Frank DiMeo
Alexander G. Hayes
Assistant Professor; Director, Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science; Director, Spacecraft Planetary Image Facility
Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact Information
412 Space Science Building
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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(607) 793-7531
Alexander G. Hayes
Assistant Professor; Director, Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science; Director, Spacecraft Planetary Image Facility
Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences
Expertise
Solar system exploration using uncrewed planetary spacecraft
Current Research Interest
Geological and physical processes that shape planetary surface and atmospheres, including the identification and characterization of potentially habitable environments across the solar system; Ocean Worlds Titan, Enceladus, Europa, and the relic ocean world of Mars and comet 67P/Churyumov-Garasimenko; Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn, Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Science Laboratory, Mars 2020 Rover, Europa Clipper, and concepts including the CAESAR comet sample return and Dragonfly Titan rotorcraft missions currently under Phase A study for NASA’s New Frontiers 4 Opportunity
Distinction
Cornell University Provost Research Innovation Award
World Economic Forum Young Scientist Award (4o under 40)
Committee on Space Research Zeldovich Medial
American Geophysical Union Ronald Greeley Early Career Award
NASA Early Career Fellow
NASA Group Achievement Awards (MER/MSL/Cassini)
Selected Publications
Hayes, Alexander G., Ralph D. Lorenz, and Jonathan I. Lunine. “A Post-Cassini View of Titan’s Methane-Based Hydrologic Cycle.” Nature Geosience 11 (2018): 306-313.
Hayes, Alexander G. “The Lakes and Seas of Titan.” Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 44 (2016): 57-83.