- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Email: drhood@tamu.edu
- Office: Halbouty 258
Research Interests
I work in geological remote sensing to explore the physical and chemical process that have shaped the martian surface. I use a combination of remote imaging, optical spectroscopy, and gamma spectroscopy as well as statistical and spatial analysis to examine processes occurring on a global scale. I supplement this remote work with fieldwork done here on Earth in geologically analogous locations.
Educational Background
- B.S., Physics, 2014, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
- Ph.D., Geology, 2019, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Selected Publications
Contrasting Regional Soil Alteration across the Topographic Dichotomy of Mars
D.R. Hood, et. al. 2019, Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1029/2019GL084483
Assessing the Geologic Evolution of Greater Thaumasia, Mars
D.R. Hood, et. al. 2016, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, DOI: 10.1002/2016JE005046
Disambiguating the Soils of Mars
Giacomo Certini, S. Karunatillake, Y. S. Zhao, P. Meslin, A. Cousin, D.R. Hood, R. Scalenghe
2020, Planetary and Space Science, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2020.104922