Justin Filiberto
Deputy Chief, ARES | NASA
Justin Filiberto
Deputy Chief, ARES
NASA
Phone
281.483.8924
Phone
281.483.8924
Biography
Dr. Justin Filiberto is the Deputy Chief of Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at the Johnson Space Center. Dr. Filiberto's research topics investigate (1) planetary volatile budgets with implications for habitability, (2) magma genesis conditions in planetary interiors, and (3) terrestrial analogs for planetary exploration. Dr. Filiberto is a science team member and a co-investigator for the Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI) probe mission to Venus, which is scheduled to launch in 2031.
Education
Ph.D
Geology
Stony Brook University, SUNY
2006
B.S.
Marine Science and Geologic Sciences
University of Miami
2001
Education
Ph.D, Geology, 2006
Stony Brook University, SUNY
B.S., Marine Science and Geologic Sciences, 2001
University of Miami
Select Publications
J. Semprich, J. Filiberto, M. Weller, J. Gorce, and N. Clark (2025) Metamorphism of Venus as driver of crustal thickness and recycling. Nature Communications. 16(1): 2905. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58324-1
J. Gorce, E.A. Heiny, J. Filiberto, and C. Goodrich (2025) Origin of eclogitic clasts in CR chondrite Northwest Africa 801: Growing evidence for large parent bodies in the CR reservoir of the early solar system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 662: 119371.
R. Reid, M.C. McCanta, J. Filiberto, A.H. Treiman, L. Keller, and M. Rutherford (2024) Basalt Alteration in a CO2-SO2 Atmosphere: Implications for Surface Processes on Venus. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets. 129(10): e2024JE008485.
J. Filiberto and M.C. McCanta (2024) Characterizing Basalt-Atmosphere Interactions on Venus: A Review of Thermodynamic and Experimental Results. American Mineralogist. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2023-9015
P. D'Incecco, J. Filiberto, J.B. Garvin, G.N. Arney, S.A. Getty, R. Ghail, L.M. Zelenyi, L.V. Zasova, M.A. Ivanov, D.A. Gorinov, S. Bhattacharya, S.S. Bhiravarasu, D. Putrevu, C. Monaco, S. Branca, S. Aveni, I. López, G.L. Eggers, N. Mari, M. Blackett, G. Komatsu, A. Kosenkova, M. Cardinale, M. El Yazidi, G. Di Achille (2024) Mount Etna as a terrestrial laboratory to investigate recent volcanic activity on Venus by future missions: A comparison with Idunn Mons, Venus. Icarus, 411, 115959.
M. El Yazidi, C. Orgel, E. Sefton-Nash, G. De Marchi, B. Rickbir, D. Baratoux, S. Bouley, J. Filiberto, P. D'Incecco, G. Leone, N. Slim Shimi, F. Srarfi, B. Bradák (2024) Analysis of faults and pit chains in Noctis Labyrinthus: Implications for early extension and possible magmatic plumbing. Icarus, 415, 116075.
D. Trang, C.E., Swafford, T.A. Kreps, S.D. Vance, J. Davidson, J. Filiberto, L.R. Ostrach, and C.R. Richey (2024) A survey of the severity of mental health symptoms in the planetary science community. Nat Astron. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02293-w
T.S. Kruijer, L. E. Borg, A. Udry and J. Filiberto (2024) Formation and interior evolution of Mars. Treatise in Geochemistry; Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99762-1.00113-3
M.S. Gilmore, M.D. Dyar, N. Mueller, J. Brossier, A.R. Santos, M. Ivanov, R. Ghail, J. Filiberto, and J. Helbert (2023) Mineralogy of the Venus Surface. Space Science Reviews, 219(7), 52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-00988-6
N. Mari, G. L. Eggers, J. Filiberto, C. Carli, G. Pratesi, M. Alvaro, P. D'Incecco, M. Cardinale and G. Di Achille (2023). Boninites as Mercury lava analogues: Geochemical and spectral measurements from pillow lavas on Cyprus island. Planetary and Space Science, 236, 105764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2023.105764.
M. Cardinale, D. A. Vaz, P. D’Incecco, N. Mari, J. Filiberto, G.L. Eggers, and G. Di Achille (2023) Morphostructural mapping of Mercury’s northern smooth plains. Journal of Maps, https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2023.2223637
D. Trang, T. Tonkham, J. Filiberto, S. Li, M. Lemelin, and C. M. Elder (2022) Explosive volcanic eruptions on the Moon: Eruption dynamics and characteristics as evidenced by remotely sensed water, mineralogy, and regolith. Icarus, 375, 114837
J.B. Garvin, S.A. Getty, G.N. Arney, N.M. Johnson, E. Kohler, K.O. Schwer, M. Sekerak, A. Bartels, R.S. Saylor, V.E. Elliott, C.S. Goodloe, M.B. Garrison, V. Cottini, N. Izenberg, R. Lorenz, C.A. Malespin, M. Ravine, C.R. Webster, D.H. Atkinson, S. Aslam, S. Atreya, B.J. Bos, W.B. Brinckerhoff, B. Campbell, D. Crisp, J.R. Filiberto, F. Forget, M. Gilmore, N. Gorius, D. Grinspoon, A.E. Hofmann, S.R. Kane, W. Kiefer, S. Lebonnois, P.R. Mahaffy, A. Pavlov, M. Trainer, K.J. Zahnle and M. Zolotov (2022) Revealing the Mysteries of Venus: The DAVINCI Mission. Planetary Science Journal, 3, 117
H. Teffeteller, J. Filiberto, M.C. McCanta, A.H. Treiman, L.P. Keller, D. Cherniak, M. Rutherford, and R.F. Cooper (2022) An experimental study of the alteration of basalt on the surface of Venus. Icarus, 384, 115085; doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115085.
J. Semprich, J. Filiberto, A.H. Treiman, and S.P. Schwenzer (2022) Constraints on the formation of carbonates and low-grade metamorphic phases in the martian crust as a function of H2O-CO2 fluids. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 57(1), 77–104
P. D’Incecco, J. Filiberto, I. López, G.L. Eggers, G. Di Achille, G. Komatsu et al. (2022). Geologically recent areas as one key target for identifying active volcanism on Venus. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL101813. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101813
P. D’Incecco, J. Filiberto, I. López, D.A. Gorinov, G. Komatsu (2021) Idunn Mons: evidence for ongoing volcano-tectonic activity on Venus. The Planetary Science Journal, 2, 215
E.G. Rivera-Valentín, J. Filiberto, K.L. Lynch, I. Mamajanov, T.W. Lyons, M. Schulte, and A. Méndez (2021) First Billion Years: Habitability. Astrobiology, 21, 893-905. DOI: 10.1089/ast.2020.2314
J.R. Crandall, J. Filiberto, N. Castle, S.L. Potter-McIntyre, S.P. Schwenzer, K. Olsson-Francis, and S. Perl (2021) Habitability of Martian Noachian Magma and Impact Induced Hydrothermal Systems as Constrained by a Terrestrial Analog on the Colorado Plateau. Planetary Science Journal 2, 138.
J. Filiberto, D. Trang, A.H. Treiman, and M.S. Gilmore (2020) Present Day Volcanism on Venus as Evidenced from Weathering Rates of Olivine. Science Advances, 6, eaax7445.
J. Semprich, J. Filiberto, and A. H. Treiman (2020) Venus: a phase equilibrium approach to model surface alteration as a function of rock composition, oxygen- and sulfur fugacities. Icarus, 346, 113779. doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113779.
J. Semprich, S.P. Schwenzer, A.H. Treiman, J. Filiberto (2019) Phase Equilibria Modeling of Low-grade Metamorphic Martian Rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, 124(3), 681-702, DOI: 10.1029/2018JE005869.
J. Filiberto and S.P. Schwenzer (eds.) (2019) Volatiles in the Martian Crust. Elsevier publishing. ISBN: 9780128041918