He received his BA from Carleton College in 1966 and Ph.D. in Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin in 1972. After being awarded an NRC Post-doctoral Research Associate at the NASA Ames Research Center, he became a Staff Scientist (then Senior Staff Scientist) at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (Houston). In 1984, he became an Associate Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at Brown University and was promoted to full Professor in 1994. Since 1973, he has published over 170 peer-reviewed papers, authored or edited 4 books, and over 500 abstracts. In addition to his research and teaching responsibilities at Brown, he served as the Director for the Northeast Planetary Data Center, the NASA/Rhode Island University Space Grant Consortium , and NASA/Rhode Island EPSCoR Program. See Current CV.
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Schultz, P. H.
"First Light." The Space Age Generation: Lives and lessons from the Golden Age of Solar System Exploration, edited by Sheehan, W. and Brasch, K, Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 2024, pp. 89-112.
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Schultz, P. H. (with Tom Dobbins).
"Cosmic cataclysm in South America." Sky and Telescope, 2022, pp. 22-27.
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| Schultz, Peter H., Harris, R. Scott, Perroud, Sebastián, Blanco, Nicolas, Tomlinson, Andrew J. "Widespread glasses generated by cometary fireballs during the late Pleistocene in the Atacama Desert, Chile: REPLY." Geology, vol. 50, no. 5, 2022, pp. e551-e551. |
| Schultz, Peter H., Harris, R. Scott, Perroud, Sebastián, Blanco, Nicolas, Tomlinson, Andrew J. "Widespread glasses generated by cometary fireballs during the late Pleistocene in the Atacama Desert, Chile." Geology, vol. 50, no. 2, 2021, pp. 205-209. |
| A. Valantinas and P. H. Schultz. "The origin of neotectonics on the lunar nearside." Geology, vol. 48, 2020, pp. 649-653. |
| Quintana, Stephanie N., Schultz, Peter H. "Observational constraints on the cometary impact flux on Mars and Earth." Icarus, vol. 326, 2019, pp. 176-185. |
| Daly, R. Terik, Schultz, Peter H., Lassiter, John C., Loewy, Staci W., Thompson, Lucy M., Spray, John G. "Contrasting meteoritic signatures within the Clearwater East and Clearwater West impact structures: The view from osmium isotopes." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 235, 2018, pp. 262-284. |
| Quintana, Stephanie N., Schultz, Peter H., Horowitz, Seth S. "Experimental constraints on impact-induced winds." Icarus, vol. 305, 2018, pp. 91-104. |
| Daly, Ronald T., Schultz, Peter H. "Projectile preservation during oblique hypervelocity impacts." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 53, no. 7, 2018, pp. 1364-1390. |
| R. T. Daly and P. H. Schultz. "The delivery of water by impacts from planetary accretion to present." Science Advances, vol. 4, no. 4, 2018. |
| Schultz, Peter H., Quintana, Stephanie N. "Impact-generated winds on Mars." Icarus, vol. 292, 2017, pp. 86-101. |
| Daly, R. Terik, Schultz, Peter H. "Delivering a projectile component to the vestan regolith." Icarus, vol. 264, 2016, pp. 9-19. |
| P. H. Schultz and D. A. Crawford. "Origin and implications of non-radial Imbrium Sculpture on the Moon,." Nature, vol. 535, 2016, pp. 391-394. |
| Quintana, S.N., Crawford, D.A., Schultz, P.H. "Analysis of Impact Melt and Vapor Production in CTH for Planetary Applications." Procedia Engineering, vol. 103, 2015, pp. 499-506. |
| Bruck Syal, Megan, Schultz, Peter H. "Cometary impact effects at the Moon: Implications for lunar swirl formation." Icarus, vol. 257, 2015, pp. 194-206. |
| Syal, Megan Bruck, Schultz, Peter H., Riner, Miriam A. "Darkening of Mercury's surface by cometary carbon." Nature Geoscience, vol. 8, no. 5, 2015, pp. 352-356. |
| Daly, R. Terik, Schultz, Peter H. "Predictions for impactor contamination on Ceres based on hypervelocity impact experiments." Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 42, no. 19, 2015, pp. 7890-7898. |
| Schultz, Peter H., Eberhardy, Clara A. "Spectral probing of impact-generated vapor in laboratory experiments." Icarus, vol. 248, 2015, pp. 448-462. |
| Stickle, A.M., Schultz, P.H., Crawford, D.A. "Subsurface failure in spherical bodies: A formation scenario for linear troughs on Vesta’s surface." Icarus, vol. 247, 2015, pp. 18-34. |
| Stickle, A. M., Schultz, P. H. "Discrete shear failure planes resulting from oblique hypervelocity impacts." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, vol. 119, no. 8, 2014, pp. 1839-1859. |
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Hermalyn, B.; Heineck, J. T.; Schairer, E.T.; Schultz, P. H.
"Measurement of Ejecta from Hypervelocity Impacts with a Generalized High-Speed Two-Frame 3D Hybrid Particle Tracking Velocimetry Method." ISBN 978-989-98777-8-8, 2014.
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| Schultz, P. H., Harris, R. S., Clemett, S. J., Thomas-Keprta, K. L., Zarate, M. "Preserved flora and organics in impact melt breccias." Geology, vol. 42, no. 6, 2014, pp. 515-518. |
| Horowitz, Seth S., Schultz, Peter H. "Printing Space: Using 3D Printing of Digital Terrain Models in Geosciences Education and Research." Journal of Geoscience Education, vol. 62, no. 1, 2014, pp. 138-145. |
| Bruck Syal, Megan, Schultz, Peter H., Sunshine, Jessica M., A’Hearn, Michael F., Farnham, Tony L., Dearborn, David S.P. "Geologic control of jet formation on Comet 103P/Hartley 2." Icarus, vol. 222, no. 2, 2013, pp. 610-624. |
| Stickle, A. M., Schultz, P. H. "Investigating pressure magnitudes at depth for oblique impacts into layered targets: Applications to terrestrial impacts in sedimentary targets." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2013, pp. n/a-n/a. |
| Bruck Syal, Megan, Dearborn, David S.P., Schultz, Peter H. "Limits on the use of nuclear explosives for asteroid deflection." Acta Astronautica, vol. 90, no. 1, 2013, pp. 103-111. |
| Veverka, J., Klaasen, K., A’Hearn, M., Belton, M., Brownlee, D., Chesley, S., Clark, B., Economou, T., Farquhar, R., Green, S.F., Groussin, O., Harris, A., Kissel, J., Li, J.-Y., Meech, K., Melosh, J., Richardson, J., Schultz, P., Silen, J., Sunshine, J., Thomas, P., Bhaskaran, S., Bodewits, D., Carcich, B., Cheuvront, A., Farnham, T., Sackett, S., Wellnitz, D., Wolf, A. "Return to Comet Tempel 1: Overview of Stardust-NExT results." Icarus, vol. 222, no. 2, 2013, pp. 424-435. |
| Thomas, P.C., A’Hearn, Michael F., Veverka, Joseph, Belton, Michael J.S., Kissel, Jochen, Klaasen, Kenneth P., McFadden, Lucy A., Melosh, H. Jay, Schultz, Peter H., Besse, Sébastien, Carcich, Brian T., Farnham, Tony L., Groussin, Olivier, Hermalyn, Brendan, Li, Jian-Yang, Lindler, Don J., Lisse, Carey M., Meech, Karen, Richardson, James E. "Shape, density, and geology of the nucleus of Comet 103P/Hartley 2." Icarus, vol. 222, no. 2, 2013, pp. 550-558. |
| Schultz, Peter H., Hermalyn, Brendan, Veverka, Joe. "The Deep Impact crater on 9P/Tempel-1 from Stardust-NExT." Icarus, vol. 222, no. 2, 2013, pp. 502-515. |
| Hermalyn, Brendan, Farnham, Tony L., Collins, Steven M., Kelley, Michael S., A’Hearn, Michael F., Bodewits, Dennis, Carcich, Brian, Lindler, Don J., Lisse, Casey, Meech, Karen, Schultz, Peter H., Thomas, Peter C. "The detection, localization, and dynamics of large icy particles surrounding Comet 103P/Hartley 2." Icarus, vol. 222, no. 2, 2013, pp. 625-633. |
| Thomas, P., A’Hearn, M., Belton, M.J.S., Brownlee, D., Carcich, B., Hermalyn, B., Klaasen, K., Sackett, S., Schultz, P.H., Veverka, J., Bhaskaran, S., Bodewits, D., Chesley, S., Clark, B., Farnham, T., Groussin, O., Harris, A., Kissel, J., Li, J.-Y., Meech, K., Melosh, J., Quick, A., Richardson, J., Sunshine, J., Wellnitz, D. "The nucleus of Comet 9P/Tempel 1: Shape and geology from two flybys." Icarus, vol. 222, no. 2, 2013, pp. 453-466. |
| Belton, Michael J.S., Thomas, Peter, Carcich, Brian, Quick, Andrew, Veverka, Joseph, Jay Melosh, H., A’Hearn, Michael F., Li, Jian-Yang, Brownlee, Donald, Schultz, Peter, Klaasen, Kenneth, Sarid, Gal. "The origin of pits on 9P/Tempel 1 and the geologic signature of outbursts in Stardust-NExT images." Icarus, vol. 222, no. 2, 2013, pp. 477-486. |
| A'Hearn, Michael F., Feaga, Lori M., Keller, H. Uwe, Kawakita, Hideyo, Hampton, Donald L., Kissel, Jochen, Klaasen, Kenneth P., McFadden, Lucy A., Meech, Karen J., Schultz, Peter H., Sunshine, Jessica M., Thomas, Peter C., Veverka, Joseph, Yeomans, Donald K., Besse, Sebastien, Bodewits, Dennis, Farnham, Tony L., Groussin, Olivier, Kelley, Michael S., Lisse, Carey M., Merlin, Frederic, Protopapa, Silvia, Wellnitz, Dennis D. "Cometary volatiles and the origin of comets." ApJ, vol. 758, no. 1, 2012, pp. 29. |
| Hermalyn, B., Schultz, P. H. "Excavation of the Subsurface by Hypervelocity Impacts: Insight from Experiments and Lessons from Missions." Earth and Space 2012, 2012. |
| Stickle, A. and Schultz, P. H. "Oblique hypervelocity impacts into layered targets." Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 117, E07006, 2012, pp. 19 pp. |
| Hainaut, O. R., Kleyna, J., Sarid, G., Hermalyn, B., Zenn, A., Meech, K. J., Schultz, P. H., Hsieh, H., Trancho, G., Pittichová, J., Yang, B. "P/2010 A2 LINEAR." Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 537, 2012, pp. A69. |
| Hermalyn, Brendan, Schultz, Peter H., Shirley, Mark, Ennico, Kimberly, Colaprete, Anthony. "Scouring the surface: Ejecta dynamics and the LCROSS impact event." Icarus, vol. 218, no. 1, 2012, pp. 654-665. |
| Stickle, A. M., Schultz, P. H. "Subsurface damage from oblique impacts into low-impedance layers." J. Geophys. Res., vol. 117, no. E7, 2012. |
| Schultz, Peter H., Wrobel, Kelly E. "The oblique impact Hale and its consequences on Mars." J. Geophys. Res., vol. 117, no. E4, 2012, pp. n/a-n/a. |
| A'Hearn, M. F., Belton, M. J. S., Delamere, W. A., Feaga, L. M., Hampton, D., Kissel, J., Klaasen, K. P., McFadden, L. A., Meech, K. J., Melosh, H. J., Schultz, P. H., Sunshine, J. M., Thomas, P. C., Veverka, J., Wellnitz, D. D., Yeomans, D. K., Besse, S., Bodewits, D., Bowling, T. J., Carcich, B. T., Collins, S. M., Farnham, T. L., Groussin, O., Hermalyn, B., Kelley, M. S., Kelley, M. S., Li, J.-Y., Lindler, D. J., Lisse, C. M., McLaughlin, S. A., Merlin, F., Protopapa, S., Richardson, J. E., Williams, J. L. "EPOXI at Comet Hartley 2." Science, vol. 332, no. 6036, 2011, pp. 1396-1400. |
| Stickle, A.M., Schultz, P.H. "Exploring the role of shear in oblique impacts: A comparison of experimental and numerical results for planar targets." International Journal of Impact Engineering, vol. 38, no. 6, 2011, pp. 527-534. |
| Schultz, P. H. and Crawford, D. A. "Origin of nearside structural and geochemical anomalies on the Moon." Geological Society Special Paper 477, vol. 477, 2011, pp. 141-159. |
| Hermalyn, Brendan, Schultz, Peter H. "Time-resolved studies of hypervelocity vertical impacts into porous particulate targets: Effects of projectile density on early-time coupling and crater growth." Icarus, vol. 216, no. 1, 2011, pp. 269-279. |
| Heil Jr., Clifford W., King, John W., Zárate, Marcelo A., Schultz, Peter H. "Climatic interpretation of a 1.9 Ma environmental magnetic record of loess deposition and soil formation in the central eastern Pampas of Buenos Aires, Argentina." Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 29, no. 19-20, 2010, pp. 2705-2718. |
| Colaprete, A., Schultz, P., Heldmann, J., Wooden, D., Shirley, M., Ennico, K., Hermalyn, B., Marshall, W., Ricco, A., Elphic, R. C., Goldstein, D., Summy, D., Bart, G. D., Asphaug, E., Korycansky, D., Landis, D., Sollitt, L. "Detection of Water in the LCROSS Ejecta Plume." Science, vol. 330, no. 6003, 2010, pp. 463-468. |
| Hermalyn, Brendan, Schultz, Peter H. "Early-stage ejecta velocity distribution for vertical hypervelocity impacts into sand." Icarus, vol. 209, no. 2, 2010, pp. 866-870. |
| Groussin, O., A’Hearn, M., Belton, M.J.S., Farnham, T., Feaga, L., Kissel, J., Lisse, C.M., Melosh, J., Schultz, P., Sunshine, J., Veverka, J. "Energy balance of the Deep Impact experiment." Icarus, vol. 205, no. 2, 2010, pp. 627-637. |
| Schultz, P. H., Hermalyn, B., Colaprete, A., Ennico, K., Shirley, M., Marshall, W. S. "The LCROSS Cratering Experiment." Science, vol. 330, no. 6003, 2010, pp. 468-472. |
| Tancredi, G., Ishitsuka, J., Schultz, P. H., Harris, R. S., Brown, P., Revelle, D. O., Antier, K., Pichon, A. Le, Rosales, D., Vidal, E., Varela, M. E., Sánchez, L., Benavente, S., Bojorquez, J., Cabezas, D., Dalmau, A. "A meteorite crater on Earth formed on September 15, 2007: The Carancas hypervelocity impact." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 44, no. 12, 2009, pp. 1967-1984. |
| Sugita, Seiji, Schultz, Peter H. "Efficient cyanide formation due to impacts of carbonaceous bodies on a planet with a nitrogen-rich atmosphere." Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 36, no. 20, 2009. |
| Minitti, Michelle E., Rutherford, Malcolm J., Taylor, Bruce E., Dyar, M. Darby, Schultz, Peter H. "Assessment of shock effects on amphibole water contents and hydrogen isotope compositions: 1. Amphibolite experiments." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 266, no. 1-2, 2008, pp. 46-60. |
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Leinhardt, Z. M., S. T. Stewart, S. T. and Schultz, P. H. (2008).
"Physical Effects of Collisions in the Kuiper Belt." The Solar System Beyond Neptune, edited by A. Barucci, H. Boehnhardt, D. P. Cruikshank, and A. Morbidelli, Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 2008.
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| Schultz, Peter. "Structural geology: The buried record of Chicxulub." Nature Geoscience, vol. 1, no. 2, 2008, pp. 90-91. |
| Farnham, T.L., Wellnitz, D.D., Hampton, D.L., Li, J.-Y., Sunshine, J.M., Groussin, O., McFadden, L.A., Crockett, C.J., A'Hearn, M.F., Belton, M.J.S., Schultz, P., Lisse, C.M. "Dust coma morphology in the Deep Impact images of Comet 9P/Tempel 1." Icarus, vol. 187, no. 1, 2007, pp. 26-40. |
| Farnham, T.L., Wellnitz, D.D., Hampton, D.L., Li, J.-Y., Sunshine, J.M., Groussin, O., McFadden, L.A., Crockett, C.J., A'Hearn, M.F., Belton, M.J.S., Schultz, P., Lisse, C.M. "Dust coma morphology in the Deep Impact images of Comet 9P/Tempel 1." Icarus, vol. 191, no. 2, 2007, pp. 146-160. |
| Firestone, R. B., West, A., Kennett, J. P., Becker, L., Bunch, T. E., Revay, Z. S., Schultz, P. H., Belgya, T., Kennett, D. J., Erlandson, J. M., Dickenson, O. J., Goodyear, A. C., Harris, R. S., Howard, G. A., Kloosterman, J. B., Lechler, P., Mayewski, P. A., Montgomery, J., Poreda, R., Darrah, T., Hee, S. S. Q., Smith, A. R., Stich, A., Topping, W., Wittke, J. H., Wolbach, W. S. "Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 104, no. 41, 2007, pp. 16016-16021. |
| Ernst, Carolyn M., Schultz, Peter H. "Evolution of the Deep Impact flash: Implications for the nucleus surface based on laboratory experiments." Icarus, vol. 191, no. 2, 2007, pp. 123-133. |
| ERNST, C, SCHULTZ, P. "Evolution of the Deep Impact flash: Implications for the nucleus surface based on laboratory experiments." Icarus, vol. 190, no. 2, 2007, pp. 334-344. |
| Zárate, Marcelo A., Schultz, Peter H., Blasi, Adriana, Heil, Clifford, King, John, Hames, Willis. "Geology and geochronology of type Chasicoan (late Miocene) mammal-bearing deposits of Buenos Aires (Argentina)." Journal of South American Earth Sciences, vol. 23, no. 1, 2007, pp. 81-90. |
| Schultz, P. H. "PLANETARY SCIENCE: Hidden Mars." Science, vol. 318, no. 5853, 2007, pp. 1080-1081. |
| SCHULTZ, P, EBERHARDY, C, ERNST, C, AHEARN, M, SUNSHINE, J, LISSE, C. "The Deep Impact oblique impact cratering experiment." Icarus, vol. 190, no. 2, 2007, pp. 295-333. |
| Schultz, Peter H., Eberhardy, Clara A., Ernst, Carolyn M., A'Hearn, Michael F., Sunshine, Jessica M., Lisse, Carey M. "The Deep Impact oblique impact cratering experiment." Icarus, vol. 191, no. 2, 2007, pp. 84-122. |
| Sunshine, Jessica M., Groussin, Olivier, Schultz, Peter H., A'Hearn, Michael F., Feaga, Lori M., Farnham, Tony L., Klaasen, Kenneth P. "The distribution of water ice in the interior of Comet Tempel 1." Icarus, vol. 191, no. 2, 2007, pp. 73-83. |
| SUNSHINE, J, GROUSSIN, O, SCHULTZ, P, AHEARN, M, FEAGA, L, FARNHAM, T, KLAASEN, K. "The distribution of water ice in the interior of Comet Tempel 1." Icarus, vol. 190, no. 2, 2007, pp. 284-294. |
| Thomson, Bradley J., Schultz, Peter H. "The geology of the Viking Lander 2 site revisited." Icarus, vol. 191, no. 2, 2007, pp. 505-523. |
| Belton, Michael J.S., Thomas, Peter, Veverka, J., Schultz, Peter, A'Hearn, Michael F., Feaga, Lori, Farnham, Tony, Groussin, Olivier, Li, Jian-Yang, Lisse, Casey, McFadden, Lucy, Sunshine, Jessica, Meech, Karen J., Delamere, W. Alan, Kissel, Jochen. "The internal structure of Jupiter family cometary nuclei from Deep Impact observations: The “talps” or “layered pile” model." Icarus, vol. 191, no. 2, 2007, pp. 573-585. |
| Belton, Michael J.S., Thomas, Peter, Veverka, J., Schultz, Peter, A'Hearn, Michael F., Feaga, Lori, Farnham, Tony, Groussin, Olivier, Li, Jian-Yang, Lisse, Casey, McFadden, Lucy, Sunshine, Jessica, Meech, Karen J., Delamere, W. Alan, Kissel, Jochen. "The internal structure of Jupiter family cometary nuclei from Deep Impact observations: The “talps” or “layered pile” model." Icarus, vol. 187, no. 1, 2007, pp. 332-344. |
| Thomas, Peter C., Veverka, J., Belton, Michael J.S., Hidy, Alan, A'Hearn, Michael F., Farnham, T.L., Groussin, Olivier, Li, Jian-Yang, McFadden, Lucy A., Sunshine, Jessica, Wellnitz, Dennis, Lisse, Carey, Schultz, Peter, Meech, Karen J., Delamere, W. Alan. "The shape, topography, and geology of Tempel 1 from Deep Impact observations." Icarus, vol. 191, no. 2, 2007, pp. 51-62. |
| Thomas, Peter C., Veverka, J., Belton, Michael J.S., Hidy, Alan, A'Hearn, Michael F., Farnham, T.L., Groussin, Olivier, Li, Jian-Yang, McFadden, Lucy A., Sunshine, Jessica, Wellnitz, Dennis, Lisse, Carey, Schultz, Peter, Meech, Karen J., Delamere, W. Alan. "The shape, topography, and geology of Tempel 1 from Deep Impact observations." Icarus, vol. 187, no. 1, 2007, pp. 4-15. |
| Wrobel, Kelly, Schultz, Peter, Crawford, David. "An atmospheric blast/thermal model for the formation of high-latitude pedestal craters." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 41, no. 10, 2006, pp. 1539-1550. |
| Sunshine, J. M. "Exposed Water Ice Deposits on the Surface of Comet 9P/Tempel 1." Science, vol. 311, no. 5766, 2006, pp. 1453-1455. |
| Anderson, Jennifer L.B., Schultz, Peter H. "Flow-field center migration during vertical and oblique impacts." International Journal of Impact Engineering, vol. 33, no. 1-12, 2006, pp. 35-44. |
| Schultz, Peter H., Staid, Matthew I., Pieters, Carlé M. "Lunar activity from recent gas release." J. Geophys. Res., vol. 444, no. 7116, 2006, pp. 184-186. |
| Lisse, C. M. "Spitzer Spectral Observations of the Deep Impact Ejecta." Science, vol. 313, no. 5787, 2006, pp. 635-640. |
| SCHULTZ, Peter H., ZÁRATE, Marcelo, HAMES, Willis E., HARRIS, R. Scott, BUNCH, T. E., KOEBERL, Christian, RENNE, Paul, WITTKE, James. "The record of Miocene impacts in the Argentine Pampas." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 41, no. 5, 2006, pp. 749-771. |
| Schultz, P.H., Sugita, S., Eberhardy, C.A., Ernst, C.M. "The role of ricochet impacts on impact vaporization." International Journal of Impact Engineering, vol. 33, no. 1-12, 2006, pp. 771-780. |
| A'Hearn, M. F. "Deep Impact: Excavating Comet Tempel 1." Science, vol. 310, no. 5746, 2005, pp. 258-264. |
| Meech, K. J. "Deep Impact: Observations from a Worldwide Earth-Based Campaign." Science, vol. 310, no. 5746, 2005, pp. 265-269. |
| Schultz, Peter H., Ernst, Carolyn M., Anderson, Jennifer L. B. "Expectations for Crater Size and Photometric Evolution from the Deep Impact Collision." Space Science Reviews, vol. 117, no. 1-2, 2005, pp. 207-239. |
| Sunshine, Jessica M., A’Hearn, Michael F., Groussin, Olivier, McFadden, Lucy A., Klaasen, Kenneth P., Schultz, Peter H., Lisse, Carey M. "Expectations for Infrared Spectroscopy of 9P/Tempel 1 from Deep Impact." Space Science Reviews, vol. 117, no. 1-2, 2005, pp. 269-295. |
| Wrobel, Kelly E. "Effect of planetary rotation on distal tektite deposition on Mars." J. Geophys. Res., vol. 109, no. E5, 2004. |
| Anderson, Jennifer L. B., Schultz, Peter H., Heineck, James T. "Experimental ejection angles for oblique impacts: Implications for the subsurface flow-field." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 39, no. 2, 2004, pp. 303-320. |
| Schultz, Peter H. "Impact melts and glasses on Mars." J. Geophys. Res., vol. 109, no. E1, 2004. |
| VIZCAINO, S, FARINA, R, ZARATE, M, BARGO, M, SCHULTZ, P. "Palaeoecological implications of the mid-Pliocene faunal turnover in the Pampean Region (Argentina)." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 213, no. 1-2, 2004, pp. 101-113. |
| Vizcaíno, Sergio F., Fariña, Richard A., Zárate, Marcelo A., Bargo, M. Susana, Schultz, Peter. "Palaeoecological implications of the mid-Pliocene faunal turnover in the Pampean Region (Argentina)." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 213, no. 1-2, 2004, pp. 101-113. |
| Schultz, Peter H, Zárate, Marcelo, Hames, Bill, Koeberl, Christian, Bunch, Theodore, Storzer, Dieter, Renne, Paul, Wittke, James. "The Quaternary impact record from the Pampas, Argentina." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 219, no. 3-4, 2004, pp. 221-238. |
| Sugita, S. and P. H. Schultz. "Asymmetry of ejecta flow during oblique impacts using three-dimensional particle image velocimetry." Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 108, (E6), no. 5051, 2003. |
| Anderson, Jennifer L. B.; Schultz, Peter H.; Heineck, James T. "Asymmetry of ejecta flow during oblique impacts using three-dimensional particle image velocimetry." Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 108, No. E8, no. 5094, 2003. |
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Rietmejier, F. J. M., P. H. Schultz, and T. E. Bunch.
"Carbon Calabashes in a Shock-produced Carbon Melt." Chemical Physics Letters , vol. 374, no. 5/6, 2003, pp. 464-470.
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| BOGERT, C. H., SCHULTZ, P. H., SPRAY, J. G. "Impact-induced frictional melting in ordinary chondrites: A mechanism for deformation, darkening, and vein formation." Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 38, no. 10, 2003, pp. 1521-1531. |
| Sugita, S. and P. H. Schultz. "Interactions between impact-induced vapor clouds and the ambient atmosphere: 1. Spectroscopic observations using diatomic molecular emission." Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 108, (E6), no. 5051, 2003. |
| Sugita, S. and P. H. Schultz. "Interactions between impact-induced vapor clouds and the ambient atmosphere: 2. Theoretical modeling." Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 108, no. No. E6, 5052, 2003. |
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Heineck, J. T., P. H. Schultz, and J.L.B. Anderson.
"Application of Three-component PIV to the Measurement of Hypervelocity Impact Ejecta." Journal of Visualization, vol. Vol 5, no. No. 3, 2002, pp. 233-241.
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Impact cratering is one of the few processes affecting all planetary bodies. Records can provide clues for contrasting geologic evolutions. The planetary record, lab experiments, field studies, and theoretical approaches allow exploring a process at scales we hope we never witness. My main research has been on the effect of impact angle on cratering and the role of the atmosphere in modifying the process. Different planetary environments, laboratory simulations, and theoretical models allow testing under extreme conditions and to extreme scales.
See Curriculum Vitae.
Research focuses on impact cratering processes as revealed by laboratory impact experiments, the planetary surface record, and terrestrial ground truth. Laboratory research includes atmospheric effects on ejecta emplacement, impactor survival, secondary impact processes, antipodal shock effects, high-speed spectroscopy of impact vapor/plasma, impact angle effects (shock propagation, vaporization, target damage, and flow-field evolution), projectile fate after impacts, and crater-scaling relations. Of particular interest has been the origin of fluidized ejecta and blast winds around craters on Mars. Such basic research led to participation in numerous NASA planetary missions including Magellan, Deep Impact, Stardust-NExT, EPOXI, and LCROSS. Other basic research about the Moon includes: floor-fractured craters, beginning/end of volcanism, recent lunar activity (tectonism, impacts, and surface processes), lunar swirl generation, polar volatile evolution, assessment of the size of impactors, and origin of the nearside/farside dichotomy. The last study argued that the distribution of smooth lava plains on the lunar nearside originated as the result of a giant oblique impact (the South-Pole-Aitken Basin) on the far side. On Earth, his research has included the distribution of ejecta around Meteor Crater, discovery of 8 impact glass layers in Argentina, documentation of a witnessed crater-forming impact in Peru in 2007, and the widespread distribution of glasses generated by an airburst across the Atacama Desert (Chile) about 11,500 years ago.
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Recent Funding:
NASA: Discovery Data Analysis Program
NASA: NASA-Ames LCROSS Mission
SANDIA/LIVERMORE: Sandia/Lawrence-Livermore National Labs
NASA: Planetary Impact Processes
NASA: Northeast Planetary Data Center
NASA: Rhode Island Space Grant Program
NASA: Mars Fundamental Research Program
NASA: Planetary Geology and Geophysics
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This lists "Other Scholarly Works."
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Schultz, P. H. (2024, book chapter), “First Light,” p. 89-112. In Sheehan, W. and Brasch, K. (eds.), The Space Age Generation: Lives and lessons from the Golden Age of Solar System Exploration, U. Arizona Press, 308pp.
Invited talk: History of the Boston Box: Daguerreotype and Wet Plate Cameras from New England (Daguerreian Society Symposium, September, Boston, 2023)
Contributed to exhibit Power and Perspective: Early Photography in China (Peabody Essex Museum, 2022)
Contributed to exhibit Making, Not Taking (Davis Museum, Wellesley, 2020)
Contributed historical items and objects to exhibt Silvery Moon (50th Anniversary of Apollo 11) in Northeast Planetary Data Center
{En}Visioning: Contributed images and objects, prepared text for ISB Gallery exhibit (Rhode Island School of Design, 2019)
Contributed to exhibit Mark Twain: Innocents Abroad (New York Historical Society, 2019)
Invited talk: Simon Wing and his Marvelous Multiplying Cameras” (invited talk to Wing Museum, Sandwich, MA, May 2018)
Invited paper: Simon Wing and His Marvelous Machine. In The Journal of the Photographic Historical Society, Issue 175.
Contributed art installation, High Impact Art: Carleton College (2016)
Contributed to exhibit Frederick Douglass: America's First Black Celebrity (Museum of African American History, Boston, 2016)
Contributed talk: “Against the Odds: The Story of the Trumbull Interchangeable Panoramic Camera” (Photo-History Symposium, George Eastman House, October, 2014)
Invited Talk: History of Space Photography (Photographic Historical Society of New England, 2012)
Schultz, P. H. (2011), Space Photography. In 500 Cameras (Todd Gustavson) George Eastman House -Sterling Signature, ISBN 1402780869.
Contributed talk: The History of 19th Century Lens Makers (Photo-History Symposium, George Eastman House, 2003)
Schultz, P. H. (1981) From Arago to Apollo: The evolution of space photography. In The Proceedings of the First Western Photohistory Symposium (W.B. Carroll, ed.). In The Western Photographic Collectors Association: Whittier, CA, p. 69.
Schultz, P. H. (1996), Shooting the Moon: Understanding the History of Lunar Impact Theories, Earth Sciences History, v. 17, 92-110 (1996)
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | PhD | University of Texas at Austin |
| 1966 | BA | Carleton College |
| National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council Postdoctoral | NASA Ames Research Center, Lunar Geology | 1973-1975 |
Some Recent Awards:
2018 Lincoln Southeast High School Distinguished Alumni Award
2013 Fellow of the Geological Society of America
2012 G. K. Gilbert Award
2010 Distinguished Scientist Award, Hypervelocity Impact Society
2008 Award of Excellence, Ten Best Oral Presentation Award, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) National Meeting, San Antonio
2006 Distinguished Achievement Award, Carleton College
2005 Asteroid 6952 named "PeteSchultz" (Announcement at Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites Conference, Buzios, Brazil)
2004 Barringer Medal Award (for achievements in impact research)
2000 Certificate of Appreciation (RI House of Representatives)
1992 Medal of Achievement, National Academy of Sciences of Argentina
Past:
Past Science Coordinator and Principle Investigator for the NASA-Ames Vertical Gun Range (national facility)
Past NASA Management Operations Working Group Member
Past Chair, Regional Planetary Image Facilities Director
Past Director of the NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium
Past Director of the Northeast Planetary Data Center
Past Director of the NASA Rhode Island EPSCoR Program
| Professor Emeritus. 2023-2024 |
| Research Professor. Brown University, 2014-2022 |
| Professor. Brown University, 1994-2013 |
| Associate Professor. Brown University , 1984-1994 |
| Senior Staff Scientist. Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1981-1984 |
| Staff Scientist. Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1976-1984 |
| Research Associate. NASA Ames Research Center (University of Santa Clara) , 1975-1976 |
GEOL 0160: First Year Seminar: Chicken Little or Armageddon? Past and Future Cosmic Threats
GEOL 0810: Planetary Geology
GEOL 2880: Planetary Cratering
GEOL 2920: Astrobiology (co-taught w/Y. Huang)
ADVISING:
Former Graduate Students:
R. Terik Daly, PhD '17
Stephanie Quintana, PhD '17
Jason Dahl, PhD '16
Megan Bruck Syal, PhD '14
Megan Bruck Syal, PhD '14
Angela Stickle, PhD '12
Brendan Hermalyn, PhD '11
Carolyn Ernst, Ph.D. '08
Kelly Wrobel, Ph.D. '08
Bradley Thomson, Ph.D. '06
Carolyn van der Bogert, Ph.D. '04
Clara Eberhard, Sc.M. '04
Jennifer Anderson, Ph.D. '04
Seiji Sugita, Ph.D. '98
Olivier Barnouin-Jha, Ph.D. '98
Robert Wichman, Ph.D. '93
David Crawford, Ph.D. '92
Jason Dahl, Sc.M. '99
Charles Halfen, Sc.M. '91
John Grant, Ph.D. '90
Patricia Grizzaffi Rogers, Sc.M. '87
