Publications : Melissa S. Rice : Cornell University

In addition to academic writing, I am also interested in science journalism and the communication of science in general. I am a science-writing intern with the Cornell Chronicle and answer questions for the Cornell-run Ask an Astronomer website. Lately I have been helping to organize a graduate-level Science Communication course to help train up-and-coming scientists to be more effective communicators.

PUBLISHED PAPERS

Rice, M. S., Bell, J. F., Cloutis, E. A., Wang, A., Ruff, S. W., Craig, M. A., Bailey, D. T., Johnson, J. R., de Souza Jr., P. A., Farrand, W. H. (in press) Silica-rich deposits and hydrated minerals at Gusev Crater, Mars: Vis-NIR spectral characterization and regional mapping, Icarus

Bell, J. F., M. Rice, Johnson, J. R., Hare, T. M. (2008) Surface albedo observations at Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, E6 , doi:10.1029/2007JE002976 (Abstract)

Johnson, J., J. F. Bell, E. Cloutis, M. Staid, W. Farrand, M. Rice, A. Wang, A. Yen (2007) Mineralogic Constraints on Sulfur-Rich Soils from Pancam Spectra at Gusev Crater, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research, 34, 13 , doi:10.1029/2007GL029894 (Abstract)

Harmon, J., M. Slade, B. Butler, J. Head, M. Rice, D. Campbell (2007) Mercury: Radar Images of the Equatorial and Midlatitude Zones, Icarus, 187, 2 , 374-405 (Abstract)

Rice, M. S.; Martini, P.; Greene, J. E.; Pogge, R. W.; Shields, J. C.; Mulchaey, J. S.; Regan, M. W. (2006) Spatially Resolved Narrow-Line Region Kinematics in Active Galactic Nuclei, The Astrophysical Journal, 636 , 654-673 (Abstract)