James Zimbelman

James Ray Zimbelman (born September 10, 1954 in Jamestown , North Dakota ) is an American astrogeologist .

Life

James Zimbelman received in 1976 a Bachelor (BA) in physics and mathematics from Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa , Idaho , in 1978 a Master (MS) in geophysics and astrophysics from the University of California, Los Angeles , and obtained in 1984 his doctorate ( Ph.D. ) in geology from Arizona State University in Tempe , Arizona . After 4 years at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston , Texas (1984–1986 as a visiting professor , 1986–1988 as a research fellow ), he took a position as a geologist, specifically as an astrogeologist, at the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the National Air and Space in 1988 Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC , which he still holds today. His research focuses on the cartography and the volcanology of the planets.

During his scientific career, James Zimbelman was a member of several working groups at NASA : the Planetary Cartography Working Group ( Chairman 1991–1994), the Venus Geologic Mapping Steering Group (1992–1995) and the RPIF Directors and Data Managers Group (Chairman 1994–1997 ). From 1997 to 2009 he also served as Co-Chairman of the Planetary Cartography Working Group of the International Cartographic Association (ICA). From October 2002 to February 2007 he was Chairman of the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies.

James Zimbelman is a member of the American Geophysical Union (1985), the Geological Society of America (1987, since 1999 honorary member) that its his 2020 GK Gilbert Award zusprach, and the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (1995) . Zimbelman was a member of the International Cartographic Association from 1995 to 2009.

Works (selection)

• James R. Zimbelman, Tracy KP Gregg (Eds.): Environment Effects on Volcanic Eruptions . From Deep Oceans to Deep Space. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York 2000, ISBN 0-306-46233-8 (English, 266 pages, reprint: Springer Science + Business Media, New York 2000, ISBN 978-1-4613-6862-5 ).
• Ralph D. Lorenz, James R. Zimbelman: Dune Worlds . How Windblown Sand Shapes Planetary Landscapes. Springer-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-540-89724-8 , ISSN  1615-9748 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-540-89725-5 (English, 308 pages).

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literature

• James R. Zimbelman: Mapping Capabilities using Images from the Themis Instrument on the 2001 Mars Odyssey Spacecraft . In: Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference (ICC), Aug. 10-16, 2003, Durban, South Africa, Cartographic Renaissance . 2003, p. 1556–1561 (English, icaci.org [PDF] Curriculum Vitae on page 1561).

On-line

• James Ray Zimbelman. (PDF) Curriculum Vitae. In: National Air and Space Museum. 2013, accessed September 25, 2016 . 
• James R. Zimbelman: Mapping terrestrial planets. (PDF) In: International Innovation, Issue 145 July 2014, pp. 55–57 , accessed on 25 September 2016 (English, interview on page 55). 

Web links

• Jim Zimbelman on the pages of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum