Dr. Melinda Hutson  Research Assistant Professor EMail: MHutson@pdx.edu Homepage: http://web.pdx.edu/~mhutson/ Vita: http://web.pdx.edu/~mhutson/vita.pdf  Phone: 503.725.3372 Fax: 503.725.3025

 

• Ph.D., University of Arizona, Planetary Sciences, 1996. 
• M.S., S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, Earth and Space Sciences, 1988.
• B.S., University of Minnesota, Geophysics, 1982.

Courses Taught:

• G202 Physical Geology II
• G345 Life in the Universe
• G346 Exploring Mars
• G458/558 Astrobiology

Research Interests:

Meteorites, Planetary Science, Cosmochemistry.

Research Themes:

• Curation and classification of meteorites
• Extent and role of collisions and shock metamorphism in the early solar system
• Differentiation in asteroidal bodies
• Chemical, physical, and thermal evolution of dust and planetary building blocks in the solar nebula

Extracurricular Activities: 

Motherhood, science fiction/fantasy, knitting.