MACEY SANDFORD





PH.D | PLANETARY SCIENTIST | EXPLORER



ABOUT ME.






Macey is a passionate planetary scientist and explorer. She is a recent PhD graduate from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Her dissertation titled “Innovative Remote Spectroscopy Techniques for Planetary Exploration" explores the use of remote Raman spectroscopy and onboard spectral prioritization algorithms for future planetary missions. She obtained her B.S. in physics with minors in mathematics and French language at the University of Mary Washington in Frederisckburg, V.A. Following graduation, Macey moved to Hawaii to pursue her PhD while obtaining a M.S. in Geology and Geophysics en route. Her master’s degree explored the development and use of a cloud screening algorithm to be used on Earth orbiting satellites. Photography, travel, hiking, climbing, and cycling are a few of the activities that drive Macey outside of her planetary passions, though the drive to explore is always present.


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PUBLICATIONS.



M. W. Sandford, A. K. Misra, T. E. Acosta-Maeda, J. Porter, M. Egan, S. K. Sharma, S. M. Clegg, R. C. Wiens, and M. N. Abedin (2020). Detecting minerals and organics relative to planetary exploration using a compact portable remote Raman system at 122 meters, Applied Spectroscopy.



Macey W. Sandford, D. R. Thompson, W. Olson-Duvall, R. O. Green, (2020) Global Cloud Property Models for Real Time Triage Onboard Visible-Shortwave Infrared Spectrometers, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.



M. W. Sandford, A. K. Misra, T. E. Acosta-Maeda, S. K. Sharma, M. N. Abedin, P. G. Lucey, C. M. Ferrari-Wong, E. Costello, (2020). Exploring Ocean Worlds Using A Compact Standoff Raman And Fluorescence Spectrometer, Applied Spectroscopy. (In preparation)



Misra, A. K., Acosta-Maeda, T. E., Porter, J. N., Egan, M. J., Sandford, M. W., Oyama, T., & Zhou, J. (2020). Remote Raman Detection of Chemicals from 1752 m During Afternoon Daylight. Applied Spectroscopy, 74(2), 233-240. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003702819875437



In the News.



Article feature




"THIS GRADUATE STUDENT IS WORKING TO UNLOCK MARS' GREATEST MYSTERY" - Super Cluster article published on May 31, 2019 by Alex Lin

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Poster award





"HIGP/G&G doctorate student, Macey Sandford, has received the Outstanding Student Poster Award from NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) for the 2018 Exploration Science Forum held June 26-28, 2018 at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. This competitively-selected award is given to students who submitted a first-author abstract and are judged to be the top ranked. The award includes a $1000 travel stipend to a meeting of the student's choice. See photo enlargement: Standoff Time-Resolved Raman and Fluorescence Spectrometer for a Lunar Lander. Congratulations!"




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