Rhonda Stroud
Rhonda M. Stroud (born 1971)[1] is a materials scientist and planetary scientist at the United States Naval Research Laboratory, where she heads the Nanoscale Materials Section.[2] She is known for her research on nanostructures, including quasicrystals and aerogels,[3] and on the materials that make up comets[4] and cosmic dust.[5][6]
- Not to be confused with biochemist Robert M. Stroud
Education and career
Stroud graduated from Cornell University in 1991 and completed a Ph.D. in 1996 at Washington University in St. Louis.[3] She joined the Naval Research Laboratory in 1996 as a postdoctoral researcher, and two years later obtained a permanent position there as a staff scientist.[7]
She served as president of the Microanalysis Society for 2018–2020.[8]
Recognition
Stroud was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2010.[3] She is also a fellow of the Meteoritical Society.[8] Asteroid 8468 Rhondastroud was named after her in 2012.[1][2]
References
- "8468 Rhondastroud (1981 EA40)", JPL Small-Body Database, retrieved 2020-06-07
- Parry, Daniel (June 20, 2012), NRL Scientist Honored in Naming of Astronomical Body, US Naval Research Laboratory
- Bowie, Amanda (June 14, 2010), Dr. Rhonda Stroud Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, US Naval Research Laboratory
- Chen, Victor (November 12, 2019), NRL Researchers Find Insights into the Formation of the Solar System in Ancient Comet Dust, US Naval Research Laboratory
- Eichner, Cassandra (April 9, 2019), NRL Researcher Ventures to the Antarctic in Search of Cosmic Dust, US Naval Research Laboratory
- Condliffe, Jamie (August 2014), "NASA Scientists Find The First Interstellar Space Particles", Gizmodo
- 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
- Executive Council, Microanalysis Society, retrieved 2020-06-07
External links
- Rhonda Stroud publications indexed by Google Scholar