Associate Professor
Lassonde School of Engineering - Earth & Space Science & Engineering
York Research Chair in Space Exploration
203, Petrie Science & Engineering - PSEKeele CampusPhone (Office): (416)736-5731
jmoores@yorku.caKey Areas of Expertise
- NASA/CSA/Space agencies & interplanetary missions
- Interplanetary spacecraft
- Exploration of Mars
- Exploration of comets
- Exploration of planets in our solar system
For more information go to
Lassonde School of Engineering Profile
National Post - Five places in the solar system we should explore next
Science Magazine - Comet Fireworks on Mars
The Globe and Mail - Looking for life: Water’s allure becomes an otherworldly quest
Personal Twitter
YFile - Lassonde students named top Canadian team at International Mars Rover competition
Science Magazine - In the hunt for the red planet's dirtiest secret
National Geographic - Martian-Fog Study Finds Thick Haze, 'Diamond Dust'
CBC Radio Here and Now - Ice on Pluto
UPI - Scientists find 'penitentes' on Pluto
Express, U.K. - Pluto has atmosphere: Andes-like Icy ridges caused by tiny planet's winds
FoxNews.com - Scientists finally understand Pluto's ice towers
International Business Times - Does it snow on Pluto? Scientists seem to think it does
Space.com - Weird 'Snakeskin' on Pluto actually similar to features on Earth
Toronto Star - New discovery makes Saturn’s moon Enceladus a prime target in search for life
Awards
NSERC Discovery Grant Holder - 2013-2018
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Ontario Early Career Researcher Award - 2016
Government of Ontario
Innovator of the Year, Early Career - 2016
Lassonde School of Engineering
NASA Group Achievement Award for Mars Science Laboratory - 2015
NASA
NASA Group Achievement Awards (2) for contributions to Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover) - 2013
NASA
NSERC Post Doctoral Fellow/ Canadian Astrobiology Training Program Post Doctoral Fellow - 2010
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
NASA Group Achievement Awards (2) for contributions to Phoenix Mission - 2009
NASA
Affiliations
Royal Society of Canada
Member, New College of Artists, Scholars and Scientists
Canadian Space Agency
Member, Planetary Exploration Consultation Committee
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Member, Scientific Committee
Technologies for Exo-planetary Science NSERC CREATE program
Director
NASA Curiosity Rover Team (Mars Science Laboratory)
Participating Scientist
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