Education

Brown University, Providence, RI, 2013-2018 PhD, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science (awarded 2018), Thesis: Human Exploration Destinations: Non-Polar Ice on Mars and Large Pyroclastic Deposits on the Moon, Advisor: James Head

            MS, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science (awarded 2015), Thesis: The paraglacial period as a conceptual framework for post-glacial activity in mid-latitude martian craters, Advisor: James Head

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 2009-2012, BA in Astronomy, minor in Geology (awarded 2012), GPA: 3.8, Magna Cum Laude

Boston College, Boston, MA, 2007-2008


Experience

Postdoctoral Research Geologist, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Washington, DC, August 2021-present. Position description: Examine the structure of the martian polar caps using radar data from the SHARAD instrument onboard MRO. Study anomalous scattering behavior elsewhere on Mars to help prepare for radar instruments RIME and REASON which will be studying the icy moons of the outer Solar System

Postdoctoral Research Geologist, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Mineral Sciences, Washington, DC, July 2018-2021. Position description: Perform global geologic mapping and assist in sample site selection on the asteroid Bennu as part of the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission

Graduate Research Assistant, Brown University Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, Providence, RI, August 2013-May 2018. Advisor: James Head

Visiting Scientist, European Science Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, the Netherlands, November 2012-May 2013. Advisor: Sébastien Besse, Project title: Assessing lunar pyroclastic deposits using VIS-NIR spectroscopy

Research Assistant, Mount Holyoke College Astronomy Department, South Hadley, MA, January 2010-August 2013. Advisor: M. Darby Dyar, Caleb Fassett, Senior Thesis: Assessing the relationship between radar scattering and surface roughness of lunar features. Research project title: Using Mössbauer spectroscopy to analyze iron coordination in phosphates and sulfates

Research Intern, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, June-August 2011. Advisor: Walter Kiefer, Paul Spudis, Project title: Assessing the relationship between radar scattering and surface roughness of lunar volcanic domes

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Publications, Invited Talks, Published Abstracts

Publications (PDFs available upon request)

First-Authored Publications

(43) Jawin, ER, RL Ballouz, AJ Ryan, HH Kaplan, TJ McCoy, MM Al Asad, JL Molaro, B Rozitis, LP Keller (2023). Boulder Diversity in the Nightingale Region of Asteroid (101955) Bennu and Predictions for Physical Properties of the OSIRIS-REx Sample. JGR: Planets, 128, e2023JE005019.

(42) Jawin, ER, BA Campbell, JL Whitten, GA Morgan (2022). The Lateral Continuity and Vertical Arrangement of Dust Layers in the Martian North Polar Cap From SHARAD Multiband Data. GRL, 49, 17, e2022GL099896.

(41) Jawin, ER, TJ McCoy, KJ Walsh, HC Connolly, R-L Ballouz, AJ Ryan, HH Kaplan, M Pajola, VE Hamilton, OS Barnouin, JP Emery, DN DellaGiustina, MG Daly, CA Bennett, DR Golish, ME Perry, RT Daly, EB Bierhaus, MC Nolan, HL Enos, DS Lauretta (2022). Global geologic map of asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates heterogeneous resurfacing in the past 500,000 years. Icarus, 381, 114992.

(40) Jawin, ER, JW Head (2021), Patterns of Martian Deglaciation: Assessing the Distribution of Late Amazonian Paraglacial Features in Mid-Latitude Craters, Icarus, 355, 114117.

(39) Jawin, ER, KJ Walsh, TJ McCoy, OS Barnouin, R-L Ballouz, H Susorney, HH Kaplan, JL Molaro, D DellaGiustina, CA Bennett, KN Burke, D Scheeres, M Daly, M Al Asad, RT Daly, EB Bierhaus, HC Connolly Jr., M Nolan, H Enos, and DS Lauretta (2020), Global patterns of mass movement on Bennu, JGR: Planets,125 (9), e2020JE006475.

(38) Jawin, ER, S Valencia, R Watkins, J Crowell, C Neal, G Schmidt (2019), Lunar Science for Landed Missions Workshop Findings Report, Earth and Space Sciences, 6, 2–40.

(37) Jawin, ER, JW Head, DR Marchant (2018), Transient Post-Glacial Processes on Mars: Geomorphologic Evidence for a Paraglacial Period, Icarus, 309, 187-206.

(36) Jawin, ER, S Besse, LR Gaddis, JM Sunshine, JW Head, S Mazrouei (2015), Examining Spectral Variations in Lunar Pyroclastic Deposits, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 120, 1310-1331.

(35) Jawin, ER, WS Kiefer, CI Fassett, DBJ Bussey, JTS Cahill, MD Dyar, SJ Lawrence, and PD Spudis (2014), The relationship between radar scattering and surface roughness of lunar volcanic featuresJournal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 119, 2331–2348.

Co-Authored Publications

(34) DN DellaGiustina, MC Nolan, AT Polit, MC Moreau, DR Golish, AA Simon, CD Adam, PG Antreasian, R.-L. Ballouz, OS Barnouin, KJ Becker, CA Bennett, RP Binzel, BJ Bos, R Burns, N Castro, SR Chesley, PR Christensen, MK Crombie, MG Daly, RT Daly, HL Enos, D Farnocchia, SF Kasper, R Garcia, KM Getzandanner, SD Guzewich, CW Haberle, T Haltigin, VE Hamilton, K Harshman, N Hatten, KM Hughes, ER Jawin, HH Kaplan, DS Lauretta, JM Leonard, AH Levine, AJ Liounis, CW May, LC Mayorga, L Nguyen, LC Quick, DC Reuter, B Rizk, HL Roper, AJ Ryan, B Sutter, MM Westermann, DR Wibben, BG Williams, K Williams and CWV Wolner (2023), OSIRIS APEX: An OSIRIS-REx Extended Mission to Asteroid Apophis, PSJ, 4, 198, DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/acf75e

(33) Morgan, G.A., Jawin, E.R., Campbell, B.A., Patterson, G.W., Bramson, A.M., Nypaver, C.A., Stopar, J.D. Jozwiak, L.M., Stickle, A.M., Bhiravarasu, S.S. (2023). Radar perspective of the Aristarchus pyroclastic deposit and implications for future missions. Planetary Science Journal, 4, 11.

(32) BE Clark, A Sen, X-D Zou, DN DellaGiustina, S Sugita, N Sakatani, M Thompson, D Trang, E Tatsumi, MA Barucci, M Barker, H Campins, T Morota, C Lantz, AR Handrix, F Vilas, L Keller, VE Hamilton, K Kitazato, S Sasaki, M Matsuoka, T Nakamura, A Praet, SM Ferrone, T Hiroi, HH Kaplan, WF Bottke, J-Y Li, L LeCorre, J Molaro, RL Ballouz, CW Hergenrother, B Rizk, C Bennett, D Golish, ES Howell, K Becker, AJ Ryan, JP Emery, S Fornasier, AA Simon, DC Reuter, LF Lim, G Poggiali, P Michel, M Delbo, OS Barnouin, ER Jawin, M Pajola, L Riu, T Okada, J DON, P Deshapriya, JR Brucato, RP Binzel, DS Lauretta. Overview of the Search for Signs of Space Weathering on the Low-Albedo Asteroid (101955) Bennu. Icarus, 400, 115563.

(31) Walsh, KJ, R-L Ballouz, ER Jawin, C Avdellidou, OS Barnouin, CA Bennett, EB Bierhaus, BJ Bos, S Cambioni, HC Connolly Jr, M Delbo, DN DellaGiustina, J DeMartini, JP Emery, DR Golish, PC Haas, CW Hergenrother, H Ma, P Michel, MC Nolan, R Olds, B Rozitis, DC Richardson, B Rizk, AJ Ryan, P Sánchez, DJ Scheeres, SR Schwartz, SH Selznick, Y Zhang, DS Lauretta (2022). Near-zero cohesion and loose packing of Bennu’s near-subsurface revealed by spacecraft contact. Science Advances, 8(27), eabm6229.

(30) Daly, RT, OS Barnouin, EB Bierhaus, MG Daly, JA Seabrook, RL Ballouz, H Nair, RC Espiritu, ER Jawin, D Trang, DN DellaGiustina, KN Burke, JL Brodbeck, KJ Walsh (2022). The morphometry of small impact craters on Bennu: Relationships to geologic units, boulders, and impact armoringIcarus, 384, 115058.

(29) Walsh, KJ, EB Bierhaus, DS Lauretta, MC Nolan, R-L Ballouz, CA Bennett, ER Jawin, OS Barnouin, K Berry, KN Burke, B Brodbeck, R Burns, BC Clark, BE Clark, S Cambioni, HC Connolly, MG Daly, M Delbo, DN DellaGiustina, JP Dworkin, HL Enos, JP Emery, P Gay, DR Golish, VE Hamilton, R Hoover, M Lujan, Timothy McCoy, RG Mink, MC Moreau, J Nolau, J Padilla, M Pajola, AT Polit, SJ Robbins, AJ Ryan, SH Selznick, S Stewart, CWV Wolner (2022). Assessing the Sampleability of Bennu’s Surface for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return MissionSpace Science Reviews218(20). 

(28) Bierhaus, EB, D Trang, RT Daly, CA Bennett, OS Barnouin, KJ Walsh, R-L Ballouz, WF Bottke, KN Burke, ME Perry, ER Jawin, TJ McCoy, HC Connolly Jr., MG Daly, JP Dworkin, DN DellaGiustina, PL Gay, JI Brodbeck, J Nolau, J Padilla, S Stewart, S Schwartz, P Michel, M Pajola, and DS Lauretta (2022). Crater size-frequency distribution on Bennu indicates impact armoring and young surfaceNature Geoscience, 15, 440-446.

(27) Perry ME, OS Barnouin, RT Daly, EB Bierhaus, R-L Ballouz, KJ Walsh, MG Daly, DN DellaGiustina, MC Nolan, JP Emery, MM Asad, CL Johnson, CM Ernst, ER Jawin, P Michel, DR Golish, WF Bottke, J Seabrook, and DS Lauretta (2022). Low surface strength of the asteroid Bennu inferred from impact ejecta deposit. Nature Geoscience, 14, 447-452.

(26) Barnouin, OS, ER Jawin, RT Daly, R-L Ballouz, MG Daly, JA Seabrook, P Michel, Y Zhang, CL Johnson, KJ Walsh, MM Al Asad, R Gaskell, J Weirich, E Palmer, EB Bierhaus, MC Nolan, CWV Wolner, DS Lauretta (2022). Geologic Context of the OSIRIS-REx Sample Site from High-resolution Topography and ImagingThe Planetary Science Journal, 3(4): 75.

(25) Barnouin, OS, MG Daly, JA Seabrook, Y Zhang, F Thuillet, P Michel, JH Roberts, RT Daly, ME Perry, HCM Susorney, ER Jawin, R-L Ballouz, KJ Walsh, MM Sevalia, MM Al Asad, CL Johnson, EB Bierhaus, RW Gaskell, EE Palmer, J Weirich, B Rizk, CY Drouet D’Aubigny, MC Nolan, DN DellaGiustina, DJ Scheeres, JW McMahon, HC Connolly Jr, DC Richardson, CWV Wolner, DS Lauretta (2022). The Formation of Terraces on Asteroid (101955) BennuJGR Planets, 127(4).

(24) Glotch, TD, ER Jawin, BT Greenhagen, JT Cahill, DJ Lawrence, RN Watkins, DP Moriarty, S Li, PG Lucey, N Kumari, MA Siegler, J Feng, LB Breitenfeld, CC Allen, H Nekvasil, DA Paige (2021). The Scientific Value of a Sustained Exploration Program at the Aristarchus Plateau, Planetary Science Journal, 2, 136.

(23) Trang, D, MS Thompson, BE Clark, HH Kaplan, X-D Zou, J-Y Li, SM Ferrone, VE Hamilton, AA Simon, DC Reuter, LP Keller, MA Barucci, H Campins, C Lantz, DN DellaGiustina, R-L Ballouz, ER Jawin, HC Connolly, KJ Walsh, DS Lauretta (2021). The Role of Hydrated Minerals and Space Weathering Products in the Bluing of Carbonaceous Asteroids, Planetary Science Journal, 2, 68.

(22) Burke, KN, DellaGiustina, DN, Bennett, CA, Walsh, KJ, Pajola, M, Bierhaus, EB, Nolan, MC, Boynton, WB, Brodbeck, JI, Connolly, HC, Prasanna Deshapriya, J, Dworkin, JP, Elder, CM, Golish, DR, Hoover, RH, Jawin, ER, et al. (2021). Particle Size-Frequency Distributions of the OSIRIS-REx Candidate Sample Sites on Asteroid (101955) Bennu. Remote Sensing, 13(7), 1315.

(21) Golish, DR, Shultz, NK, Becker, TL, Becker, KJ, Edmundson, KL, DellaGiustina, DN, C Drouet d'Aubigny, CA Bennett, B Rizk, OS Barnouin, MG Daly, JA Seabrook, L Philpott, MM Al Asad, CL Johnson, J-Y Li, R-L Ballouz, ER Jawin, DS Lauretta (2021). A high-resolution normal albedo map of asteroid (101955) Bennu. Icarus, 355, 114133.

(20) Susorney, HCM, LC Philpott, R-L Ballouz, CL Johnson, B Rozitis, ER Jawin (2021) Geological and geophysical constraints on Itokawa’s past spin periods, Icarus, 357, 114265.

(19) Daly, MG, O. S. Barnouin, J. A. Seabrook, J. Roberts, C. Dickinson, K. J. Walsh, ER Jawin, E. E. Palmer, R. Gaskell, J. Weirich, T. Haltigin, D. Gaudreau, C. Brunet, G. Cunningham, P. Michel, Y. Zhang, R.-L. Ballouz, G. Neumann, M. E. Perry, L. Philpott, M. M. Al Asad, C. L. Johnson, C. D. Adam, J. M. Leonard, J. L. Geeraert, K. Getzandanner, M. C. Nolan, R. T. Daly, E. B. Bierhaus, E. Mazarico, B. Rozitis, A. J. Ryan, D. N. Dellaguistina, B. Rizk, H. C. M. Susorney, H. L. Enos, D. S. Lauretta, Hemispherical differences in the shape and topography of asteroid (101955) Bennu, Science Advances, 6, 41, eabd3649

(18) Scheeres, DS, AS French, P Tricarico, SR Chesley, Y Takahashi, D Farnocchia, JW McMahon, DN Brack, AB Davis, RL Ballouz, ER Jawin, B Rozitis, JP Emery, AJ Ryan, RS Park, BP Rush, N Mastrodemos, BM Kennedy, J Bellerose, DP Lubey, D Velez, AT Vaughan, JM Leonard, J Geeraert, B Page, P Antreasian, E Mazarico, K Getzandanner, D Rowlands, MC Moreau, J Small, DE Highsmith, S Goossens, EE Palmer, JR Weirich, RW Gaskell, OS Barnouin, MG Daly, JA Seabrook, MM Al Asad, LC Philpott, CL Johnson, CM Hartzell, VE Hamilton, P Michel, KJ Walsh, MC Nolan, DS Lauretta, Heterogenous mass distribution of the rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu, Science Advances, 6, 41, eabc3350

(17) Kaplan, HH, D. S. Lauretta, A. A. Simon, V. E. Hamilton, D. N. DellaGiustina, D. R. Golish, D. C. Reuter, C. A. Bennett, K. N. Burke, H. Campins, H. C. Connolly Jr., J. P. Dworkin, J. P. Emery, D. P. Glavin, T. D. Glotch, R. Hanna, K. Ishimaru, ER Jawin, T. J. McCoy, N. Porter, S. A. Sandford, S. Ferrone, B. E. Clark, J.-Y. Li, X.-D. Zou, M. G. Daly, O. S. Barnouin, J. A. Seabrook, H. L. Enos, Bright carbonate veins on asteroid (101955) Bennu: Implications for aqueous alteration history, Science, 370, 6517, eabc3557

(16) Rozitis, B., A. J. Ryan, J. P. Emery, P. R. Christensen, V. E. Hamilton, A. A. Simon, D. C. Reuter, M. Al Asad, R.-L. Ballouz, J. L. Bandfield, O. S. Barnouin, C. A. Bennett, M. Bernacki, K. N. Burke, S. Cambioni, B. E. Clark, M. G. Daly, M. Delbo, D. N. DellaGiustina, C. M. Elder, R. D. Hanna, C. W. Haberle, E. S. Howell, D. R. Golish, ER Jawin, H. H. Kaplan, L. F. Lim, J. L. Molaro, D. Pino Munoz, M. C. Nolan, B. Rizk, M. A. Siegler, H. C. M. Susorney, K. J. Walsh, D. S. Lauretta, Asteroid (101955) Bennu’s weak boulders and thermally anomalous equator, Science Advances, 6, 41, eabc3699

(15) DellaGiustina, DN, K. N. Burke, K. J. Walsh, P. H. Smith, D. R. Golish, E. B. Bierhaus, R.-L. Ballouz, T. L. Becker, H. Campins, E. Tatsumi, K. Yumoto, S. Sugita, J. D. Prasanna Deshapriya, E. A. Cloutis, B. E. Clark, A. R. Hendrix, A. Sen, M. M. Al Asad, M. G. Daly, D. M. Applin, C. Avdellidou, M. A. Barucci, K. J. Becker, C. A. Bennett, W. F. Bottke, J. I. Brodbeck, H. C. Connolly Jr., M. Delbo, J. de Leon, C. Y. Drouet d’Aubigny, K. L. Edmundson, S. Fornasier, V. E. Hamilton, P. H. Hasselmann, C. W. Hergenrother, E. S. Howell, ER Jawin, H. H. Kaplan, L. Le Corre, L. F. Lim, J. Y. Li, P. Michel, J. L. Molaro, M. C. Nolan, J. Nolau, M. Pajola, A. Parkinson, M. Popescu, N. A. Porter, B. Rizk, J. L. Rizos, A. J. Ryan, B. Rozitis, N. K. Shultz, A. A. Simon, D. Trang, R. B. Van Auken, C. W. V. Wolner, D. S. Lauretta, Variations in color and reflectance on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu, Science, 370, 6517, eabc3660

(14) Daly, RT, EB Bierhaus, OS Barnouin, MG Daly, JA Seabrook, JH Roberts, CM Ernst, ME Perry, H Nair, RC Espiritu, EE Palmer, RW Gaskell, JR Weirich, HCM Susorney, CL Johnson, KJ Walsh, MC Nolan, ER Jawin, P Michel, D Trang, and DS Lauretta, The morphometry of impact craters on Bennu, Geophysical Research Letters, e2020GL089672.

(13) Ballouz, R-L, Walsh, KJ, Barnouin, OS, DellaGiustina, DN, Al Asad, M, Jawin, ER, Daly, MG, Bottke, WF, Michel, P, Avdellidou, C, Delbo, M, Daly, RT, Asphaug, E, Bennett, CA, Bierhaus, EB, Connolly Jr., HC, Golish, DR, Molaro, JL, Nolan, MC, Pajola, M, Rizk, B, Schwartz, SR, Trang, D, Wolner, CWV, Lauretta, DS, Bennu’s near-Earth lifetime of 1.75 million years inferred from craters on its boulders, Nature, 587, 205-209

(12) DellaGiustina, DN, Kaplan, HH, Simon, AA, Bottke, WF, Avdellidou, C, Delbo, M, Golish, DR, Ballouz, RL, Popescu, M, Campins, H, Barucci, MA, Poggiali, G, Daly, RT, Le Corre, L, Hamilton, VE, Walsh, KJ, Porter, N, Jawin, ER, McCoy, TJ, Connolly Jr., HC, Rizos Garcia, JL, Tatsumi, E, de Leon, J, Licandro, J, Fornasier, S, Daly, MG, Al Asad, MM, Philpott, L, Seabrook, J, Barnouin, OS, Clark, BE, Nolan, MC, Howel, ES, Binzel, RP, Rizk, B, Reuter, DC, Lauretta, DS, Exogenic Basalt on Asteroid (101955) Bennu, Nature Astronomy, accepted, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1195-z

(11) Molaro, JM, Walsh, KJ, Jawin, ER, Ballouz, R-L, Bennett, CA, DellaGiustina, DN, Golish, DR, Drouet d’Aubigny, C, Rizk, B., Schwartz, SR, Delbo, M, Hanna, RD, Martel, SJ, Pajola, M, Campins, H, Ryan, AJ, Bottke, WF, Lauretta, DS (2020), In situ evidence of thermally induced rock breakdown widespread on Bennu’s surface, Nature Communications, 11, 2913.

(10) Bennett, C.A., D DellaGiustina, K Becker, T Becker, K Edmundson, D Golish, R Bennett, K Burke, N Cue, BE Clark, J Contreras, JDP Deshapriya, CD d'Aubigny, ER Jawin, T Nolan, N Porter, M Riehl, H Roper, B Rizk, Y Tang, Z Zeszut, R Gaskell, E Palmer, J Weirich, M Al Asad, L Philpott, M Daly, O Barnouin, H Enos, D Lauretta (2020), A High-Resolution Global Basemap of (101995) Bennu, Icarus, in press, 113690.

(9) Lauretta, DS, CW Hergenrother, SR Chesley, JM Leonard, JY Pelgrift, CD Adam, M Al Asad, PG Antreasian, RL Ballouz, KJ Becker, CA Bennett, BJ Bos, WF Bottke, M Brozović, H Campins, HC Connolly Jr., MG Daly, AB Davis, J de León, DN DellaGiustina, CY Drouet d’Aubigny, JP Dworkin, JP Emery, D Farnocchia, DP Glavin, DR Golish, CM Hartzell, RA Jacobson, ER Jawin, et al. (2019), Episodes of particle ejection from the surface of the active asteroid (101955) Bennu, Science, 366, 6470.

(8) Walsh, KJ, ER Jawin, et al. (2019), Craters, boulders and regolith of (101955) Bennu indicative of an old and dynamic surface, Nature Geoscience, 12 (4), 242.

(7) Barnouin, OS, MG Daly, EE Palmer, RW Gaskell, JR Weirich, CL Johnson, MM Al Asad, JH Roberts, ME Perry, HCM Susorney, RT Daly, EB Bierhaus, JA Seabrook, RC Espiritu, AH Nair, L Nguyen, GA Neumann, CM Ernst, WV Boynton, MC Nolan, CD Adam, MC Moreau, B Rizk, CY Drouet D’Aubigny, ER Jawin, et al. (2019), Shape of (101955) Bennu indicative of a rubble pile with internal stiffness, Nature Geoscience, 12 (4), 247.

(6) DellaGiustina, DN, JP Emery, DR Golish, Benjamin Rozitis, CA Bennett, KN Burke, R-L Ballouz, KJ Becker, PR Christensen, CY Drouet d’Aubigny, VE Hamilton, DC Reuter, B Rizk, AA Simon, E Asphaug, JL Bandfield, OS Barnouin, MA Barucci, EB Bierhaus, RP Binzel, WF Bottke, NE Bowles, H Campins, BC Clark, BE Clark, HC Connolly, MG Daly, J de Leon, M Delbo, JDP Deshapriya, CM Elder, S Fornasier, CW Hergenrother, ES Howell, ER Jawin, et al. (2019), Properties of rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx imaging and thermal analysis, Nature Astronomy, 3 (4), 341.

(5) Scheeres, DJ, JW McMahon, AS French, DN Brack, SR Chesley, D Farnocchia, Y Takahashi, JM Leonard, J Geeraert, B Page, P Antreasian, K Getzandanner, D Rowlands, EM Mazarico, J Small, DE Highsmith, M Moreau, JP Emery, Benjamin Rozitis, M Hirabayashi, P Sánchez, P Tricarico, R-L Ballouz, CL Johnson, MM Al Asad, HCM Susorney, OS Barnouin, MG Daly, JA Seabrook, RW Gaskell, EE Palmer, JR Weirich, KJ Walsh, ER Jawin, et al. (2019) The dynamic geophysical environment of (101955) Bennu based on OSIRIS-REx measurements, Nature Astronomy, 3 (4), 352.

(4) Howell, SM, L Chou, MT, MC Bouchard, S Cusson, ML Marcus, HB Smith, S Bhattaru, JJ Blalock, S Brueshaber, S Eggl, ER Jawin, et al. (2018), Camilla: A centaur reconnaissance and impact mission concept, Planetary and Space Sciences, 164, 184-193.

(3) Deutsch, AN, JW Head, KR Ramsley, CM Pieters, RW Potter, AM Palumbo, MS Bramble, JP Cassanelli, ER Jawin, et al. (2018), Science exploration architecture for Phobos and Deimos: The role of Phobos and Deimos in the future exploration of Mars, Advances in Space Research, 62, 2174-2186.

(2) Dyar, MD, ER Jawin, E Breves, G Marchant, M Nelms, MD Lane, SA Mertzman, DL Bish, and JL Bishop (2014), Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data, American Mineralogist, 99(5-6), 914–942.

(1) Dyar, MD, E Breves, ER Jawin, G Marchand, M Nelms, V O’Connor, S Peel, Y Rothstein, EC Sklute, MD Lane, JL Bishop, SA Mertzman (2013), Mössbauer parameters of iron sulfate minerals. American Mineralogist, 98(11-12), 1943-1965.

Recent Invited Talks

Southwest Research Institute Colloquium, Global geology of Bennu and links to sample return, 2023

University of Georgia Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, OSIRIS-REx mission and the global geology of Bennu, 2023.

2023 Origins of Solar Systems Gordon Research Conference, Preparing for OSIRIS-REx sample return from Bennu. Mt Holyoke College, 2023

Select White Papers

(2) Jawin, ER, T Glotch, R Watkins, L Jozwiak, S Valencia, H Meyer, RA Yingst, B Denevi, D Moriarty, D Needham, S Besse, S Shukla, B Jolliff, L Gaddis, K Bennett, J Clark (2020). Exploring End-Member Volcanism on the Moon at the Aristarchus Plateau. White Paper Submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032.

(1) Jawin, ER, B Denevi, B Cohen, S Lawrence, C Neal, RN Watkins, A Deutsch, B Farrell, C Grava, G Kramer, P Prem, N Zellner (2020). Planetary Science Priorities for the Moon in the Decade 2023-2032: Lunar Science is Planetary Science. White Paper Submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032.


Honors and Awards

2022 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration, to the OSIRIS-Rex Sample Return Mission Team

Top cited article in JGR Planets, 2020 to 2021: Jawin et al., Global Patterns of Recent Mass Movement on Asteroid (101955) Bennu

Top 10% most downloaded paper AGU journals of 2020: Jawin et al., Global Patterns of Recent Mass Movement on Asteroid (101955) Bennu

Top 10% most downloaded paper in Earth and Space Science, Jan 2018 to Dec 2019: Jawin et al., Lunar Science for Landed Missions Workshop Findings Report

Asteroid 2000 KX57 was renamed (28886) Ericajawin

Sleeping Bear Award (for the best moment of comedy in a scientific talk), Geological Society of Washington, 2020

Graduate:

Best Graduate Oral Presentation: Honorable Mention, Geological Society of America Planetary Geology Division Stephen E. Dwornik Award, 49th LPSC, 2018

Brown University Dissertation Fellowship, Spring 2018

Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) Bernard Ray Hawke Next Lunar Generation Career Development Award, October 2017

First Prize, Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) Exploration Science Forum Student Poster Award, NASA Ames Research Center, "The Prinz-Harbinger Medium-Scale Shield Volcano: A Transition in Lunar Volcanic Eruption Style", July 2017

Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship, June 2015

Honorable Mention for teaching with distinction in Pre-College education, Reginald D. Archambault Award for Teaching: "The Grand Tour: Our Solar System Up Close and Personal" Summer at Brown Program: STEM II (ages 14-16), July 2016

Young Geomorphologist Travel Grant, International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG), June 2016

Brown University Graduate Travel Grant, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Brown University International Travel Grant, 2014, 2016

Brown University First Year Fellowship, AY 2013-2014

Undergraduate:

Mary Dailey Irvine Prize, May 2012

Graduated Mount Holyoke College Magna Cum Laude, May 2012

Massachusetts Space Grant Summer Research Grant, 2012

Mary Lyon Scholar, May 2012

Ladies Village Improvement Society (LVIS) College Scholarship, May 2007


Skills

Mission/Spacecraft Experience:

MRO SHARAD, 2021-present

OSIRIS-APEX mission to asteroid Apophis

OSIRIS-REx mission, 2018-2021

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2017 Planetary Science Summer Seminar to centaur 10199 Chariklo

Experience using data from various missions and planetary bodies:

Small Bodies: Bennu, OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite (OCAMS), OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA); Ryugu, Hayabusa2 Optical Navigation Camera (ONC-T); Itokawa, Hayabusa Asteroid Multi-band Imaging Camera (AMICA)

Moon: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Narrow Angle Camera (LROC NAC) and Wide Angle Camera (WAC), Miniature-Radio Frequency (Mini-RF), and Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA), and Chandrayaan-1’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3)

Mars: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), Context Camera (CTX), Shallow Radar (SHARAD)

Computer:

Computer languages and software: Extensive experience: Python, IDL, MATLAB, ESRI ArcGIS, Small Body Mapping Tool (SBMT), JMars/JAsteroid, Adobe Creative Suite. Moderate experience: ISIS, ENVI, UNIX, SQL

Miscellaneous:

SCUBA certified


Fall 2023               Guest Lecture, Planetary Surface Processes, Johns Hopkins University

Summer 2021 Summer intern advisor, Smithsonian Natural History Research Experience, “Linking boulder diversity on Bennu to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites”

2020-2021 Undergraduate Thesis external research advisor, Lisette Melendez, University of S. Florida, “Quantifying the Environmental Response to Deglaciation in Martian Craters Throughout the Late Amazonian”

Summer 2020 Summer virtual intern advisor, “Postglacial activity on Mars”

Nov 2019, 2020 Guest Lecture, Mineralogy and Petrology, Rowan University

Fall 2017 Teaching Assistant, GEOL2920K The Hydrological Cycle on Mars, Brown University

Fall 2014, 2015 Teaching Assistant, GEOL0050 Mars, Moon, and Earth, Brown University

Spring 2016 Teaching Assistant, GEOL0010 Face of the Earth, Brown University

Summer 2016 Lead Instructor, The Grand Tour: Our Solar System Up Close and Personal, Summer at Brown STEM II Program (age 14-16), Brown University. Awarded Honorable Mention, Reginald D. Archambault Award for Teaching with Distinction in Pre-College Education

Summer 2015 Instructor, Exploring the Solar System, STEM I (age 11), Brown University

Summer 2017 DEEPS graduate student mentor, Leadership Alliance Summer Research Program (Brown University)

Spring 2015 Brown University Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Certificate I: Reflective Teaching

Teaching and Mentoring


Professional Activities

Lunar Exploration Analysis Group Executive Committee, 2020 – present. Operations Chair: 2020-2024. At large member, 2024-present. LEAG lead for International Lunar Year (ILY) planning: 2024-present

Lunar NextGen Scientists and Engineers Executive Committee, 2016 – 2023

Organized LEAG Annual Meeting, 2020 – 2023

LPSC Science Organizing Committee, 2021

NASA review panels: CDAP, FINESST, LASER, LDAP, MDAP, PDART, SSW, LRO Senior Review 2023

Provided peer reviews for journals including: EPS, GRL, Icarus, JGR, Nature, PSJ, PSS, Science Advances


Professional Memberships


Select Advocacy and Recent Outreach

Panel discussion, (OSIRIS-REx) Mission Accomplished: Unlocking Earth’s Mysteries from Asteroid Bennu Samples, Smithsonian Institution NMNH, 2024

Co-host on AirSpace podcast Season 8, Episode 6: These are the Droids We’re Working With, 2023

Public lecture, KILLER ASTEROIDS!, University of Georgia, 2023

Participant, Unlearning Racism in the Geosciences (URGE), NMNH Geoscience Pod, 2021

Board member, Northeast regional delegate to the Association of Women Geoscientists (AWG), 2017 – 2020

Social media takeover at Smithsonian NMNH (5 days), 2021

Lecture about “Asteroids and the Solar System”, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in partnership with the Ingenuity Project, 2021

Q&A Content Expert for Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum “Astro Chat” webinar, “What Mars Reveals about Life in Our Universe”, 2021

Presented a public webinar for local business B Willow, “All About Mars!”, 2021

Presented in Congressional “Space on the Hill” program to discuss the OSIRIS-REx mission, 2020

Presenter, Smithsonian NMNH Virtual Science Cafe, September 2020

Interviewed on “Asteroids: Near Misses”, BBC5 live radio, August 2020

Presenter, Smithsonian Institution Senate of Scientists Lightning Talks, “Earth Optimism”, April 2020

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