Martin A. Slade

Martin A. Slade (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics and the Ph.D. degree in earth, atmospheric, and planetary science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge in 1964, 1967, and 1971 respectively. He was, until 2019, the Group Supervisor of the Solar System Radar Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. Now a member of the Planetary Radar and Radio Sciences Group 332K. His scientific interests have ranged from testing of gravitational theories that generalize metric theories (such as general relativity) to very long baseline observations of the structure of quasars and active galactic nuclei. Currently, the determinations of time variations in the spin vector and rotation period for both Mercury and Venus are ongoing collaborative research areas in radar astronomy. Other scientific interests are radar mapping of the topography of the lunar poles and the surface of Mercury. The determination by radar of the shapes, orbits, and physical characterization for near-Earth asteroids and comets is an active area of collaboration with scientists at JPL and elsewhere. Dr. Slade is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the American Astronomical Society (Division for Planetary Sciences and Division on Dynamical Astronomy), and the International Astronomical Union.