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EDUCATION PhD. Planetary Science, March 2013, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands. M.Sc. Space Science, August 1997, California State University, Northridge CSUN, USA. B.Sc. Physical Science, September 1983, California State University, Los Angeles CSULA, USA. A.A Associate Degree in Science, 1977, Pasadena City College, Geology emphasis. California, USA PROFESSIONAL CHRONOLOGY PROFESSIONAL CHRONOLOGY 62005 present National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters, Science Mission Directorate, Planetary Science Division. Science Program Management, Lead Program Executive for the New Frontier Program with a USD1B plus budget per mission, which includes the Juno mission to Jupiter, the New Horizons mission to Pluto, oversight of OSIRISREX asteroid sample return, and development of the next New Frontiers Announcement of Opportunity. Program Executive for ESAs Venus Express mission and Program Scientist for JAXAs Venus Climate Orbiter. Lead Venus scientist responsible for the Venus Exploration Advisory Group VEXAG, which is charter to develop science goals for the exploration of Venus. Serves in selection Steering Committee for missions and instruments. Directed panel for the Venus gravity assists mission science observation with mission Solar Orbiter, Solar Probe Plus, JUICE, BepiColombo. 3200462005 California Institute of Technology CIT, Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL, Earth and Space Science Division. Investigation Scientist for Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray SpectrometerHigh Energy Neutron DetectorMARIE.Mars Member of the Mars Program Office Science Division and Solid Earth and Interior Program. Conduct research on impact crater processes. 2200232004 European Space Agency ESA at ESTEC, Senior Research Scientist in the Planetary Science Division, Planetary Scientist. Responsible for research in the area of impact craters with applications to Planetary Missions. Member of the Mars Express Project Science Team and Acting as Deputy Project Scientist to Venus Express. Responsible for developing and implementing the MEX payload commissioning phase and for VEX developed the science mission operation architecture. 199822002. National Aeronautics Space Administration NASA Headquarters, Office of Space Science and External Relations. Program Executive and International Affairs Specialist Managed five GSFC international space sciences missions XMM, INTEGRAL, CLUSTER II, ASTROE, and SXG with ESA, ISAS and IKI. Responsible for NASA space science collaboration with Russia and all the former Soviet Union countries, Spain, Portugal and Latin America budget100M. Responsible for the MidExplorer SWIFT and MAP Missions budget 360M. 19841998. California Institute of Technology CIT, Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL, Earth and Space Science Division Galileo Project, Science Coordinator for the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer NIMS and deputy NIMS Team Chief,Galileo mission duties included Lead science coordinator responsible for designing, planning and sequencing all Europa observations and Earth 1 Flyby. Deputy Team Chief for NIMS, managed 15 people. Lead science integrator for various Galileo sequences. Supported laboratory calibration and preflight checking of NIMS engineering model and flight instrument. Performed analysis of calibration and simulated spectrometric data. Developed science team procedures. 19921999. CoInvestigator in NASA Exobiology grantto study the biospheric effects of a large impact Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan peninsula at the KT boundary. JPL lead for NASA Exobiology Chicxulub Impact crater research and secretary of the international research committee. 19881993. JPL, Experiment Representative for the Thermal Emission Spectrometer TES onboard Mars Observer. Project duties represented the Principal Investigator and science team on Mars Observer mission development and operations. Developed science requirements for the instrument. Developed science sequence observation for cruise and main mission. Represented TES scientific objectives in mission and spacecraft design. Developed compatible science plans with other instruments in the science payload. Developed and checked preflight instrument sequences. 19851993. JPL, Interdisciplinary Scientist representative on Mars Observer MO. Project duties included Represented the scientific interests of the five MO Interdisciplinary Scientists in project science activities. Developed integrated science observations for a nearcircular polar orbit spacecraft. Assisted in the development of low cost mission operations. Developed and implemented a strategy for commanding the spacecraft from interdisciplinary scientist workstations. 19841985. JPL, Coinvestigator on a Remote Sensing projectto analyze radar and Landsat TM image data, Savannah River Plant, South Carolina. Responsible for the image processing analysis. Helped with the development of a new instrument, the Platinum Silica Spectroscopic Camera PSSC. 19831984. JPL, Image Processing Applications and Development Section. Geology and Earth Resources Group Digital Mosaicing of Landsat 4, Thematic Mapper band ratios classifications, stretch enhancement, geometric correction, Principal Components of SAR, Landsat data. 19811983. JPL, Image Processing Application and Development Section. Space Image Processing. Worked In the Camera Calibration Group for the Galileo Project. Responsible for digital data analysis of the CCDs color reconstruction, geometry, focal length and fieldofview response. Reporting of CCD calibration results. Responsible for developing and implementing the Image Processing Seminar Series. Member of mission planning office for the Voyager Project . 19771981. JPL, Navigation Systems Section. Optical Science and Navigation Group. Responsibilities Member of Viking Orbiter Imaging support for geodesy, cartography, and ephemerides analysis of Phobos and Deimos. Planning of observation opportunities of Phobos and Deimos for the Viking Mission. Mosaicing of Viking data. Support of the Voyager Optical Navigation Saturn star catalog development, telescope plate observations, measuring and astrometric reduction. Program rings of Mars data reduction and analysis. Phobos atlas compilation and development. 19761977. JPL, Tracking Systems and Application Section. Supported data reduction of the Earth nonuniform rotation and polar motion. 19751976. JPL, Tracking Systems and Applications Section. Worked on the ARIES Project Astronomical Radio Interferometry Earth Survey. Responsibilities included construction and assembly of electronic modules to be used in ARIES receiver i.e., layout and etching of circuit boards, wire wrapping, etc.. 19731975. JPL, Tracking Systems and Applications Section.Worked on the Very Long Baseline Interferometry VLBI Project. Responsibilities included data collection and reduction from the interferometers. Field of Expertise International science management for space science missions. Scientific expertise is Planetary Geology, specifically impact cratering. Management, development and implementation of large scale space science missions. Research First to identify via remote sensing the KT mass extinction impact crater.Conduct groundbreaking research on the biospheric effects brought about by Chicxulub Impact crater, identifying that Sulfur played a key role in the 65Ma old global extinction. Impact stratigraphy and depositional mechanism study of the Chicxulub crater as the best preserved example of ejecta blanket in a volatile rich wet target rock. These deposits serve as planetary analog for fluidized ejecta blankets. International Scientific Cooperation Senior research scientist for the European Space Agency ESA Mars and Venus Express missions 20022004. Responsible for developing the Mars Express commissioning and the Venus Express VEX science operation plans. Develop the VEX Education and Outreach Plan. Responsible for NASA international GSFC space science missions in collaboration with the European Space Agency ESA, Japans Institute for Space and Aeronautical Science ISAS and Russias Space Science Research Institute IKI. Advisory Board member for The Planetary Society TPS fostering educational and outreach program for the global community, specially developing countries. Promoted and organized programs between TPS and United Nation Office of Outer Space Affairs OOSA office, including making TPS a NGO in the Commission for Peaceful Uses of Space COPOUS. Developed and established a scientific collaboration between the Russian Academy of Science and JPL to produce a model of the biospheric effects of the Chicxulub impact. Developed ties between JPL and Mexico to foster JPLs participation in payload development for a low Earth orbiter minisatellite SATEX I, II. Developed research proposal to study active volcanoes in Central America using the Airborne Terrain Laser Altimeter ATLAS, submitted to the United Nations Developing Program. Organized and participated in the United Nations ESA Basic Space Science Workshops 19922002, to encourage participation by developing countries in space science research. As an outcome of these workshops, helped Egypt to develop a proposal for a prototype drill that was considered for the Russian Mars rover mission, Marsokhod. Helped set up the astronomical observatory for Honduras University and develop the irst graduate program in Central America in Astronomy and Space Science. Founding member and member of the international advisory board of the Space Conference for the Americas Prospects in Cooperation, held in Costa Rica 1990, Chile 1993, Uruguay 1996, Colombia 2002 and Ecuador 2006. The aim of these conferences, which are developed in conjunction with the United Nations, is to encourage cooperation in the areas of space science and technology for peaceful uses of space among the PanAmerican countries for the purpose of improving the quality of life. Space Mission ManagementSenior Research Scientist for the European Space Agency ESA and member of the Project Science Team for Mars Express MEX and Venus Express VEX. Responsible for developing and implementing the MEX payload commissioning phase and for VEX developed the science mission operation architecture. Assigned to NASA Headquarters as a Program Executive to manage the NASA Goddard International Space Science Program in the Office of Space Science with a budget of over 100M. Also, responsible for the development and implementation of the Explorer SWIFT gamma ray observatory and MAP at a funding level of 360M. Responsible in NASAs Office of External Relations as the international affairs specialist for Spain, Portugal, Russia and all the countries of the former Soviet Union and Latin America. Missions managed for NASAs Office of Space Science are XMM 19982001, ESA collaboration, ASTROE 19982001, Japanese collaboration, INTEGRAL 19982002, ESA collaboration, CLUSTER19982001, ESA collaboration. Outreach and Education Participated in over 100 programs on science mentoring for primary and secondary schools and universities, including advisor to the Boy Scouts Educational Science Programs Committee, special Educational Programs with the Girl Scouts, key note speaker for the MathScience Interchange Seminars at Loyola Marymount University, advisor for the JPLMESA Space Station Competition, participant in the Gifted Children Program with local schools, advisor to the JPL Space Exploration Post 509, advisor to the Venezuelan School in Astrobiology, advisor to the Cordoba, Argentina university program in space science, advisor to the Honduras University Astronomy program. In 2004 selected to the International Year of Planet Earth Advisory Board of the International Union of Geological Sciences IUGS, a multidisciplinary initiative, representing 250,000 geoscientist across 117 countries endorsed by UNESCO Earth Sciences Division. Member of The Planetary Society TPS Advisory Board. TPS is a Non Governmental Organization whose mission is to foster public interest in space exploration. National board member for 6 years of the U.S. Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers SHPE that promotes science and engineering education among minorities. Gave over 100 lectures and interviews in English and Spanish on NASA missions, Chicxulub and the KT extinction, and women in science at Stanford 1995, the National Science Teacher Annual Convention 1995, Caltech 1997, University of Puerto Rico 1998, University of Maryland 1999, Cosmos Club 1999, and University of Simon Bolivar, Venezuela 1999, and ESAs Space Science Conference ESLAB 2002. Developed programs to promote science and engineering among young students, including, educational exercises for secondary school teachers on the Chicxulub impact and the KT extinction and geometry exercises using the Galileo spacecraft . Developed a threeweek workshop in Planetary Science for developing countries for The Planetary Society TPS in 1987. This activity brought about the collaboration between the UN Basic Space Science workshops and TPS. Member of the international organizing committee for the UN Basic Space Science Workshops. Helped develop and organize The Challenge of Space Flight A Space Symposium, 1987 for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at NASA Johnson Space Center. JPL representative to the MexicanAmerican Organization annual conference and 1994 Association of Women in Science Conference. Member of JPL Advisory Council for Women that reports directly to JPLs Director. Participant in the JPL and NASA Speakers Bureau in English and Spanish. Senior Adviser for the UNESCOIUGS International Earth Year 20052007 an Earth science for Society Initiative. In May 2009 organized and participated in the largest event in LatinAmerican 24,000 students ages 917 for the International Year of Astronomy in Barranquilla Colombia, called Aventura Espacial. httpwww.unesco.org.uyiya2009ptactividadesyeventosenamericalatinayelcaribeaventuraespacialbarranquillacolombia.html Space Mission Operations Experience Two years at ESA doing mission science planning and operation. Thirty 30 years in Space Science Flight Missions at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL with the following missions Viking Project 19771981, Voyager Project 19791981, Mars Observer 19881993, Galileo Project 19841998, ESAs Mars Express mission 2002, 2003, ESA Venus Express mission 20022004. NASA Awards NASA Group Achievement Award for the Juno mission accomplishing to launch within and on schedule August 2012. NASAs group Achievement award for the Galileo Orbital Operations Recovery Team, 1997. NASA Group achievement Award for the Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer Team, 2005. NASA Group achievement Award for the Mars Odyssey Science Operations Support Team, 2005. NASA Group achievement Award for the Mars Observers Thermal Emission Spectrometer, 1992 NASAs group achievement award Galileo Ida EncounterDactyl Discovery Team, 1992. NASA Group Achievement Award, Galileo Orbiter Instrument Design Development for the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer, 1991. NASA Group Achievement Award, Galileo Orbiter Instrument Design Development and Test of the Solid State Imaging Subsystem, 1991. NASA Group Achievement Award, Galileo Orbiter Instrument Design Development and Test Science Coordinators, 1991. Galileo Recognition Award, 1990. NASA Group Achievements Award, Voyager Flight Team Mission Planning, 1986 NASA Group Achievements Award, Voyager Navigation Team, Saturn Ephemeredis, 1986. Certificate of Recognition of the JPLs Speakers Bureau, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987. Goddard Trophy as a member of the Viking Orbiter Imaging Team during the Viking mission to Mars 1977. ESA Awards ESA Certification for outstanding contribution to the launch of the Mars Express mission, June 2, 2003. European Space Agency Award for outstanding contributions to the CLUSTERII Mission, 2001. Community awards and recognitions 2013 Successful Women in Science Award Fundacion Mujeres de Exito, Colombia. 2009 Distinguish Public Service by the Governor of the Atlantic and International Rotary Club, Barranquilla Colombia. 2008 Distinguish Alumni Award, CSUN Los Angeles, CA USA. Pasadena City College Commencement Speech Class 2005 California Community College League 2004 Outstanding Alumni. Colombias International Orchid Award in science, 2003. DISCOVER Magazine named her among the 50 most important women in science November 2002. Colombianos Notables Award recognizing outstanding contributions to science and education, 1999. JPL Science Bowl Mentor program, 1994. Comision Femenil de Los Angeles Latinas in science award, October 1990 and 1992. Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers SHPE Award for Outstanding Leadership and Dedication , 1992. Asociacion Mexicana de Ingenieros Mecanicos y ElectricistasAMIME, lifetime meber, 1992. Hispanic Womens Council Award for selfless dedication to the future of our youth, 1993. Universidad Iberoamericana Noroeste Mexico recognition award for supporting students science activities, 1991. Tijuanas Institute of Technology recognition for efforts in fostering cooperation between USA and Mexican students. SHPE and AMIME International Collaboration Award, 1988 UNIDAS Award, 1988 Engineering Award for a special project on strain gages at Pasadena City College, 1974. Computer Experience FORTRAN IV and BASIC. Work experience with timesharing systems, including UNIVAC 1108 and 110080 series, EXEC8 operating system, IBM 370158 control language VMS. VICARImage Processing, and PDP1134 RSX11M. VAX 11780, VMS control language, word processing, electronic mail and spreadsheet. UNIX, XWINDOWS. Flight Project sequencing programs POINTER, MIRAGE, SEQGEN, OASIS, OAPLINK, DMS. WORD, EXCEL, PowerPoint, MSProject. LANGUAGES Fluent in English and Spanish. Read, write and speak Italian and French very well. Basic understanding of Portuguese. Esperanto. PUBLICATIONS RECORD Vivi Vajda, Adriana Ocampo, Embaie Ferrow, Christian Bender Koch . Nano particles as the primary cause for longterm sunlight suppression at high southern latitudes following the Chicxulub impact evidence from ejecta deposits in Belize and Mexico. Gondwana Research 2014. WigForssLange J. Vajda V., Acampo A. Traceelement concentration in the MexicoBelize ejecta layer A link between the Chicxulub impact and the global CretaceousPaleogene boundary. Meteoritics Planetary Science 42, Nr 11 112 2007 Ocampo A., Vajad V., and Buffetaut E., Unmasking the CretaceousTertiary Catastrophe, Evidence from flora, fauna and geology. European Science Foundation IMPACT 9 volume, Springer Publisher 2005. Pope K., Ocampo A, et. al. CretaceousTertiary Boundary Stratigraphy in Belize and adjacent Mexico GSA Special Paper 2004. Ocampo A., et.al. Chicxulub Impact ejecta deposits in Southern Quintana Roo, Mexico and Belize. Geological Society of America Special Paper vol. 30 submitted. Ocampo A., VajadV., and Buffetaut E., Unmasking the CretaceousTertiary Catastrophe, Evidence from flora, fauna and geology. European Science Foundation IMPACT 9 volume, Springer Publisher 2004, accepted. Fouke, BW, Zerkle, AL, Alvarez W, Pope KO, Ocampo AC, Wachtman RJ, Grajales Nishimura JM, Claeys P and Fischer, AG, 2002 Cathodoluminescence petrography and isotope geochemistry of KT impact ejecta deposited 360 km from the Chicxulub crater, at Albion Island, Belize, Sedimentology 49 117138. Pope, K. O., A. C. Ocampo, A. G. Fischer, F. J. Vega, B. W. Fouke, R. J. Wachtman, D. T. King, Jr., and G. Kletetschka. A new type of impact ejecta deposit from the Chicxulub crater, Science 2002. David L. Griscom, Virgilio BeltrnLpez, Kevin O. Pope, and Adriana C. Ocampo In press. New Geochemical Insights from ElectronSpinResonance Studies of Mn2 and SO3 in Calcites Quantitative Analyses of Chicxulub Crater Ejecta from Belize and Southern Mexico with Comparison to Limestones from Distal CretaceousTertiaryBoundary Sites. ESF Workshop on Impact Markers in the Stratigraphic Record to be published by Springer Verlag BerlinHeidlberg in the new Springer series Impact Studies, edited by Francisca MartinezRuiz and Christian Koeberl 2002. McMuldroch, S., Pilorz, S., Danielson E., and NINS Team, 2001. Galileo NIMS Near Infrared Observations of Jupiters Ring System, Icarus 146, 111. Doute. S., Schmitt, B., Lopes, R., Carlson R., Soderblom, L., Shirley J., and the Galileo NIMS Team, Mapping SO2 frost on Io by the modeling of NIMS hyperspectral Images. Icarus, 149, 107132, 2001. Pope, K. O., Ocampo, A. C., Fischer, A. G., Alvarez, W., Fouke, B. W., Webster, C. L., Jr., Vega, F., Smit, J., Fritsche, A. E., and Claeys, P., 1999. Chicxulub impact ejecta from Albion Island, Belize, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 170 1999 351364. McCord, T., and the NIMS Team, 1998. Hydrated Salts Minerals on Europas Surface from the Galileo NIMS Investigation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, pg 1182711851. Fanale, F., Granahan, J., McCord T., Hansen G., Hibbits, C., Carlson, R., Matson, D., Ocampo, A.,.and the Galileo NIMS Team, Galileos multiInstrument view of Europas surface composition, 1991 Icarus 139, 179188. Carlson, R., Anderson, M., Johnson, R., Smythe, W., Hendrix, A., Barth, C., Soderblom, L., Hansen, G., McCord, T., Dalton, J., Clarck, R., Shirley J., Ocampo A., and Matson, D., Hydrogen Peroxide on the surface of Europa, 1999 Science, 283, 20622064 Ocampo, A., Friedman, L., Logsdon, J., 1998. Why space science and exploration benefits everyone, Space Policy 14, 137143. Borovicka, J., Pinedas de Carias, M., Ocampo, A., et. al.,1998, About a big fireball seen in Honduras, Meteoroids, Astron. Inst., Slovak Acad. Sci., Bratislava, pp. 139142. McCord, T., and the NIMS Team, 1998. Nonwaterice Constituents in the surface material of the icy Galilean Satellites from the Galileo Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer Investigation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103E4, 86038626. McCord, T., Hansen, G., Fanale, F., Carlson, R., Matson, D., Johnson, T., Smythe, W., Crowley, J., Marten P., Ocampo, A., Hibbits, C., and Granahan, J. 1998, Salts on Europas surface, Science 280, 12425 Ocampo, A. C., 1997. The Geology of Chicxulub Impact Ejecta in Belize, Masters Thesis, California State University, Northridge. Pope, K. O., Baines, K. H., Ocampo, A. C., and Ivanov, B.A., 1997. Energy, volatile production, and climate effects of the Chicxulub CretaceousTertiary impact, Journal of Geophysical Research 102 21,64521,664. Lopes, R., Davies, A., Carlson, R., Smythe, W., Kamp, L., Soderblom, L., Leader, F., Mehlman, R., and the Galileo NIMS Team, Hot spots on IoInitial results from the Galileos Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer, Geophysical Research letters 24 20, 24392442 Ocampo, A. C., Pope, K. O., and Fischer, A. G., 1996. Ejecta blanket deposits of the Chicxulub crater from Albion Island, Belize, in The CretaceousTertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History, edited by G. Ryder, D. Fastovsky, and S. Gartner, Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 3077588. Pope, K. O., Ocampo, A. C., Kinsland, G. L., and Smith, R., 1996. Surface expression of the Chicxulub crater, Geology 24527530. Ivanov, B. A., Badjukov, D. D., Yakovlev, O. I., Gerasimov, M. V., Dikov, Yu. P., Pope, K. O., and Ocampo, A. C., 1996. Degassing of Sedimentary rocks due to Chicxulub impact Hydrocode and Physical Simulations, in The CretaceousTertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History, edited by G. Ryder, D. Fastovsky, and S. Gartner, Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 307125139. Carlson, R., and the Galileo NIMS Team, 1996. Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Spectral Mapping of Jupiter and the Galilean Satellites Results from Galileos Initial Orbit, Science, 274, 385388. W. Smythe, R. LopesGautier, A. Ocampo and 12 others, 1995.Galilean Satellite Observation Plans for the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer Experiment on the Galileo Spacecraft, Journal of Geophysical Research, 100E9, 1895718972. H. J. Haubold, A.C. Ocampo, S. Torres and W. Wamsteker, 1995. United Nations European Space Agency Workshops of Basic Space Science, ESA Bulletin 81, 1821. K. Pope, K. Baines, A. Ocampo and B. Ivanov, 1994. Impact Winter and the CretaceousTertiary Extinction Results of a Chicxulub Asteroid Impact Model, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 128, 719725. T. McCord, L. Soderblom, R. Carlson, F. Fanale, R. LopesGautier, A. Ocampo and 15 others, 1994. Galileo Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy Measurements at the Moon, Journal of Geophysical Research, 99E3, 55875600. K. O. Pope, A. C. Ocampo and C. E. Duller, Surficial Geology of the Chicxulub Impact Crater, Yucatan, Mexico, Earth, Moon, and Planets 63, 93104, 1993. T. B. McCord, L. A. Soderblom, R. W. Carlson, F. P. Fanale, R. LopesGautier, A. Ocampo, and 15 others, Galileo Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy Measurements at the Moon, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1993. R.W. Carlson, et. al., 1992. NearInfrared Mapping Spectrometer Experiment on Galileo, Space Science Reviews, 60, 457502. K. Pope, A. Ocampo, and C. Duller, Mexican site for KT impact crater?, Nature, vol. 351, pg.105, May 1991. R. W. Carlson, et. al., Galileo Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Measurements at Venus, Science, 253,15411548. T.C. Duxbury and A.C. Ocampo, Mars Satellite and Ring Search from Viking, ICARUS 76, p. 160162, 1988. Abstracts Wright S., Vesconi, M. Gustin A.,Williams K., Ocampo A., and Cassidy W. Revisiting the Campo del Cielo, Argentina crater field A new data point from a natural laboratory of multiple low velocity, oblique impacts. LPSC, 2006. Echaurren J., Ocampo A.,and Rocca M. A mathematical model for the Monturaqui Imapct crater , Chile South America. Meteoritical Society, 2005. Ocampo A. and Douglas A., A terrestrial analogue for Fluidized Ejecta Blankets FEB European Geophysical Society, Vienna, 2005. Ocampo A., B. Aleman B., Arevalo C., Camacho S., Fea M., Canuto V., Gonzalez R., and Laffaiteur M.Space Conference of the Americas a cooperative effort. FIDAE International Conference Santiago Chile. April, 2004 Ocampo 1, B. Aleman 2, C. Arevalo 3, S. Camacho 4, M. Fea 5, V. Canutto 6 R. Gonzalez 7 M.Laffaiteur. Space Conference of the Americas an initiative for space collaboration in the PanAmerican continent. COSPAR July, 2004 Ocampo A., B. Aleman B., Arevalo C., Camacho S., Fea M., Canuto V., Gonzalez R., and Laffaiteur M. Space Conference Of The AmericasAn Initiative For Space Collaboration In The PanAmerican Continent. LatinAmerican Society on Remote Sensing SELPER Nov. 2004. Mulder E., Ocampo A. and the International Year Management Team. The International Year of Planet Earth Initiative a call for participation. LatinAmerican Society on Remote Sensing SELPER Nov. 2004. Ocampo A.,CretaceousTertiary Deposits from the Chicxulub Impact Crater in Southern Quintana Roo, Mxico and Belize. Argentina Sedimentology Society A KT Conference Sept., 2004. Zegers, T., and Ocampo, A., Large Impact craters as habitats for life in the early Earth. European Geological Union, Nice, France,IDNR EGU04A07594, 2003. Hoofs, R., Titov D., Svedhem, H., koschny, D., and Ocampo, A., Science Operations Planning for Venus Express. European Geological Union, Nice France, 2003. Ocampo A. C., Mars Fluidized Ejecta Blankets FEB a terrestrial analogue. The 26th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Uppsala Sweden, 2003. Ocampo A., Pope K., and Smit J., Chicxulub Impact Deposits as an Analogue for Mars Fluidized Ejecta Blankets. 3rd European Workshop on ExoAstrobiology the search for life, Madrid Spain, 2003. Zegers, T. and Ocampo, A., Vaalbara and tectonic effects of a mega Impact In the early Archean 3470Ma. 3rd International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts abs. no. 4038, 2003. King, D., Petruny, L., Pope, K., and Ocampo, A., possible modes of emplacement of coarse impactoclastic ejecta breccia froma large body on Earth Chicxulub ejecta in Belize, Central America. 3rd International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts abs. no. 2003. Echaurren, J., and Ocampo A., Mathematical prediction and comparison of potential hydrothermal zones on Chicxulub, Mexico and Isidis Planitia, Mars. Meteoritic Society Conference, Germany July 28 August 1, 2003, abstract no. 5110, 2003. Ocampo, A., Ames, D., Pope, K. and Smit J, A new location of Chicxulub Impact ejecta In Central Belize. European Geological Society, Nice France, April 711, 2003. Echaurren J. and Ocampo, A., Model for Prediction of potential hydrothermal zones In Isidis Planitia, Mars.European Geological Society, Nice France April 711, 2003. King, D., Petruny, L., Pope, K., and Ocampo, A., The Albion impactoclastic breccia Albion Diamictite Bed cumulative grain size frequency curves and possible modes of emplacement. Lunar Planetary Science Conference XXXIV, March 1721, 2003. Poreda. R., Basu, A., Becker, L., Nicholson, C., and Ocampo, A., Global evidence for a PermianTriassic Impact Event.Lunar Planetary Science Conference. Ocampo, A., and Rabassa, J. Impact Cratering processes and their identification. UNESA Basic Space Science Workshop, 2002. Ocampo, A., Pope, K., King, D. and Fischer, A., A new impact ejecta deposit from the Chicxulub crater in central Belize.IMPACT9, pg. 47, 2002. Pope, K., Ocampo, A., Ames, D. and Fouke B., Belize distribution, composition, and origin of the Chicxulub spheroid bed in Southern Quintana Roo, Mexico and Northern Belize. Geol. Soc. of Am. Abstr. Progr. 34, 402, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2002. King, D., Pope, K., L. W., Ocampo, A. C., Fischer, A. CretaceousTertiary boundary stratigraphy in Belize and adjacent Mexico, 2002. King, D., Pope, K., Ocampo A., 2001. Sedimentologic Characteristics of Chicxulub Ejecta In Belize and Adjacent Mexico, Geological Society of America 23691, 2001. Kleteschka, G., Zitzelberger, P., Wasilewski, P., Ocampo, A., 2001. Magnetic Properties of the Ejecta Blanket from the Chicxulub Impact Crater Analog for robotic exploration of similar deposits on Mars. American Geophysical Union Spring Conference P32A07K, 2001. Ocampo, A. C., K. O. Pope, F. J. Vega, A. G. Fischer, and B. W. Fouke, 2000. Depositional Facies of the Chicxulub Ejecta Blanket in the Southern Yucatan Peninsula, Eos Trans. AGU, 81 48, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P72C05. Pope, K. O., A .C. Ocampo, A. G. Fischer, B. W. Fouke, and R. J. Wachtman, 2000. Anatomy of the Chicxulub ejecta blanket, Geol. Soc. of Am. Abstr. Progr., 32, A163. Pope, K.O., and Ocampo, A.C., 2000. Chicxulub highaltitude ballistic ejecta from Central Belize, Lunar Planet. Sci. 31, CD abstract 1419, Lunar Planetary Institute, Houston. Pope, K. O., Ames, D. E., Kieffer, S. W., and Ocampo, A. C., 2000. Impact crater hydrothermal niches for life on Mars A question of scale, Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration, pp. 253254, LPI Contribution 1062, Lunar Planetary Institute, Houston. Pope, K. O., Kieffer, S. W., Ocampo, A. C., Claeys, P., and Ames, D. E., 2000. Meteorite impact hydrothermal systems and the search for fossil life on Mars, First Annual Astrobiology Science Conference, abstract, pp. 209, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field. Ames, D. E., Gibson, H. L., Jonasson, I., Pope, K. O., and Ocampo, A. C., 2000.Ancient impactinduced hydrothermal ecosystems, Sudbury structure, First Annual Astrobiology Science Conference, abstract, pp. 386, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field. Shirley, J., Ocampo, A., Carlson, R., 2000. Summary of the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer vistas of Europa. Division of Planetary science Conference. Grisom, D., BeltranLopez, V., Pope, K., and Ocampo, A., 2002. Electron Spin Resonance Determination of Mn2 and SO3 Concentrations In Calcite Formed or altered In the KT Event, European Science FoundationIMPACT5. Fanale, J., Granahan, J., Greeley, R., .and the Galileo NIMS and SSI Instrument Teams 2002, Tyre and PwyllGalileo orbital remote sensing of mineralogy versus morphology at two selected sites on Europa, J. Geophysical Research, 105, 2264722655. McMuldroch, S., Pilorz, S., Danielson, D., and Galileo NIMS Team, Galileo NIMS Near Infrared Observations of Jupiters Ring Systems, 2000 Icarus, 146 111 Vega, F., Perrilliat, M., Ocampo, A., and Pope, K., 1999. Aporrhaid Gastropods of Latest Cretaceous Age from the Upper Part of the Barton Creek Formation Below Chicxulub Ejecta Blanket In Southern Mexico, America Geophysical Union Conference. Pope, K. O., and Ocampo, A. C., 1999, The Chicxulub continuous ejecta blanket and its implications for fluidized ejecta blankets on Mars, Lunar and Planetary Science 30, abstract 1380, CD. King, D., Petruny, L., Rampino, M., Prokoph A., Pope, K., Fischer, A., Montanari, A., and Ocampo, A. 1999. Orbital Cyclicities above and below the CretaceousTertiary Boundary, Geological Society of America. Urrutia, J., Vega, F., Martinez, M, Ocampo, A., Pope, K., 1999. Paleomagnetic record of the Upper CretaceousLower Tertiary rocks adjacent to the Chicxulub ejecta deposits, Belize and Chetumal, Mexico, Geological Society of America. Pope, K., Ocampo, A., and Baines, K., 1998. Global Balckout Following the KT Chicxulub Impact Results of Impact and Atmosphereic Modeling. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Baines, K., Pope, K., Ocampo, A., and Ivanov B., 1998. Long Term Enviromental Effects of the Chicxulub Impact. Lunar Planetary Science Conference 29. Granaham, J., Fanale, F., Carlson, R., Kamp, L., Matson, D., Ocampo, A. et.al.,1998. Galileo Remote Sensing Compositional Studies of the Tyre Region of Europa. Lunar Planetary Science 29, abstract 1020, CD. Marshall, J. R., Bratton, C., Pope, K., and Ocampo, A., 1998, Diagnostic clasttexture criteria for recognition of impact deposits, Lunar Planetary Science 29, abstract 1134. Paleomagnetic record of the Upper Cretaceouslower Tertiary rocks adjacent to the Chicxulub ejecta deposits, Belize and Chetumal, Mexico Ocampo, A. C., Pope, K. O., and Fischer, A. G., 1997, Carbonate ejecta from the Chicxulub crater Evidence for ablation and particle interaction under high temperatures and pressures. Lunar Planetary Science 28, abstract 1861, CD. Ocampo, A. C., Pope, K. O., Fischer, A. G., Alvarez, W., Fouke, B. W., Asaro, F., Webster, C.L., Jr., Vega, F .J., Smit, J., Fritsche, A. E., and Claeys, P., Rampino, M., and King, D. Jr., 1997, Chicxulub impact ejecta in Belize, in Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution Sudbury 1997, p. 3738, LPI Contribution No. 922, Lunar Planetary Institute, Houston. Ocampo, A., Pope, K., Marshall, J., and Fischer, A., 1997, Surface textures produced by grain interactions under high temperature Comparisons of Chicxulub ejecta and laboratory experiments, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, A142. Pope, K., Fischer, A., Ocampo, A., Baines, K., King, D., and Grippo, A., 1997, Meteorite impact induced changes in the atmosphere and oceans at the CretaceousTertiary Boundary, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, A212. Ocampo A, Matson D. Smythe W. and the NIMS Team. Preliminary results of the Europa NIMS observations from the Galileos spacecraft first orbit. LPSC, 1996. Ocampo, A. C., and Pope, K.O., 1996, Shuttle Imaging Radar SIRC images reveal multiple impact craters at Aorounga, northern Chad, Lunar Planetary Science 27977978. Ocampo, A. C., and 8 others, 1996, Belize KT boundary deposits Relation to Chicxulub impact, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 28, A182. Pope, K. O., Ocampo, A. C., and Fischer, A. G., 1996. Proximal Chicxulub impact ejecta Depositional processes inferred from physical models and surface exposures, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 28, A182. Pope, K. O., Ocampo, A. C., Fischer, A. G., Morrison, J., and Sharp, Z., 1996. Carbonate condensates in the Chicxulub ejecta deposits from Belize, Lunar Planetary Science 2710451046. Baines, K.H., Pope, K. O., Ocampo, and Ivanov, B.A., 1996. Longterm environmental effects of the Chicxulub impact, Lunar Planetary Science Conference 275556. Kinsland, G.L., Hurtado, M., Ceron, A., Pope, K., Ocampo, A., Smythe, W., and Bedard, P.,1996. Analysis of Gravity and topographicbathymetric data over the Chicxulub impact structure A look at details, Lunar Planetary Science 27671672. K. Pope, A. Ocampo, K. Baines, B. Ivanov, and M. Gerasimov, May 1995. The Role of Volatiules in Planetary Impacts Lessons from the Chicxulub Impact. Division of Planetary Science. W. Smythe, R. LopesGautier , A. Ocampo and R. Nelson, 1995. The Status of Mercury Exploration, Lunar and Planetary Science XXV, p. 1297. G. Kinsland, M. Hurtado, A. Ceron, W. Smythe, A. Ocampo and K. Pope, 1995. New Gravity Data Over the Southwestern Portion of the Chicxulub Impact Feature, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Lunar and Planetary Science XXVI, p. 755756. A. Ocampo, K. Pope, and A. Fischer, Chicxulub Ejecta Blanket Deposits from Belize The Role of Volatiles in Large Impacts, Planetary Impact Events Materials Response to Dynamic High Pressure, IV International Conference on Advanced Materials, Cancun, Mexico, August 27September 1, 1995. K.O. Pope, A.C. Ocampo, K.H. Baines, B.A. Ivanov, and M.V. Gerasimov, Chicxulub impact induced climatic change at the KT Boundary, Planetary Impact Events Materials Response to Dynamic High Pressure, IV International Conference on Advanced Materials, Cancun, Mexico, August 27September 1,1995. A. Ocampo, Catastrophic Depositional Evidence of the Chicxulub Impact from Northern Belize, Fifth United NationsEuropean Space Agency Workshop on Basic Space Science, Karachi, Pakistan, November 1216,1995. A. Ocampo, D. Matson W. Smythe, R. Carlson, J. Alonso and the Galileo NIMS Team. Galileos Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer NIMS Science Observations Designs for Europa. , Division of Planetary Science Meeting , May 1995. A.C. Ocampo and K.O. Pope, A KT Boundary Section from Northern Belize, Conference on New Developments Regarding the KT Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History, LPI Contribution No. 825, p. 8687, 1994. K.O. Pope, A.C. Ocampo, K.H. Baines and B.A. Ivanov, Prolonged Biospheric Effects of Sulfuric Acid Aerosols Produced by the CretaceousTertiary Chicxulub Impact, Fifth Exobiology Symposium and Mars Workshop Proceedings, 90, 1994. A. Ocampo and D, Matson, Galileos Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer NIMS Science Observation Plan for Europa, Lunar and Planetary Science XXV, 1019, 1994. W. Smythe, R. LopesGautier, A. Ocampo and 9 others, Discovery Missions in the Jovian System Watching Ionian Volcanic Eruptions, IAA International Conference on LowCost Planetary Missions, John Hopkins University, April 1215, 1994. A. Ocampo ,The Chicxulub Impact and the KT Extinction Event, Fourth United NationsEuropean Space Agency Workshop on Basic Space Science, Cairo, Egypt, June 1994. A. Ocampo, The Discovery Program, Fourth United NationsEuropean Space Agency Workshop on Basic Space Science, Cairo, Egypt, June 1994. K. Pope, A. Ocampo, K. Baines and B. Ivanov, Global Blackout Following the KT Chicxulub Impact Results of Impact and Atmospheric Modeling, Lunar and Planetary Science XXIV, p. 11651166, 1993. R. Carlson, H. Kieffer, K. Baines, K. Becker, E. Danielson, G. Edwards, F. Fanale, F. Forsythe, J. Gaddis, J. Granaham, J. Hui, T. Johnson, R LopesGautier,L. Kamp, D. Matson, T. McCord, R. Mehlman, A. Ocampo and 4 others, Preliminary Report of Lunar Observations by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer NIMS During the Second Galileo EarthMoon Encounter, Lunar and Planetary Science XXIV, p. 255, 1993. W. Smythe, R. Carlson, P. Weissman, L. Byrne, A. Ocampo and 7 others, Galileo NIMS Approach Observations of Asteroid 951 Gaspra. AGU Spring Meeting, EOS, p.197, 1993. W. Smythe, R. LopesGautier A. Ocampo and 9 others, High Resolution Spatial and Temporal Observations of Io the Next Generation of Missions in Io, an International Conference at San Juan Capistrano Research Institute, p. 102103, 1993. L. Horn, R. Nelson, J. Weiss, W. Smythe, M. Evans, E. Gatz, S Kou, A. Lane, S Linick, R. LopesGautier, A. Ocampo and 16 others, Hermes Global Orbiter Mission to Mercury, AAS Division for Planetary Science Annual Meeting, 1993. A. Ocampo, Overview of Upcoming Missions Galileo Mission to Jupiter, Third United NationsEuropean Space Agency Workshop on Basic Space Science, Lagos, Nigeria, 1822 October 1993. A. Ocampo, The inner Solar System, Third United NationsEuropean Space Agency Workshop on Basic Space Science, Lagos, Nigeria, 1822 October 1993. K. Pope and A. Ocampo, Biospheric Effects of the Proposed Chicxulub KT Bolide, Lunar and Planetary Science XXIII, p. 1097, 1992. A. Ocampo, The Moon Geological Evolution, SecondUnited NationsEuropean Space Agency Workshop on Basic Space Science, San Jose, Costa Rica November 213, 1992. A. Ocampo, Mars The Red Planet, SecondUnited NationsEuropean Space Agency Workshop on Basic Space Science, San Jose, Costa Rica, November 213, 1992 K. Pope, A. Ocampo and C. Duller, Hydrological Evidence for a Possible 200 Km Diameter KT Impact Crater in Yucatan, Mexico, Lunar and Planetary Science XXII, p. 10101011, 1991. A. Ocampo, The Galileo Mission Earth Encounter, Conferencia Espacial de las Americas Memorias, pg. 7275, vol. I, United Nations Developing Program, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1990. A. Ocampo, W. Smythe, and F. Fanale, The Galileo Mission Earth Encounter An Earth Remote Sensing Perspective, SELPERIII Proceedings, pg. 199205, 1989. J. P. Ford, D. E. Wickland, A. C. Ocampo, and R. R. Sharitz, Mapping Diverse Vegetation with Multichannel Radar Images, Proceedings of the Fourth Thematic Conference Remote Sensing for Exploration Geology, April 1985. T. Duxbury, A. Ocampo and R. Doyle, Martian Satellite Search from Viking Orbiter, Lunar and Planetary Science XIII, p. 320321,1980. Book contributions Hopping L., Space Rocks the story of a planetary geologist, Joseph Henry Press Scholastics, 2005. Ocampo A., VajadV., and Buffetaut E., Unmasking the CretaceousTertiary Catastrophe, Evidence from flora, fauna and geology. European Science Foundation IMPACT 9 volume, Springer Publisher 2005. Chaton, R., 2281988 Recipes for Success A Guide to Advanced Cuisine. Girl Scouts of America Publication. T. C. Duxbury, A. C. Ocampo, and R. J. Doyle, Phobos Atlas, NASA Publication, July, 1984. G. Klemola, H. Taraji and A. Ocampo, Lick SaturnVoyager Reference Star Catalogue, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1979. Public Outreach Ocampo A and E. Balager, 2010. El Mundo de CoPoCuQu NASA Publication. httpspaceplace.nasa.govspkids Ocampo, A., Friedman, L., Logsdon, J., 1998. Why space science and exploration benefits everyone, Space Policy 14, 137143. A. C. Ocampo, Journey to the End of the Dinosaur Era A Society Expedition to Belize, 1995. The Planetary Report, vol. XV, number 4. A.C. Ocampo and LopesGautier, R., Bringing People Together Through Planetary Science, 1993 The Planetary Report, vol. XIII, no. 3. C. Pilcher, and A. Ocampo, Planetary Science in the Developing World, The Planetary Report, Vol.VIII, number 3, pg.5, MayJune 1988.