John Armstrong : Curriculum Vitae
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Armstrong is an associate professor of physics at Weber State University specializing in astronomy, planetary science, and computational astrophysics. His work focuses on involving undergraduate students in planetary climate research, high performance computing, and numerical analysis. He also mentors students in science and engineering projects related to high altitude ballooning and remote-controlled telescopes. He is currently a team member with the NASA Astrobiology Institute’s Virtual Planetary Laboratory.
Professional Preparation
Undergraduate - University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, B.S., 1998
Graduate - University of Washington, Astronomy, M.S., 2001
Graduate - University of Washington, Astronomy, Ph.D., 2003
Graduate - University of Washington, Astrobiology Certificate Program, 2003
Appointments
Weber State University, Assistant Professor, 2005 – current
Weber State University, Research Professor, VPL Lead Investigator, 2003 – 2005
Weber State University, Adjunct Instructor, 2002 – 2003
United States Geological Survey, Contract, Astrogeology Division, 2002 – 2003
Publications
Armstrong, J. C. “Synoptic Measurements of Dwarf Novae Magnitudes During the Period of February 24, 1996 to Present Using the University of Iowa’s Automated Telescope Facility.” In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 29:1386, 1997.
Armstrong, J. C., C. B. Leovy, T. R. Quinn, R. M. Haberle, and J. Schaeffer. “A One Billion Year Martian Climate Model---The Importance of Seasonally Resolved Polar Caps and the Role of Wind.” In Sixth International Conference on Mars, 1:3064, 2003.
———. “Aeolian Processes and Long Period Climate Change on Mars.” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 1 (2002): 0352.
Armstrong, J. C., S. K. Nielson, and T. N. Titus. “Survey of TES High Albedo Events in Mars’ Northern Polar Craters.” Geophysical Research Letters 34, no. 1 (2007): L01202.
Armstrong, J. C., and R. G. Sellar. “The Compact Microimaging Spectrometer (CMIS): A New Tool for In-Situ Planetary Science.” In Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts, 35:1680, 2004.
Armstrong, J. C., T. N. Titus, and H. H. Kieffer. “Seasonal Variations of Thermophysical Units Within Korolev Crater, Mars.” In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 35:1233, 2003.
———. “Seasonal Variations Within Korolev Crater, Mars.” In Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts, 35:1744, 2004.
Armstrong, J., and C. Leovy. “Wind Erosion Regimes and the Evolution of the Surface of Mars Studied with the NASA Ames Mars General Circulation Model.” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 1 (2004): 06.
Armstrong, John. “Polar Crater Deposits as a Probe for Ancient Climate Change on Mars.” Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2006.
———. “Review of Stephen Everson, Ed., Ethics, Companions to Ancient Thought (Cambridge University Press, 1998),” 1998.
Armstrong, John, Rory Barnes, and Shawn Domagal-Goldman. “Obliquity Variations in Stable, High-Inclination Planetary Systems and the Impact on the Habitable Zone.” Bulletin of the American Physical Society 55 (2010).
Armstrong, John C. “Distribution of Impact Locations and Velocities of Earth Meteorites on the Moon.” Earth, Moon, and Planets 107, no. 1 (2010): 43–54.
Armstrong, John C., Shane L. Larson, and Rhett R. Zollinger. “Specific Angular Momentum of Extrasolar Planetary Systems.” arXiv Preprint arXiv:0708.1771, 2007.
Armstrong, John C., and Conway B. Leovy. “Long Term Wind Erosion on Mars.” Icarus 176, no. 1 (2005): 57–74.
Armstrong, John C., Conway B. Leovy, and Thomas Quinn. “A 1 Gyr Climate Model for Mars: New Orbital Statistics and the Importance of Seasonally Resolved Polar Processes.” Icarus 171, no. 2 (2004): 255–71.
Armstrong, John C., Timothy N. Titus, and Hugh H. Kieffer. “Evidence for Subsurface Water Ice in Korolev Crater, Mars.” Icarus 174, no. 2 (2005): 360–72.
Armstrong, John C., Llyd E. Wells, and Guillermo Gonzalez. “Rummaging through Earth’s Attic for Remains of Ancient Life.” Icarus 160, no. 1 (2002): 183–96.
Armstrong, John C., Llyd E. Wells, Monika Kress, and Guillermo Gonzalez. “The Moon: A Repository for Ancient Planetary Sample.” In The Moon Beyond 2002: Next Steps in Lunar Science and Exploration, 1:2, 2002.
Armstrong, John Charles. “Wind Erosion and Long Period Climate Change on Mars,” 2003.
Armstrong, John, Shane Larson, and Bill Hiscock. “High Altitude Ballooning as a Platform for Student Research Experiences in Science and Engineering.” Bulletin of the American Physical Society 53 (2008).
Barnes, Rory, J. C. Armstrong, S. D. Domagal-Goldman, J. Breiner, and V. S. Meadows. “Orbital Dynamics and Habitability II: Obliquity Forcing and Suppression of the Ice-Albedo Feedback,” Vol. 43, 2012. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012DDA....43.0904B.
Barnes, Rory, J. C. Armstrong, P. Gupta, T. R. Quinn, S. Domagal-Goldman, and V. Meadows. “Spin-Orbit Coupling in Exoplanetary Systems with High Mutual Inclinations,” Vol. 44, 2013. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013DDA....4410004B.
Domagal-Goldman, Shawn, R. Barnes, J. C. Armstrong, J. Breiner, and V. S. Meadows. “Tilt-a-Worlds: Effects of High Rates of Obliquity Change on the Habitability of Extrasolar Planets,” 217:22007, 2011. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AAS...21722007D.
Farmer, Jack, Glenn Sellar, Laurel Kirkland, and John Armstrong. “Compact Micro-Imaging Spectrometer,” 2005.
Fries, Marc, John Armstrong, U. T. Ogden, James Ashley, Luther Beegle, Timothy Jull, Glenn Sellar, Carlton Allen, Johnson Space Center, and Rohit Bhartia. “Extralunar Materials in Lunar Regolith,” n.d.
Gatrell, Sharon, Murielle Parkinson, and John Armstrong. “Use of Cameras in High Altitude Ballooning as a Data Integration Tool.” Bulletin of the American Physical Society 55 (2010).
Haynes, Ryan, and John Armstrong. “Computational Astrophysics Software for the Study of Near by Planetary Systems.” Bulletin of the American Physical Society 53 (2008).
Ivezic, Z., T. Quinn, S. Tabachnik, R. Rafikov, R. H. Lupton, M. Hammergren, L. Eyer, J. Chu, J. C. Armstrong, and SDSS Collaboration. “SDSS--Properties of Asteroids in the Commissioning Data.” In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 33:1184, 2001.
Ivezic, Z., S. Tabachnik, R. Rafikov, R. H. Lupton, T. Quinn, M. Hammergren, L. Eyer, J. Chu, J. C. Armstrong, and X. Fan. “The SDSS Collaboration 2001.” AJ 122 (n.d.): 2749.
Ivezić, Željko, Serge Tabachnik, Roman Rafikov, Robert H. Lupton, Tom Quinn, Mark Hammergren, Laurent Eyer, Jennifer Chu, John C. Armstrong, and Xiaohui Fan. “Solar System Objects Observed in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data.” The Astronomical Journal 122, no. 5 (2001): 2749.
Kress, Monika, D. A. Joiner, J. C. Armstrong, and C. Sul. “N-Body Stability Analysis of Gliese 581.” In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, Vol. 221, 2013.
Larson, Shane L., John C. Armstrong, and William A. Hiscock. “The First Frontier: High Altitude Ballooning as a Platform for Student Research Experiences in Science and Engineering.” American Journal of Physics 77 (2009): 489.
Leovy, C. B., and J. C. Armstrong. “Wind and Water at the Surface of Mars.” In Sixth International Conference on Mars, 1:3200, 2003.
Palen, S., and J. C. Armstrong. “Searching the MaCHO Database for Tertiary Companions to Eclipsing Binaries.” In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 35:1222, 2003.
Plesko, Catherine S., Steven P. Brumby, John C. Armstrong, Elliot A. Ginder, and Conway B. Leovy. “Applications of Machine Learning Techniques in Digital Processing of Images of the Martian Surface.” In International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 82–91. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2002.
Proctor, R., A. Johnston, S. Palen, and J. Armstrong. “The Effectiveness of Scientific Visualization Techniques: Teaching the Lunar Cycle.” In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 37:1209, 2005.
Quinn, Tom, Mark Hammergren, Laurent Eyer, Jennifer Chu, John C. Armstrong, Xiaohui Fan, Kristian Finlator, Tom R. Geballe, James E. Gunn, and Gregory S. Hennessy. “Ivezic, Zeljko Tabachnik, Serge Rafikov, Roman Lupton, Robert H.,” n.d.
Raymond, S. N., P. J. Armitage, A. Moro-Martín, M. Booth, M. C. Wyatt, J. C. Armstrong, A. Mandell, F. Selsis, and A. A. West. “How Giant Planets Sculpt Terrestrial Exoplanets and Debris Disks.” Earth 1 (2011): 1.2.
Raymond, Sean N., Philip J. Armitage, Amaya Moro-Martin, Mark Booth, Mark C. Wyatt, John C. Armstrong, Avi M. Mandell, Franck Selsis, and Andrew A. West. “Debris Disks as Signposts of Terrestrial Planet Formation. II Dependence of Exoplanet Architectures on Giant Planet and Disk Properties.” arXiv Preprint arXiv:1201.3622, 2012.
Raymond, Sean N., Philip J. Armitage, Amaya Moro-Martín, Mark Booth, Mark C. Wyatt, John C. Armstrong, Avi M. Mandell, and Franck Selsis. “The Debris Disk–terrestrial Planet Connection.” Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 6, no. S276 (2010): 82–88.
Raymond, Sean N., Philip J. Armitage, Amaya Moro-Martín, Mark Booth, Mark C. Wyatt, John C. Armstrong, Avi M. Mandell, Franck Selsis, and Andrew A. West. “Debris Disks as Signposts of Terrestrial Planet Formation.” arXiv Preprint arXiv:1104.0007, 2011.
Sohl, John E., John C. Armstrong, and Shane L. Larson. “Atmospheric Research--Sensors and Science in the Stratosphere.” Bulletin of the American Physical Society 55 (2010).
Szkody, Paula, John Armstrong, and Robert Fried. “Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer and Optical Observations of the Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables RX J1015. 5+ 0904 and V405 Auriga (RX J0558+ 5353) 1.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 112, no. 768 (2000): 228–36.
Wells, Llyd E., John C. Armstrong, and Guillermo Gonzalez. “Reseeding of Early Earth by Impacts of Returning Ejecta during the Late Heavy Bombardment.” Icarus 162, no. 1 (2003): 38–46.
Zollinger, R., and J. C. Armstrong. “Additional Planets in the Habitable Zone of Gliese 581?” Astronomy and Astrophysics 497, no. 2 (April 2009): 583–87. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811198.