CURRICULUM VITAE

Melinda L. Hutson

Department of Geology

Portland State University

Portland, OR 97207-0751

tel: (503) 725-3372 (work)

e-mail: mhutson@pdx.edu

homepage: http://web.pdx.edu/~mhutson

Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory: http://meteorites.pdx.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Planetary Sciences, 1996; minor in Geosciences; University of Arizona, Tucson,

Arizona. Thesis title: Chemical Studies of Enstatite Chondrites

M.S. Earth and Space Sciences, 1988; State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony

Brook, New York. Thesis title: Major Element Variations in L- and H-Group Ordinary

Chondrites

B.S. Geophysics, 1982; University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology, Minneapolis,

Minnesota.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004‑present Research Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland, OR. Research focus: meteorites. Courses taught: Astrogeology G456/556, Life in the Universe G345U (which I initiated and developed).

1996-present Full-time faculty, Portland Community College, Portland, OR. Courses taught: Physical Geology G201/202, Historical Geology G203, Introductory Astronomy Phy 121/122/123, Geology of the Pacific Northwest G207, Volcanoes G208, Earthquakes G209, Field Trip Classes to Oregon Coast G160 and Malheur G161. Served as Subject Area Committee (SAC) Chair since 1999, Initiated and developed G209, G160 and G161.

2003-2004 Sabbatical from Portland Community College at Portland State University studying silicate inclusions in two iron meteorites using SEM and electrom microprobe. Studied relict olivine grains in type 3 ordinary chondrites using SEM. Helped create the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory at Portland State University.

2001-2003 Instructor at Portland State University. Courses taught: Life in the Universe G345U, Physical Geology G201/202.

1992‑1996 Associate Faculty, Pima Community College, Tucson AZ. Courses taught: Introductory Astronomy AST 101/102 and Life in the Universe AST 105 (which I initiated and co-developed). Received adjunct faculty award for teaching excellence in 1995.

1985‑1996 Graduate Research Assistant (1985‑1988) and Graduate Research Associate (1988‑1996), Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona. Advisor: John S. Lewis. Examined major element variations in enstatite chondrites. Experience using SEM and electron microprobe. Coursework in igneous and metamorphic petrology, cosmochemistry, geochemistry, organic geochemistry, planetary physics, planetary surfaces, planetary atmospheres.

1994‑1996 Teaching Assistant, Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, teaching PTYS 106 (Solar System laboratory), substitute lecture and grading for PTYS 107 (Earth as a Habitable Planet) and PTYS 105a (Humanity and the Universe).

Fall 1981 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Geology Department, University of Minnesota. Advistor: Clement Chase. Seismic study of subduction zones.

Summer 1980 NASA Planetary Geology Undergraduate Research Fellow, Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian. Advisor: Robert Wolfe. Digital analysis of the non-circularity of martian impact craters.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2003-present Curator of meteorite collection, Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, Portland State University.

2001-present Board Member, Sigma‑Xi, Columbia‑Willamette chapter.

1999-2000 Primary organizer, Northwest Sectional Meeting of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), held at Portland Community College, June 22-25, 2000.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2006 Co-I on NASA Grant for “Meteorites on the road: Taking meteorite science to rural communities”, $35K.

2006 Co-I on NASA Grant for "Evolution of primordial matter: aggregational olivine inclusions in carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites", $132K.

2003 Co-I on NASA Grant for "Public outreach and education with meteorites involving a museum exhibit, website, and teacher workshops", $37K.

1995 Recipient of Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence at Pima Community College, Tucson AZ.

1991 Recipient of Travel Awards from the Barringer Crater Company and the 1991 Meteoritical Society, to attend and present a paper at the 54th meetings of the Meteoritical Society.

1991 and 1989 Recipient of Travel Awards from the NATO/NSF Advanced Studies Institute (ASI) to participate in Chemistry in Space short courses on the "Chemistry of life's origins", and the "Origin and chemistry of the interstellar medium", in Erice, Italy.

1986‑1988 Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Arizona.

1980 NASA Planetary Geology Undergraduate Research Fellow.

BIBLIOGRAPHY—PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS

Hutson M., A. Ruzicka, R. Pugh, L. Sloan, and E. Thompson (2007) Complex brecciation and shock effects in the Buck Mountain Wash (H3-5) chondrite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 42, 963-978.

Ruzicka A., H. Hiyago, M. Hutson, and C. Floss (2007) Relict olivine, chondrule recycling, and the evolution of nebular oxygen reservoirs, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 257, 274-289.

Ruzicka A. and M. Hutson (2006) Differentiation and evolution of the IVA meteorite parent body: Clues from pyroxene geochemistry in the Steinbach stony-iron, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 41, 1959-1987.

Ruzicka A., M. Hutson, and C. Floss (2006) Petrology of silicate inclusions in the Sombrerete ungrouped iron meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 41, 1797-1831.

Hutson M. and A. Ruzicka (2000) A multi-step model for the origin of E3 (enstatite) chondrites. Meteoriics &. Planetary Scence. 35, 601-608.

Ligner, D.W., T.J. Huston, M. Hutson and M.E. Lipschutz (1987) Chemical Studies of H chondrites: I. Mobile trace elements and gas retention ages Geochiimica et. Cosmochiica. Acta 52, 7272-739.

BIBLIOGRAPHY—OTHER MANUSCRIPTS, CHAPTERS, AND BOOKS

Hutson M.(2006) What does it take to classify a meteorite? Meteorite, August 2006, Vol. 12, No. 3, 29-31.

Ruzicka A. and M. Hutson (2005) Portales Valley: Not just another ordinary chondrite. Manuscript submitted for electronic publication by the University of Hawaii’s Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PSRD) web site at http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Sept05/PortalesValley.html

Pugh R., A. Ruzicka, M. Hutson, and B. Schmeer (2004) Eyewitness reports for the June 3, 2004 Pacific Northwest Fireball. Manuscript submitted for electronic publication by the “June 3, 2004 Fireball project” at

Mechler G., M. Hutson, and R. Marcialis (1995) The Sun and Moon, an Audubon Society Pocket guide, New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Mechler G., S. Croft, M. Hutson, and R. Marcialis (1995) Planets and their Moons, an Audubon Society Pocket guide, New York: Alfred A. Knopf

Lewis, J.S. and M.L. Hutson (1993) Asteroidal Resource Opportunities Suggested by Meteorite Data. In J. Lewis, M.S. Matthews, and M.L. Guerriera (eds), Resources of Near-Earth Space, Univ. of Arizona Press, 523-542.

Lewis, J.S. and M.L. Hutson (1991) Chemistry of the Solar Nebula. In J.M. Greenberg and V. Pirronello (eds), Chemistry in Space, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 321-338.

BIBLIOGRAPHY‑‑ABSTRACTS

Hutson, M. L. and A. Ruzicka (2007) The case against Mercury as the angrite parent body. Meteoriics & Planetary Science 42, Abstract #5238.

Hutson, M., R. Hugo, A. Ruzicka, and M. Killgore (2007) Annealing after shock: Evidence from olivine microstructures in Portales Valley. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 42, Abstract #5072.

Ruzicka A. and M. Hutson (2006) NWA 2999 and other angrites: No compelling evidence for a mercurian origin. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 41, Abstract #5080.

Ruzicka, A., C. Floss and M. Hutson (2006) Trace-element compositions of normal, dusty, and clear olivine in Chainpur chondrules. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 41, Abstract #5266.

Hutson, M.L., R.N. Pugh and A.M. Ruzicka (2006) Public outreach and education with meteorites involving a museum exhibit, website, and teacher workshops. Submitted to Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXVII, Abstract #1095, Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Ruzicka, A. and M. Hutson (2005) Geochemical constraints for the origin of the Steinbach (IVA) stony iron meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science.,40, A133 (Abstract #5279).

Ruzicka, A. and M. Hutson (2005) Filter-press differentiation: A newly-recognized fractionation mechanism for silicate inclusions in Sombrerete and possibly in other iron meteorites. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXVI, Abstract #1169, Lunar and Planetary Institute (CD-ROM).

Ruzicka, A. and M. Hutson (2003) Evidence for silicate liquid immiscibility within silicate inclusions during rapid cooling of the Sombrerete (Ungrouped) iron meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 38, A129.

Hutson, M. and A. Ruzicka (1999) A simple three‑step model for the origin of the enstatite chondrites. Antarctic Meteorites XXIV, pp. 40‑42.

Cyr, K.E., M.L. Hutson, and J.I. Lunine (1998) Effect of revised nebular water distribution on enstatite chondrite formation. In M.E. Zolensky, A.N. Krot and E.R.D. Scott (eds), Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials. LPI Tech. Rpt. 97-02, Part 1, Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 12-13.

Hutson, M.L (1991) Na-Cr sulfide phases in the Indarch (EH4) chondrite. Meteoritics 26, 349-350.

Hutson, M.L. and J.S. Lewis (1991) Enstatite chondrites and achondrites as asteroidal resources. In the abstracts for the second annual UA/NASA SERC symposium, Resources of Near-Earth Space, 21.

Ruiz, J. and RM. Hutson (1990) Ilmenite beneficiation. The SERC Newsletter vol. 1 no. 4, 4-5.

Hutson, M. (1989) Shock effects in H-group chondrites. Lunar Planet. Sci. XX, 436-437

Hutson, M.L (1987) A closer look at the significance of chemical variations in enstatite chondrites. Lunar Planet. Sci. XVIII, 449-450.

Hutson, M. (1986) A search for chemical clusters in H- and L-chondrites. Meteoritics 21, 404-405.

Wolfe, R.W. and M.L. Hutson (1980) Noncircularity of martian impact craters: Clues to hidden structures. Reports of Plan. Geol. Program, NASA Tech. Me. 82385, 164-166.

BIBLIOGRAPHY—TALKS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

Hutson, M. (2000) Enhance teaching using the internet: Integrating web resources into instruction, League for Innovation in the Community College 2000 conference on Information Technology.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), Sigma Xi.