D.C. Golden, Scientist
Mars
ESCG / Jacobs Technology
d.c.golden@nasa.gov
Wk: 281-483-6185
Ph.D. Soil Chemistry, North Carolina State University, 1978
B.S. Chemistry, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1970
Dr. Golden has received five Space Act Awards from NASA for the research relating to his patents for Slow Release Fertilizer and Active Synthetic Soil. He has experience in soil mineralogy and soil chemistry; Iron mineralogy of meteorites; Synthesis and analysis of poorly-crystalline iron and manganese minerals; Effects of oxidation and reduction of iron in phyllosilicates; Characterization of Mars soil simulants; Spectroscopy of minerals and soils.
Morris, R. V., S. V. Ruff, R. Gellert, D. W. Ming, R. E. Arvidson, B. C. Clark, D. C. Golden, K. Siebach, G. Klingelffer, C. Schroeder, I. Fleischer, A. S. Yen, and S. W. Squyres (2010) "Identification of carbonate-rich outcrops on Mars by the Spirit rover," Science, 329, 421-424.
D.C. Golden, A.M. Koster, D.W. Ming, R.V. Morris, S.A. Mertzman, and T.G. Graff (2011) "Experimental acid weathering of Fe-bearing Mars Analog Minerals and Rocks: Implications for Aqueous Origins of Hematite-baring Sediments in Meridiani Planum, Mars," Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 42, Abstract #2658. CD-ROM.
D.C. Golden, D.W. Ming and R.V. Morris (2010) "Spherulitic growth of hematite under hydrothermal conditions: Insights into the growth mechanism of hematite spherules at Meridiani Planum, Mars," Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 41, Abstract #2541. CD-ROM.
E. M. Hausrath, D.C. Golden, C. Galindo, B. Sutter, R.V. Morris and D.W. Ming (2009) "Column Experiments to Interpret Weathering in Columbia Hills," Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 40, Abstract #2423 CD-ROM.
B. Sutter. Lauer H. V. Golden D. C. Boynton W. V. Morris R. V. Niles P. B. Ming D. W. (2009) "Thermal and Evolved Gas Behavior of Calcite Under Mars Phoenix TEGA Operating Condition," Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 40, Abstract #1843, CD-ROM.