CURRICULUM VITAE

EXPERIENCE

• University of Hawaii at Manoa: Research Assistant under Dr. Shiv Sharma; 08/2017- present

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Intern under Dr. David R. Thompson; 06/2019 - 08/2019

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Intern under Dr. David R. Thompson; 06/2018 - 08/2018

• NASA Langley Research Center: Intern under Dr. David Flittner; 05/2017-08/2017

• NASA Langley Research Center: Intern under Dr. David Flittner; 05/2016-08/2016

• NASA Langley Research Center: Intern under Dr. Cheryl Rose; 06/2014 - 08/2014

MANUSCRIPTS

• M. W. Sandford, A. K. Misra, T. E. Acosta-Maeda, J. Porter, M. Egan, S. K. Sharma, S. M. Clegg, R. C. Wiens, and M. N. Abedin (2020). Detecting minerals and organics relative to planetary exploration using a compact portable remote Raman system at 122 meters, Applied Spectroscopy, (In review)

• M. W. Sandford, D. R. Thompson, W. Olson-Duvall, R. O. Green, and P. Lucey (2020) Global Cloud Property Models for Real Time Triage Onboard Visible-Shortwave Infrared Spectrometers, (In review)

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS & PAPERS

• M. W. Sandford, A. K. Misra, T. E. Acosta-Maeda, S. K. Sharma, P. G. Lucey, E. Costello, C. M. Ferrari-Wong. (2019). Shining Light on Purgatory: Detection Limits for Exploring Ocean Worlds Using a Compact Standoff Raman and Fluorescence Spectrometer. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting; San Francisco, CA

• M. W. Sandford, A. K. Misra, T. E. Acosta-Maeda, J. Porter, M. Egan, S. K. Sharma, S. M. Clegg, and R. C. Wiens (2019). Optimizing Downlink for Imaging Spectrometers on Earth and the Lunar Surface. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting; San Francisco, CA

• M. W. Sandford, A. K. Misra, T. E. Acosta-Maeda, J. Porter, M. Egan, S. K. Sharma, S. M. Clegg, and R. C. Wiens (2019). Detection Limits For Various Molecules Of Astrobiological Significance Using A Compact Standoff Raman Spectrometer. Lunar Planetary Science Conference; The Woodlands, Texas.

• M. W. Sandford, P. Lucey, X. Sun and D. Cremons (2018) A spectrographic receiver for laser spectrometers, in A. M. Larar, M. Suzuki, J. Wang (Editors) Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Remote Sensing Technology, Techniques and Applications VII, Proc. SPIE, 10780, 107800J/1-8. doi: 10.1117/12.2324818

• M. W. Sandford, A. K. Misra, T. E. Acosta-Maeda, J. Porter, M. Egan, S. K. Sharma, S. M. Clegg, and R. C. Wiens (2018). Proving the Capability of Remote Raman Spectroscopy Instrumentation for Planetary Missions Through the Detection of Various Molecules with Astro-biological Significance at 120 meters. Instrumentation for Planetary Missions; Berlin, Germany.

• Macey Sandford, David R. Thompson, Winston Olson-Duvall, Robert O. Green, Brian Kahn, Paul Lucey. Enabling a Threshold-Selection Algorithm for Excising Cloud Contaminated Data Onboard Orbital Imaging Spectrometers. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting; Washington, D.C.

• M. Sandford, A. K. Misra, T. E. Acosta- Maeda, J. Porter, M. Egan, S. K. Sharma, S. M. Clegg, R. C. Wiens, and M. N. Abedin (2018). Standoff Time-Resolved Raman and Fluorescence Spectrometer for a Lunar Lander. SSERVI Exploration Science Forum; Mountain View, CA.

• M. Sandford, A. K. Misra, T. E. Acosta-Maeda, J. Porter, M. Egan, S. K. Sharma, S. M. Clegg, R. C. Wiens, and M. N. Abedin (2018). Detection of "Search for Life" Elements Using a Compact Remote Raman System from 122 meters. Lunar Planetary Science Conference; The Woodlands, Texas.

AWARDS

NASA SSERVI Student Poster Award (2018): First Place award and $1,000 travel grant for the poster "Standoff Time-Resolved Raman and Fluorescence Spectrometer for a Lunar Lander"

REFERENCES

Dr. David R. Thompson: David.R.Thompson@jpl.nasa.gov

Dr. Paul Lucey: lucey@higp.hawaii.edu

Dr. David Flittner: David.E.Flittner@nasa.gov

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