Paul D. Lowman Jr.
			Paul.D.Lowman@nasa.gov    301-614-6453

CURRENT POSITION
 	Geophysicist, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory

RESEARCH  AREAS
Lunar geology, comparative planetology, global tectonics, remote sensing, petrology

EDUCATION
	1953 – BS (Geology) Rutgers University
	1963 -  PhD (Geology) University of Colorado
		  Thesis: Geology of the Pine Creek Area, Gilpin County, Colorado

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
	1953-1955 	U.S. Army, 1/Lt,  CO, 664TH Ordnance Company
	1956-1959 	Consulting geologist, Boulder, Colorado
	1959-1962	Geologist,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
	1963-1964	Staff Scientist, NASA Headquarters
	1964-1970	Geologist,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
	1970-1970	Visiting professor, University of California (Sabbatical)
1970-1989 Geophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
1989-1991 Exploration Program Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
1991-2004 Geophysicist, Geodynamics Branch,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2004-present	Geophysicist, Solar System Exploration Division,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2004	Lowman, P.D.,Jr., LSPECS: A proposed robotic astronomy mission to the lunar
	south polar regions, Proceedings, International Lunar Conference 2003,
	V. 108, Science and Technology Series, American Astronautical Society,p.71-75.

2004	Lowman, P.D.,Jr., Field trip to the Moon, The Science Teacher, 71,26-32.

2003	Lowman,P.D.,Jr. , Life in the Universe, The Science Teacher, 70,40-45.

2002	Lowman,P.D.,Jr., Exploring Space, Exploring Earth, Cambridge University Press,  362 p. 	

1999 	Lowman,P.D.,Jr., Yates, J., Masuoka, P., Montgomery,B.,O’Leary, J., and Salisbury, D., A digital tectonic activity map of the Earth, Journal of Geoscience Education, 47, 430-437.

1997 	Lowman, P.D.,Jr. Extraterrestrial impact craters, Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 100, 55-81.

1992`	Lowman,P.D.,Jr. The Sudbury Structure as a terrestrial mare basin, Reviews of Geophysics, 30, 227-243, 1992.

1991	 Lowman,P.D.,Jr. Original shape of the Sudbury Structure, Canada: A study with airborne imaging radar, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 17,152-161   

1989	Lowman,P.D.,Jr., Comparative planetology and the origin of continental crust, Precambrian Research, 44, 171-195.  

1969	Lowman,P.D.,Jr., Lunar Panorama: A Photographic Guide to the Geology of the Moon, WELTFLUGBILD Reinhold A. Muller, Zurich, 172 p.