Joanna Clark
Mars geoscientist | JETS
Joanna Clark
Mars geoscientist
JETS
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Joanna Clark is a geoscientist working for Geocontrols Systems Inc on the JETSII Contract at NASA Johnson Space Center. At ARES, Joanna is part of the Mars research group and conducts laboratory experiments that aim to better understand data from the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on the Curiosity rover and the Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals (SHERLOC) instrument on the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Joanna is a collaborator on the SAM and Mars Science Lab (MSL) science teams and is a Payload Uplink Lead on the SAM operations team. She is also a collaborator on the Perseverance and SHERLOC science teams. Joanna has done research involving oxychlorines, chlorides, phyllosilicates, sulfates, silica, manganese oxides and has also been involved with martian simulant development for In-Situ Resource Utilization. Joanna manages the Mars, Moon, Meteorite Evolved Gas Analysis (M3EGA) lab in ARES, which contains thermal and evolved gas instruments primarily focused on ground-truthing data from the SAM instrument on Mars. Joanna received a bachelors in geological sciences from State University of New York at Geneseo, a Master's of Science in geological sciences at The University of Alabama, and a PhD in geological sciences at the University of Houston.
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PhD
Geological Sciences
The University of Houston
2022
Masters of Science
Geological Sciences
The University of Alabama
2015
Bachelors
Geological Sciences
SUNY Geneseo
2013
Education
PhD, Geological Sciences, 2022
The University of Houston
Masters of Science, Geological Sciences, 2015
The University of Alabama
Bachelors, Geological Sciences, 2013
SUNY Geneseo
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Clark, J.V., Sutter, B., McAdam, A., Archer, P.D., Lewis, J., Franz, H., Chou, L., Knudson, C., Eigenbrode, J., Stern, J., Tutolo, B., Hausrath, L., Vaniman, D., Freissinet, C., Glavin, D.P., Steele, A., House, C., Malespin, C., Mahaffy, P. (2024). Changes in volatile mineralogy from the Marker Band Valley to the Layered Sulfate Bearing Unit in Gale crater, Mars: results from the Sample Analysis at Mars-Evolved Gas Analyzer instrument. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas.
Clark, J.V., Conrad, P., Corpolongo, A. Cardarelli, E., Jakubek, R.S., Buckner, D., Steele, A., Fries, M. (2024) Deep-UV Raman and fluorescence of perchlorates and chlorates: implications for the detection of oxychlorines by the SHERLOC instrument in Jezero crater, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas.
Clark, J.V. Morris. R.V., Haney. N.C., Jakubek, R.S., Archer, P.D., McAdam, A.C., Sutter, B., Franz, H., Berger, J., et al. (2023). Combined thermal and evolved gas analysis, x-ray diffraction, Vis-NIR, x-ray fluorescence, and DUV Raman spectroscopy of synthetic amorphous magnesium sulfates and starkeyite: implications for the detection of Mg sulfates by the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument in Gale crater, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas.
Clark, J.V., Sutter, B., Wong, G., Lewis, J., McAdam, A., Archer, P.D., Mahaffy, P., Franz, H., Eigenbrode, J., et al. (2023). Mineralogical and chemical changes in the clay-sulfate transition region as detected by the Sample Analysis at Mars-Evolved Gas Analyzer (SAM-EGA) in Gale crater, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas.
Clark, J.V., Sutter, B., Wong, G., Lewis, J., McAdam, A., Archer, P.D., Mahaffy, P., Franz, H., Eigenbrode, J., Freissinet, C., Stern, J., Glavin, D., Steele, A., House, C., Malespin, C., Ming, D. (2022). Sample Analysis at Mars-Evolved Gas Analysis (SAM-EGA) Results from the Clay-Sulfate Transition Region in Gale Crater. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX.
Clark, J.V., Sutter, B., Wong, G., Lewis, J., McAdam, A., Archer, P.D., Mahaffy, P., Franz, H., Eigenbrode, J., Freissinet, C., Stern, J., Glavin, D., Steele, A., House, C., Malespin, C., Ming, D. (2022). Searching for mineralogical evidence for the clay-sulfate transition region in Gale crater, Mars using the Sample Analysis at Mars-Evolved Gas Analyzer (SAM-EGA) onboard the Curiosity rover. Goldschmidt Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Clark, J.V., Wong, G., McAdam, A., Lewis, J., Sutter, B., Archer, P.D., Mahaffy, P., Franz, H., Eigenbrode, J., Freissinet, C., Stern, J., Glavin, D., Steele, A., House, C., Malespin, C., Ming, D. (2022). Searching for the Glen Torridon-Sulfate-Bearing Unit transition in Gale Crater, Mars: Results from the Mars Science Laboratory Sample Analysis at Mars-Evolved Gas Analyzer (SAM-EGA). American Geophysical Union Conference, Virtual.
Clark, J.V., Lanza, N., Rampe, E., Archer, P.D., Morris, R.V., Tu, V., Sutter, B., Ming, D.W., Mahaffy, P.R. (2021). Evolved gas analysis of manganese-bearing phases and implications for the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on board the Curiosity rover in Gale crater, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX.
Clark, J.V., Lanza, N., Rampe, E., Archer, P.D., Morris, R.V., Tu, V., Sutter, B., Ming, D.W., Mahaffy, P.R. (2021). Evolved gas analysis of manganese-bearing phases and implications for the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on board the Curiosity rover in Gale crater, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX.
Clark, J.V., Sutter, B., Archer, P.D., Ming, D., Rampe, E., McAdam, A., Navarro-Gonzalez, R., Eigenbrode, J., Glavin, D., Zorzano, Maria-Paz, Martin-Torres, J., Morris, R., Tu, V., Ralston, S.J., Mahaffy, P. (2021). A Review of Sample Analysis at Mars-Evolved Gas Analysis Laboratory Analog Work Supporting the Presence of Perchlorates and Chlorates in Gale Crater, Mars. Minerals. 11, doi: 10.3390/min11050475.
Clark, J.V., Archer, P.D., Gruener, J.E., Ming, D.W., Tu, V., Niles, P.B., Mertzman, S.A. (2020). JSC-Rocknest: A large-scale Mojave Mars Simulant (MMS) based soil simulant for in-situ resource utilization water-extraction studies. Icarus. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113936
Clark, J.V., Sutter, B., McAdam, A.C., Rampe, E.B., Archer, P.D., Ming, D.W., Navarro-Gonzalez, R., Mahaffy, P., Lapen, T.J. (2020). High-temperature HCl evolutions from mixtures of perchlorates and chlorides with water-bearing phases: Implications for the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument in Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 125, doi: 10.1029/2019JE006173.
Clark (Hogancamp), J.V., Sutter, B., McAdam, A.C., Archer, P.D., Rampe, E.B., Ming, D.W., Navarro-Gonzalez, R., Mahaffy, P. (2020). High-temperature hydrogen chloride releases from mixtures of sodium chloride with sulfates: implications for the chlorine-mineralogy as determined by the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument on the Curiosity rover in Gale crater, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
Clark (Hogancamp), J.V., Sutter, B., McAdam, A.C., Archer, P.D., Rampe, E.B., Ming, D.W., Navarro-Gonzalez, R., Mahaffy, P. (2020). High-temperature hydrogen chloride releases from mixtures of sodium chloride with sulfates: implications for the chlorine-mineralogy as determined by the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument on the Curiosity rover in Gale crater, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
Hogancamp, J.V., Sutter, B., McAdam, A.C., Rampe, E.B., Archer, P.D., Ming, D.W., Navarro-Gonzalez, R., Mahaffy, P. (2019). HCl evolutions from laboratory mixtures of perchlorates and chlorides with water-bearing phases: Implications for the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument in Gale crater, Mars. American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Hogancamp, J.V., Sutter, B., McAdam, A.C., Rampe, E.B., Archer, P.D., Ming, D.W., Navarro-Gonzalez, R., Mahaffy, P. (2019). HCl evolutions from laboratory mixtures of perchlorates and chlorides with water-bearing phases: Implications for the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument in Gale crater, Mars. American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Hogancamp, J.V., Archer, P.D., Gruener, J., Ming, D.W., Tu, V. (2019). JSC-Rocknest: A Large-Scale Mojave Mars Simulant for In-Situ Resource Utilization Water-Extraction Studies. Soil Society of America Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Hogancamp, J.V., Archer, P.D., Gruener, J., Ming, D.W., Tu, V. (2019). JSC-Rocknest: A large-scale Mojave Mars Simulant (MMS) based soil simulant for In-Situ Resource Utilization water-extraction studies. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX.
Hogancamp (now Clark), J.V., Lapen, T.J., Chafetz, H. (2019). The effect of solution chemistries and freezing temperatures on the morphology of cryogenic opal-A (COA): implications for past climates on Mars. Chemical Geology. Doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.04.017.
Hogancamp (now Clark), J., Sutter, B., Morris, R., Archer, P., Ming, D., Rampe, E., Mahaffy, P., Navarro-Gonzalez, R. (2018). The investigation of chlorate/iron-phase mixtures as a possible source of oxygen and chlorine detected by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument in Gale Crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005691.
Hogancamp, J.V., Lapen, T., Chafetz, H. (2018). The effect of solution chemistries and freezing temperatures on the morphology of cryogenic opal-A (COA): Implications for past climates on Mars, Geological Society of America Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
Hogancamp, J., Archer, P., Morris, R., Tu, V., Lanza, N., Sutter, B., Ming, D., Mahaffy, P., 2018, Detectability of manganese-bearing phases by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on board the Curiosity rover in Gale Crater, Mars, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX.
Hogancamp, J., Sutter, B., Archer, P., Ming, D., Mahaffy, P., 2017, Oxychlorine and chloride/ferrian saponite mixtures as a possible source of hydrochloric acid detected by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instruments in Gale Crater, Mars, American Geophysical Union Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Hogancamp, J., Ming, D., McAdam, A., Archer, P., Morris, R., Bristow, T., Rampe, E., Mahaffy, P., Gellert, R., 2017, Identification of phyllosilicates in mudstone samples using water releases detected by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument in Gale Crater, Mars, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX.
Clark, J.V., Sutter, B., Morris, R.V., Archer, P.D., Ming, D.W., Niles, P., Mahaffy, P., Navarro-Gonzalez, R. (2016). The investigation of chlorate/iron-phase mixtures as a possible source of oxygen and chlorine detected by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument in Gale crater, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX.
Clark, J.V., Perez-Huerta, A., Gillikin, D.P., Aldridge, A.E., Reolid, M., Endo, K. (2016). Determination of paleoseasonality of fossil brachiopods using shell spiral deviations and chemical proxies. Palaeoworld, 25, 662-674.
Clark, J.V., Aldridge, A.E., Reolid, M., Endo, K., Perez-Huerta, A. (2015). Application of shell spiral deviation methodology to fossil brachiopods: implications for obtaining specimen ontogenetic ages. Palaeontologia Electronica, https://doi.org/10.26879/577.