bulk Hydrogen and Chlorine-Equivalent Neutron Absorption Content Measured at the Contact Between the Sheepbed and Gillespie Lake Units in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Using the DAN Instrument Onboard Curiosity, M.L. Litvak, I.G. Mitrofanov, A.B. Sanin, D. Lisov, A. Behar, W.V. Boynton, L. Deflores, F. Fedosov, D. Golovin, C. Hardgrove, K. Harshman, I. Jun, A.S. Kozyrev, R.O. Kuzmin, A. Malakhov, R. Milliken, M. Mischna, J. Moersch, M. Mokrousov, S. Nikiforov, V.N. Shvetsov, K. Stack, R. Starr, C. Tate, V.I. Tret-yakov, A. Vostrukhin and the MSL Team, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, Vol. 119 (2014).

A martian case study of segmenting images automatically for granulometry and sedimentology, Part 1: Algorithm, Suniti Karunatillake, Scott M. McLennan, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, Jonathan M. Husch, Craig Hardgrove, J.R. Skok, Icarus, Vol. 229, pp. 400-407, (2014).

A martian case study of segmenting images automatically for granulometry and sedimentology, Part 2: Assessment, Suniti Karunatillake, Scott M. McLennan, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, Jonathan M. Husch, Craig Hardgrove, J.R. Skok, Icarus, Vol. 229, pp. 408-417, (2014).

A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars, J. P. Grotzinger, D. Y. Sumner, L. C. Kah, K. Stack, S. Gupta, L. Edgar, D. Rubin, K. Lewis, J. Schieber, N. Mangold, R. Milliken, P. G. Conrad, D. DesMarais, J. Farmer, K. Siebach, F. Calef III, J. Hurowitz, S. M. McLennan, D. Ming, D. Vaniman, J. Crisp, A. Vasavada, K. S. Edgett, M. Malin, D. Blake, R. Gellert, P. Mahaffy, R. C. Wiens, S. Maurice, J. A. Grant, S. Wilson, R. C. Anderson, L. Beegle, R. Arvidson, B. Hallet, R. S. Sletten, M. Rice, J. Bell III, J. Griffes, B. Ehlmann, R. B. Anderson, T. F. Bristow, W. E. Dietrich, G. Dromart, J. Eigenbrode, A. Fraeman, C. Hardgrove, K. Herkenhoff, L. Jandura, G. Kocurek, S. Lee, L. A. Leshin, R. Leveille, D. Limonadi, J. Maki, S. McCloskey, M. Meyer, M. Minitti, H. Newsom, D. Oehler, A. Okon, M. Palucis, T. Parker, S. Rowland, M. Schmidt, S. Squyres, A. Steele, E. Stolper, R. Summons, A. Treiman, R. Williams, A. Yingst, MSL Science Team, Science, 9 December, (2013).

Neutron background environment measured by the Mars Science Laboratory's Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument during the first 100 sols, I. Jun, I. Mitrofanov, M. L. Litvak, A. B. Sanin, W. Kim, A. Behar, W. V. Boynton, L. DeFlores, F. Fedosov, D. Golovin, C. Hardgrove, K. Harshman, A. S. Kozyrev, R. O. Kuzmin, A. Malakhov, M. Mischna, J. Moersch, M. Mokrousov, S. Nikiforov, V. N. Shvetsov, C. Tate, V. I. Tret'yakov, A. Vostrukhin, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, Vol. 118, Issue 11, pp. 2400-2412 (2013).

MAHLI (Mars Hand Lens Imager) at the Rocknest Sand Shadow: Science and Science-enabling Activities, Michelle Minitti, Linda Kah, R. Yingst, Kenneth Edgett, Robert Anderson, Luther Beegle, Joseph Carsten, Robert Deen, Walter Goetz, Craig Hardgrove, David Harker, Kenneth Herkenhoff, Joel Hurowitz, Louise Jandura, Megan Kennedy, Gary Kocurek, Gillian Krezoski, Stephen Kuhn, Daniel Limonadi, Leslie Lipkaman, Morten Madsen, Timothy Olson, Matthew Robinson, Scott Rowland, David Rubin, Calina Seybold, Juergen Schieber, Mariek Schmidt, Dawn Sumner, Vandana Tompkins, Jason Van Beek, Tessa Van Beek, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, Vol. 118, Issue 11, pp.2338-2360, (2013).

Evidence for episodic alluvial fan formation in far western Terra Tyrrhena, Mars, Rebecca M.E. Williams, A. Deanne Rogers, Matthew Chojnacki, Joseph Boyce, Kimberly D. Seelos, Craig Hardgrove, Frank Chuang Icarus, Vol. 211, 1 (2011).

Reexamining the relationship between Apollinaris Patera and the basalts of the Gusev crater plains, Mars, Nicholas Lang, Harry Y. McSween Jr., Livio Tornabene, Craig Hardgrove, Philip Christensen Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, E04006 (2010).

Surface and subsurface composition of the Life in the Atacama Field Sites from Rover Data and Orbital Image Analysis, Jennifer L. Piatek, Craig Hardgrove, Jeffrey E. Moersch, Darrel M. Drake, Michael B. Wyatt, Michael Rampey, Orion Carlisle, Kim Warren-Rhodes, James M. Dohm, Andrew N. Hock, Nahalie A. Cabrol, David S. Wettergreen, Edmond A. Grin, Guillermo Chong Diaz, Peter Coppin, Shmuel Weinstein, Charles S. Cockell, Lucia Marinangeli, Gian Gabriele Ori, Trey Smith, Dominic Jonak, Michael Wagner, Kristen Stubbs, Geb Thomas, Erin Pudenz, and Justin Glasgow, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 112 (2007).

Life in the Atacama: Searching for life with rovers (science overview), Nathalie A. Cabrol, David Wettergreen, Kim Warren-Rhodes, Edmond A. Grin, Jeffrey Moersch, Guillermo Chong Diaz, Charles S. Cockell, Peter Coppin, Cecilia Demergasso, James M. Dohm, Lauren Ernst, Gregory Fisher, Justin Glasgow, Craig Hardgrove, Andrew N. Hock, Dominic Jonak, Lucia Marinangeli, Edwin Minkley, Gian Gabriele Ori, Jennifer Piatek, Erin Pudenz, Trey Smith, Kristen Stubbs, Geb Thomas, David Thompson, Alan Waggoner, Michael Wagner, Shmuel Weinstein, Michael Wyatt Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 112 (2007).

Life in the Atacama: A scoring system for habitability and the robotic exploration for life, Andrew N. Hock, Nathalie A. Cabrol, James M. Dohm, Jennifer Piatek, Kim Warren-Rhodes, Shmuel Weinstein, David S. Wettergreen, Edmond A. Grin, Jeffrey Moersch, Charles S. Cockell, Peter Coppin, Lauren Ernst, Gregory Fisher, Craig Hardgrove, Lucia Marinangeli, Edwin Minkley, Gian Gabriele Ori, Alan Waggoner, Mike Wyatt, Trey Smith, David Thompson, Michael Wagner, Dominic Jonak, Kristen Stubbs, Geb Thomas, Erin Pudenz, Justin Glasgow, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 112 (2007).

Abstracts

The Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper (LunaH-Map) Mission: Revealing Hydrogen Distributions at the Moon's Pole with a 6U CubeSat, C. Hardgrove, J. Bell, J. Thangavelautham, A. Klesh, R. Starr, T. Colaprete, M. Robinson, D. Drake, E. Johnson, J. Christian, A. Genova, D. Dunham, B. Williams, D. Nelson, A. Babuscia, P. Scowen, K.M. Cheung, M. Beasley, T. McKinney, A. Taits, V. Hernandez, P. Wren, A. Thoesen, A. Godber, 21st Improving Space Operations Workshop, Exploring Space Using Game-Changing Approaches (2015).

Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper (LunaH-Map), C. Hardgrove, J. Bell, J. Thangavelautham, A. Klesh, R. Starr, T. Colaprete, M. Robinson, D. Drake, E. Johnson, J. Christian, A. Genova, D. Dunham, B. Williams, D. Nelson, A. Babuscia, P. Scowen, K.M. Cheung, M. Beasley, T. McKinney, A. Taits, V. Hernandez, P. Wren, A. Thoesen, A. Godber, International Small Satellite Conference (2015), Abstract A3.

Detecting High Manganese Phases in Curiosity Mastcam Multispectral Images and Chemcam Passive Visible to Near Infrared Spectra, C. Hardgrove, J. Johnson, N. Lanza, M. Rice, J. Bell, K. Kinch, D. Wellington, R. Arvidson, A. Godber, 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2748

Modeling of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity's Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons Instrument Data Using Elemental Geochemistry, C. Hardgrove, J. Moersch, I. Mitrofanov, M. Litvak, A. Behar, W. V. Boynton, L. Deflores, D. Drake, F. Fedosov, D. Golovin, I. Jun, K. Harshman, A. S. Kozyrev, A. Malakhov, R. Milliken, R. O. Kuzmin, M. Mischna, M. Mokrousov, S. Nikiforov, A. B. Sanin, C. Tate, A. Varenikov, 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2014), Abstract #1664

Visible and near-infrared spectra of manganese oxides: Detecting high manganese phases in Curiosity Mastcam multispectral images, Craig Hardgrove, Nina Lanza, James Bell, Melissa Rice, Roger Wiens, Jeffrey Johnson, Richard Morris, MSL Science Team (2014) Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P34A-07

DAN Active Parameters and Mastcam Hydration Survey Imaging: Comparisons Across Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars, Craig J. Hardgrove, Melissa S. Rice, Jeffrey Moersch, Igor G. Mitrofanov, Maxim Litvak, Danika F. Wellington, Alberto Behar, James F. Bell, William V. Boynton, Lauren DeFlores, Darrell Drake, Fedor Fedosov, Dmitry Golovin, Insoo Jun, Karl Harshman, Alexander Kozyrev, Alexey Malakhov, Ralph Milliken, Ruslan Kuzmin, Michael A. Mischna, Maxim Mokrousov, Sergey Nikiforov, Anton Sanin, Christopher Tate, MSL Science Team (2013) Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P23B

Chlorine and Hydrogen Contents from the First 90 Sols of MSL DAN Active Measurements, C. J. Hardgrove, J. Moersch, D. Drake, I. G. Mitrofanov, M. Litvak, A. Behar, W. V. Boynton, L. Deflores, F. Fedosov, D. Golovin, I. Jun, K. Harshman, A. S. Kozyrev, A. Malakhov, R. Milliken, R. O. Kuzmin, M. Mischna, M. Mokrousov, S. Nikiforov, A. B. Sanin, C. Tate, A. Varenikov, and the MSL Science Team (2013) 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #1752

Thermal Infrared Spectra of Microcrystalline Sedimentary Phases: Effects of Natural Surface Roughness Spectral Feature Shape, C. Hardgrove and D. Rogers, (2012) 43rd Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference, Abstract #1675.

Laboratory Spectral Analyses of Microcrystalline Silica, C. Hardgrove and D. Rogers, (2011) Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P43-1684.

Geochemical Effects on Neutron Die-Away: Implications for the Mars Science Laboratory Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons Experiment, C. J. Hardgrove and and J. E. Moersch, (2011) 42nd Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference, Abstract #2135.

Remote Thermophysical Observations of Terrestrial Inverted Relief Features, C. Hardgrove, S. C. Whisner, R. M. E. Williams, J. E. Moersch, M. Chojnacki, and D. Rogers, (2010) 41st Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference, Abstract #2497.

Simulations of Time-Dependent Neutron Scattering in Layered Materials Containing Hydrated Minerals, C. J. Hardgrove, J. E. Moersch, R. Starr, T. Mcclanahan, A. Parsons, (2010) 40th Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference, Abstract #2473.

Ground-Based Thermal Imaging of An Inactive Rock Glacier as Analog to Martian Debris Aprons, J. Piatek, C. J. Hardgrove and J. E. Moersch, (2009) GSA Annual Meeting, Paper No. 20-9.

Indentification of Sedementary Processes on Alluvial Fans using Thermal Images and Ground Truth, C. J. Hardgrove, J. E. Moersch and S. C. Whisner, (2009) 40th Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference, Abstract #1211.

Detection and Mapping of Sedimentary Features on Alluvial Fans Using High-Resolution Overhead Thermal Imaging, C. J. Hardgrove, J. E. Moersch, and S. Whisner, (2008) Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H33A-0985.

Was Apollinaris Patera the source for the Gusev crater basalts?, N. P. Lang, H. Y. McSween, L. L. Tornabene, C. J. Hardgrove, P. R. Christensen, (2008) Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P52B-02.

Thermophysical Signatures of Sedimentary Processes on Alluvial Fans, Jeffrey E. Moersch, Craig J. Hardgrove, and S. Christopher Whisner, (2008) GSA Joint Annual Meeting, Abstract 268-4.

Thermophysical Patterns In Terrestrial Alluvial Fans For Application to the Study of Martian Sedimentary Features, C. Hardgrove, S. C. Whisner, J. E. Moersch, (2008) 39th Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference, Abstract #1226.

Thermophysical Characterization of Terrestrial Analogs for Martian Sedimentary Features, J. E. Moersch, S. C. Whisner, C. Hardgrove, (2007) Seventh International Conference on Mars, Abstract #3355.

Potential Rock Glaciers on Mars: Comparison with Terrestrial Analogs, J. L. Piatek, C. Hardgrove, J. E. Moersch, (2007) Seventh International Conference on Mars, Abstract #3353.

Field Observations of Thermoclinometric Effects in Dumont Dunes, California, S.C. Whisner, J.E. Moersch and C. J. Hardgrove, (2007) 38th Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference, Abstract #2371.

Simulations of Rover Based Neutron Remote Sensing of Periglacial Features on Mars, C. J. Hardgrove, J. E. Moersch, and D. M. Drake, (2007) 38th Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference, Abstract #1786.

Field Tests and Ground Truthing of a Surface-Based Neutron Detector in the Atacama Desert, Chile, C. Hardgrove, J. Moersch, D. Drake, J. Piatek, D. Wettergreen, N. Cabrol, (2006) 37th Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference, Abstract #2320.

SCREAM (Subsurface Characterization Rover for Exobiology Assessment on Mars), A.M. Cook, M. Spencer, M. Avnet, J. Bonetti, K. Bryson, M. Busch, S. Cheng, Z. Crawford, J. Edmunson, E. Fahnestock, C. Fuse, C. Hardgrove, C. Hier-Majumder, N. Johnson, J. Mikucki, H. Smith, L. Son, S. Wilson, T. Balint, (2006) EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract P51C-1205

A PSSS Student-designed Alternative to Exomars, A.M. Cook, M. Spencer, A. Avnet, J. Bonetti, K. Bryson, M. Busch, S. Cheng, Z. Crawford, J. Edmundson, E. Fahnestock, C. Fuse, C. Hardgrove, C. Hier-Majumder, N. Johnson, J. Mikucki, H. Smith, L. Son, S. Wilson, T. Balint, (2006) 28th Meeting of the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences DPS, Presentation Number: 45.22.

Thermophysical Characterization of Terrestrial Alluvial Fans, With Applications to Mars, J.E. Moersch, S.C. Whisner, C. Hardgrove, (2005) EOS Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract P41B-0935

Articles

Down to Earth with Extreme Scientists - Celestial Sandmen, Geotimes: Earth Energy and Environment News, June 2007

Research

Neutron Spectroscopy for Mars Rover Missions

Prototype Neutron Detector	MCNPX input geometry for detector simulations

Thermophysical Remote Sensing of Surface Features on Earth and Mars

Thermal Infrared Image of a Dust Devil in Eureka Valley, NV	Thermal Infrared Image of Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park

Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Data Analysis and Future Mission Instrumentation Concepts

Mars Exploration Rover	Processessing Mini-TES data