EDUCATION

Ph.D. Planetary Sciences, 1996; minor in Geosciences; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. 
M.S. Earth and Space Sciences, 1988; State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York. 
B.S. Geology, and B.S. Geophysics, 1982; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
 

RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2000-present 
Assistant Professor (2000), Research Assistant Professor (2001—2006), Assistant Professor (2006-current)
Department of Geology,  Portland State University, Portland, OR.  Research focus: meteorites. Courses taught: astrogeology, geochemistry, meteorites, physical geology, historical geology, global environmental change, university studies. 

1999-2002 
Instructor, Portland Community College, Portland, OR.  Courses taught: geology and astronomy. 

1996-1999 
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Research involved geochemical analyses of extraterrestrial and terrestrial materials and theoretical modeling to elucidate planetary, asteroidal, and early solar system processes. 

1986-1996 
Graduate Research Assistant (1986-1991) and Graduate Research Associate (1991-1996), Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona. Advisor: William V. Boynton. Used microanalytical, geochemical, and modeling techniques to study meteorites and to modify existing theory for the growth of mineral layer structures by coupled reaction-diffusion processes. Dissertation: "Petrologic-kinetic studies of meteorites." Teaching Assistant (1987) for astronomy. 

1982-1985 
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Stony Brook. Advisor: Robert T. Dodd. Used microbeam techniques to study meteorites. Thesis: "Pre-agglomeration metasomatism of chondrules in the Chainpur (LL3.4) chondrite."  Teaching Assistant for structural geology & astronomy; developed course content for astronomy and structural geology laboratories. 

1982 
NASA Planetary Geology Undergraduate Research Fellow, University of Arizona. Advisor: Robert G. Strom. Compared the size-frequency and spatial distribution of craters on the Jovian moon Callisto with that on the lunar farside to elucidate the cratering history of Callisto and the nature of meteoroid populations in the solar system. 
 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005-2007
Science Team member of Hera, a proposed NASA mission to retrieve an asteroid sample and bring it back to Earth for analysis.

2002-2004 
Program Committee, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 

2001-current 
Board of Editors, Astrobiology.

2001-current 
Board Member, Sigma-Xi, Columbia-Willamette chapter. 

1996-1999 
Co-Investigator, NASA research proposals, with P.I. Lawrence Taylor (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999). 
 

GRANTS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2006
Principal Investigator of NASA Grant for "Evolution of primordial matter:  Aggregational olivine inclusions in carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites".  Largest award made by Origins program in 2006.

2006
Principal Investigator of NASA Grant for “Meteorites on the road: Taking meteorite science to rural communities”.

2005
Recipient of Faculty Enhancement Award from Portland State University for “Laying the groundwork for a vibrant program in meteorite science at PSU”.

2003 
Principal Investigator of NASA Grant for "From grains to chondrules and beyond: The origin of 'relict' olivine grains in ordinary chondrites". 

2003 
Principal Investigator of NASA Grant for "Asteroidal differentiation:  Origin and petrogenesis of silicate inclusions in iron meteorites". 

2003 
Principal Investigator of NASA Grant for "Public outreach and education with meteorites involving a museum exhibit, website, and teacher workshops". 

2002 
Recipient of Faculty Enhancement Award from Portland State University for "Trace-element study of silicates in an iron meteorite: Seed money for a research program". 

2001 
Recipient of Oregon Space Grant for "Microbial colonization in meteorites:  A proof-of-concept study". 

1996 
Recipient of the Gerard P. Kuiper Memorial Award from the Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, for exceptional achievement in graduate studies. 

1995, 1991, 1989 
Recipient of Travel Awards from the Barringer Crater Company and the 1986 Meteoritical Society, to attend and present papers at the 58th, 54th, and 49th annual meetings of the Meteoritical Society; and 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. 

1982 
NASA Planetary Geology Undergraduate Research Fellow.
 

BIBLIOGRAPHY--MANUSCRIPTS

Ruzicka A., C. Floss and M. Hutson (2008) Relict olivine grains, chondrule recycling, and implications for the chemical, thermal, and mechanical processing of nebular materials. Submitted to Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

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.  Meteorit. Planet. Sci.42, 963-978. 

Ruzicka A., H. Hiyagon, M. Hutson and C. Floss (2007) Relict olivine, chondrule recycling, and the evolution of nebular oxygen reservoirs.  Earth Planetary Sci. Lett. 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.  Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 41, 1959-1987.

Ruzicka A., M. Hutson and C. Floss (2006) Petrology of silicate inclusions in the Sombrerete ungrouped iron meteorite: Implications for the origins of IIE-type silicate-bearing irons . Meteorit Planet. Sci. 41, 1797-1831.

Ruzicka A., M. Killgore, D.W. Mittlefehldt and M.D. Fries (2005) Portales Valley: Petrology of a metallic-melt meteorite breccia. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 40, 261-296.

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 http://astrowww.phys.uvic.ca/~tatum/fireball/

Ruzicka A., G. A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (2002) Response to the comment by G. Dreibus and H. Wanke on "Comparative geochemistry of basalts from the Moon, Earth, HED asteroid, and Mars:  Implications for the origin of the Moon" (2001), Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66, 2633-2635 

Ruzicka A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (2001) Comparative Geochemistry of Basalts from the Moon, Earth, HED asteroid, and Mars: Implications for the Origin of the Moon. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 65, 979-997. 

Snyder G.A., D.-C. Lee, A. Ruzicka, M. Prinz, L.A. Taylor and A.N. Halliday (2001) Hf-W, Sm-Nd, and Rb-Sr isotopic evidence of late impact fractionation and mixing of silicates on iron meteorite parent bodies.  Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.186, 311-324. 

Hutson M. and A. Ruzicka (2000) A multi-step model for the origin of E3 chondrites. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 35, 601-608. 

Ruzicka A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (2000) Crystal-bearing lunar spherules: Impact melting of the Moon's crust and implications for the origin of meteoritic chondrules. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 35, 173-192. 

Ruzicka A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (2000) Geochemical and isotopic evidence bearing on the origin of large, igneous-textured inclusions in ordinary chondrites. Antarct. Meteorite Res. 13, 19-38. 

Ruzicka A., G.W. Fowler, G.A. Snyder, M. Prinz, J.J. Papike and L.A. Taylor (1999) Petrogenesis of silicate inclusions in the Weekeroo Station IIE iron meteorite: Differentiation, remelting, and dynamic mixing. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63, 2123-2143. 

Ruzicka A., L.R. Riciputi, L.A. Taylor, G.A. Snyder, J. Greenwood, R.A. Keller, G.P. Bulanova and H.J. Millidge (1999) Petrogenesis of mantle-derived sulfide inclusions in Yakutian diamonds: Chemical and isotopic disequilibrium during quenching from high temperatures, In 7th International Kimberlite Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, April, 1998. 

Ruzicka A. (1998) Growth of mineral zones by diffusion-controlled reactions: Theory and application to mesosiderites. Am. J. Sci. 298, 1-35. 

Ruzicka A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1998) Mega-chondrules and large, igneous-textured clasts in Julesberg (L3) and other ordinary chondrites: Vapor-fractionation, shock-melting, and chondrule formation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 62, 1419-1442. 

Ruzicka A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1998) Giant Impact and Fission Hypotheses for the Origin of the Moon: A Critical Review of Some Geochemical Evidence. Intl. Geol. Rev. 40, 851-864. 

Ruzicka A. (1997) Mineral layers around coarse-grained, Ca-Al-rich inclusions in CV3 carbonaceous chondrites: Formation by high-temperature metasomatism. J. Geophys. Res. Planets 102, 13387-13402. 

Ruzicka A., G.A, Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1997) Vesta as the howardite, eucrite, and diogenite parent body: Implications for the size of a core and for large-scale differentiation. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 32, 825-840. 

Ruzicka A., D.A. Kring, D.H. Hill, W.V. Boynton, R.N. Clayton and T.K. Mayeda (1995) Silica-rich orthopyroxenite in the Bovedy chondrite. Meteoritics 30, 57-70. 

Ruzicka A. (1995) Nullarbor 018: A new L6 chondrite from Australia. Meteoritics 30, 102-105. 

Ruzicka A., W.V. Boynton and J. Ganguly (1994) Olivine coronas, metamorphism and the thermal history of the Morristown and Emery mesosiderites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 58, 2725-2741. 

Ruzicka A. (1990) Deformation and thermal histories of chondrules in the Chainpur (LL3.4) chondrite. Meteoritics 25, 101-113. 
 

BIBLIOGRAPHY--ABSTRACTS

Ruzicka A. and T.J. Schepker (2008) Trace-element analyses of pyroxene and plagioclase in three HED meteorites. Submitted to Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Abstract #5310.

Ruzicka A., C. Floss, and M. Hutson (2008) Amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOAs) in the Efremovka (CV_R) chondrite: First SIMS trace-element results. Lunar Planet Sci. XXXIX, Abstract #1764, Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Schepker T.J. and A. Ruzicka (2007) XRD as a tool to constrain olivine composition: Applications to H- and L-chondrites.  Meteorit. Planet. Sci.  42, Abstract #5316.

Hutson M. L. and A. Ruzicka (2007) The case against Mercury as the angrite parent body.  Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 42, Abstract #5238.

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

Ruzicka A. and M. Hutson (2006) NWA 2999 and other angrites: No compelling evidence for a mercurian origin. Meteorit. Planet. Sci., 41, Abstract #5080.

Ruzicka, A., C. Floss and M. Hutson (2006) Trace-element compositions of normal, dusty, and clear olivine in Chainpur chondrules. Meteorit. Planet. Sci., 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. 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. Meteorit. Planet. Sci., 40, A133, Abstract #5279.

Fries, M., Steele A. and A. Ruzicka (2005) Carbon and mineral phase distribution on a CV3 dark inclusion boundary – A confocal raman imaging study. Meteorit. Planet. Sci., 40, A52, Abstract #5236.

Ruzicka, A., H. Hiyagon and C. Floss (2005) Relict olivine, chondrule recycling, and evolution of oxygen reservoirs. Workshop on Oxygen in Asteroids and Meteorites, Abstract #1422, Lunar and Planetary Institute.

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 C. Floss (2004) Forsterite and olivine in Sahara-97210 (LL3.2) and Chainpur (LL3.4) chondrules: Compositional evolution and the influence of melting. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXV, Abstract #1422, Lunar and Planetary Institute (CD-ROM). 

Greeney, S. and A. Ruzicka (2004) Relict forsterite in chondrules: Implications for cooling rates. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXV, Abstract #1426, 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. Meteorit. Planet. Sci., 38, A129. 

Lindsay, T., A. Ruzicka, and M. Killgore (2003) Origin of silicate inclusions in the Miles (IIE) iron: Minimal partial melting, maximal fractional crystallization. Meteorit. Planet. Sci., 38, A102. 

Ruzicka, A. and C. Floss (2003) Relict forsterite and igneous olivine grains in Chainpur (LL3.5) chondrules: Major- and trace-element evidence for vapor-fractionation and igneous partitioning. Lunar Planet Sci. XXXIV, Abstract #1243, Lunar and Planetary Institute (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A. and M. Killgore (2002) Trace-element abundances in the Portales Valley meteorite:  Evidence for geochemical fractionations. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXX111, Abstract #1918, Lunar and Planetary Institute (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., M. Killgore, J. Boesenberg and M. Prinz (2000) Portales Valley: Not just another "ordinary" chondrite. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 35, A139-A140. 

Ruzicka, A., J.F. McHone and M. Killgore (2000) Portales Valley: Discovery of a large graphite nodule. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 35, A140. 

Ruzicka, A., H. Hiyagon, M. Prinz and L.A. Taylor (2000) Forsteritic olivine grains in unequilibrated ordinary chondrites: Additional evidence for a link between ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract #1312, Lunar & Planetary Institute (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A. (2000) Magnetic lineations on Mars: Evidence for plate tectonics, or for magnetic eolian deposits? Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, Abstract #1575, Lunar & Planetary Institute (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1999) Origins of large, igneous-textured inclusions in ordinary chondrites. Antarctic Meteorites XXIV, pp. 160-162. 

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

Ruzicka, A., E.A. Jerde, G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1999) A large, igneous-textured inclusion containing co-existing enstatite and ferroan olivine in the LEW 86018 (L3.1) chondrite. Lunar Planet Sci. Conf. XXX, Abstract #1502, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., J.S. Boesenberg, G.A. Snyder, M. Prinz and L.A. Taylor (1999) Rare-earth-element abundances of clasts and matrix in the Lamont mesosiderite: Complex spatial variations. Lunar Planet Sci. Conf. XXX, Abstract #1516, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., J.S. Boesenberg, G.A. Snyder, M. Prinz, and L.A. Taylor (1999) Petrogenesis of the Lamont mesosiderite: Evidence from petrography and pyroxene clast zoning systematics. Lunar Planet Sci. Conf. XXX, Abstract #1513, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., G.A. Snyder, M. Prinz and L.A. Taylor (1999) Portales Valley: A new metal-phosphate-rich meteorite with affinities to Netschaëvo and H-group chondrites. Lunar Planet Sci. Conf. XXX, Abstract #1645, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., M.E. Bennett, III, A.D. Patchen, G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1999) Widmannstätten texture in the Portales Valley meteorite: Slow (but not unusually slow) cooling at low temperatures. Lunar Planet Sci. Conf. XXX, Abstract #1616, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1998) Equilibration temperatures of large, sodium-poor melt inclusions in ordinary chondrules. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 33, A132-A133. 

Ruzicka, A., G.W. Fowler, G.A. Snyder, J.J. Papike and L.A. Taylor (1998) Trace-element constraints on melting and mixing processes affecting IIE silicate inclusions: A reconnaissance SIMS study. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XXIX, Abstract #1151, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., M. Prinz, G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1998) Major-element compositions and mineralogies of silicate inclusions in IIE iron meteorites: Impact-induced or "planetary" differentiation? Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XXIX, Abstract #1155, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Snyder, G.A., D.-C. Lee, A.M. Ruzicka, L.A. Taylor, A.N. Halliday and M. Prinz (1998) Evidence of late impact fractionation and mixing of silicates on iron meteorite parent bodies: Hf-W, Sm-Nd, and Rb-Sr isotopic studies of silicate inclusions in IIE irons. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XXIX, Abstract # 1142, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., L.R. Riciputi, G.A. Snyder, A.D. Patchen and L.A. Taylor (1998) Oxygen isotopic composition of olivine in ureilites: Possible evidence for millimeter-scale variations. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XXIX, Abstract #1176, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., A.D. Patchen, G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1998) Lunar chondrule petrography and mineral chemistry: Rims, relict grains, and metasomatism. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XXIX, Abstract # 1436, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., G.A. Snyder, A.D. Patchen and L.A. Taylor (1998) Lunar chondrules: Impact-melting of highland lithologies. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XXIX, Abstract #1434, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1998) The shergottite-Nakhla connection: Forming nakhlites as cumulates of shergottitic melts. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XXIX, Abstract #1129, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka, A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1998) Rare-earth-element modelling of nakhlites: Constraints on the proportion of trapped melt. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XXIX, Abstract #1154, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Snyder, G.A., A. Ruzicka and L.A. Taylor (1998) Trapped liquid and planetary differentiation processes: The Moon. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XXIX, Abstract #1143, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruzicka A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1997) Could eucrites have formed as residual liquids in a magma ocean? Lunar Planet. Sci. XXVIII, 1213-1214. 

Ruzicka A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1997) Formation of eucrites and diogenites in a magma ocean on the HED parent body. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXVIII, 1215-1216.

Ruzicka A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1997) Large chondrules and lithic clasts in Julesberg (L3) and other ordinary chondrites: Bulk-chemical characterization. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXVIII, 1217-1218. 

Ruzicka A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1997) Large chondrules and lithic clasts in Julesberg (L3) and other ordinary chondrites: Petrographic and mineral-chemical characterization. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXVIII, 1219-1220. 

Ruzicka A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1997) Na-Al-rich chondrules: Droplets produced by incipient shock-melting? Lunar Planet. Sci. XXVIII, 1221-1222. 

Ruzicka A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1996) Asteroid 4-Vesta as the HED parent body: Implications for the size of a metallic core and for magma ocean crystallization. In Workshop on Evolution of Igneous Asteroids: Focus on Vesta and the HED meteorites, LPI Tech. Report No. 96-02, pp. 23-24, Houston, TX. 

Ruzicka A., G.A. Snyder and L.A. Taylor (1996) The composition of the Eucrite Parent Body: Implications for the origin of the Moon and for planetary accretion. In Workshop on Evolution of Igneous Asteroids: Focus on Vesta and the HED meteorites, LPI Tech. Report No. 96-02, pp. 24-25, Houston, TX. 

Ruzicka A. and W.V. Boynton (1995) Quantitative models of CAI rim layer growth. Meteoritics 30, 570. 

Ruzicka A. and W.V. Boynton (1995) Fine-grained CAIs in Efremovka and Leoville: In-situ layer growth and confirmation of a link to rims on coarse-grained CAIs. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXVI, 1207-1208. 

Ruzicka A. and W.V. Boynton (1994) Origin of CAI rims by vaporization and metasomatism. Meteoritics29, 526. 

Ruzicka A. and W.V. Boynton (1993) The anatomy and bulk composition of CAI rims in the Vigarano (CV3) chondrite. Meteoritics28, 426. 

Ruzicka A. and W.V. Boynton (1993) The trace element composition of a silica-rich clast in the Bovedy (L3/4) chondrite. Meteoritics 28, 426-427. 

Ruzicka A. and W.V. Boynton (1992) Microfaulting of CAI rim layers and relationship to the fabric of the Leoville (CV3) chondrite. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXIII, 1191-1192. 

Ruzicka A. and W.V. Boynton (1992) A distinctive silica-rich, sodium-poor igneous clast in the Bovedy (L3) chondrite. Meteoritics 27, 283. 

Ruzicka A. and W.V. Boynton (1992) The origin of silica-rich chondrules and clasts in ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites. Meteoritics 27, 284. 

Ruzicka A. and W.V. Boynton (1991) A survey of CAIs in Leoville and Vigarano: Rim layers, brecciation, metamorphism, and alteration. Meteoritics 26, 390-391. 

Ruzicka A. and W.V. Boynton (1991) Zone sequences, widths and compositions of olivine coronas in mesosiderites. Meteoritics 26, 391. 

Ruzicka A. and W.V. Boynton (1990) The formation of olivine coronas in mesosiderites. Meteoritics 25, 403. 

Ruzicka A. (1988) The geology of Ariel. Lunar Planet. Sci. XIX, 1009-1010. 

Ruzicka A. (1986) Pre-agglomeration metamorphism of chondrules in the Chainpur chondrite. Meteoritics 21, 498-499. 

Ruzicka A. (1986) Deformation histories of chondrules in the Chainpur chondrite. Meteoritics 21, 499. 

Dodd, R.T., E. Jarosewich and A. Ruzicka (1984) Fe-Ni-S variation in L-chondrites. Lunar Planet. Sci. XV, 228-229. 

Ruzicka A. (1982) Callisto: A lunar-like bombardment? In Advances in Planetary Geology, May 1984, 160-166. 

Ruzicka A. and R.G. Strom (1982). Spatial distribution of craters on the moon and Callisto. In Reports of the Planetary Geology Program-- 1982, NASA Tech. Memo. 85127, 105-107. 
 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member of the Meteoritical Society, American Geophysical Union, Sigma Xi. 
 

SERVICE

2007
Panel reviewer for NASA EPOESS Program.

2007
Organizer of annual meeting of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), Pacific Northwest Region, Portland State University, June 19-22.

2006
Reviewer for NASA Postdoctoral Program.

2004-current
Faculty Development Committee, Portland State University

2004-2005
Faculty Grievance Committee, Portland State University

2003-current
Reviewer for NASA Cosmochemistry Program, NASA Origins Program, NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Planetary Geology & Geophysics Program.

2003-current
Board Member, Columbia-Willamette Chapter of Sigma Xi

2002-2004
Program Committee, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.