Thomas Prettyman

Senior Scientist at Planetary Science Institute
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Scientist
      • Jan 2008 - Present

    • Guest Curator
      • Jun 2017 - Jul 2019

      Developed and curated a temporary exhibit on the NASA Dawn Mission for the Natural History Museum in Albuquerque. The exhibit, which was a collaborative effort with the Natural History Museum, the University of New Mexico (UNM), and the Planetary Science Institute, features photographs, maps and 3-D images to provide a spectacular, up-close look at Vesta and Ceres. Large, detailed wall panels tell the story of how the Solar System formed and highlight key features of the main asteroid belt. The exhibit includes a scale model of the Dawn spacecraft as well as a description of its innovative ion propulsion system. A shape model of Vesta and meteorites representative of Vesta and Ceres are also on display.

    • United States
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Fellow
      • 2013 - Sep 2017

      Project title: Deep mapping of small solar system bodies with galactic cosmic ray secondary particle showers. See http://www.nasa.gov/content/deep-mapping-of-small-solar-system-bodies-with-galactic-cosmic-ray-secondary-particle-1/ for details. Project title: Deep mapping of small solar system bodies with galactic cosmic ray secondary particle showers. See http://www.nasa.gov/content/deep-mapping-of-small-solar-system-bodies-with-galactic-cosmic-ray-secondary-particle-1/ for details.

    • Adjunct Professor, Institute of Meteoritics
      • 2013 - 2016

    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Technical Staff Member
      • 1993 - 2008

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate
      • 1992 - 1993

Education

  • North Carolina State University
    Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering
    1987 - 1991
  • North Carolina State University
    B.S., Nuclear Engineering
    1982 - 1986

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