Martha Leake
Professor of Astronomy & Physics
- College of Science & Mathematics
Department of Data Science
Education
- Ph.D. in Planetary Science, University of Arizona
- B.A. in Physics and Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College
Teaching Interests
- Astronomy: Introduction to the Solar System; Stars and Galaxies, Tools of Astronomy, Observational Techniques, Physics of the Solar System, Planetary Geology, The Planetarium, Physical Science, the Universe of Energy, Introduction to Physics I and II (algebra-based).
- Earth and Space Science for Middle Grades Teachers
- Directed Studies for Astronomical Research (Observing, Data Reduction)
- Astrobiology, Astrophysics, Cosmology,
- Science and Humanities Exploring the World, To the Stars Through Literature
Research Interests
Observation of Asteroids, Spectroscopy and Multicolor Photometry, Origin of the Solar System, Cratering, The surface of Bennu from the OSIRIS Rex mission, the Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jovian moons: Europa, Ganymede, Io and Callisto; Titan, Rhea, Enceladus, and other moons of Saturn, Miranda, Triton, Pluto and other bodies; variable stars, the Sun, Stellar evolution, comets and meteors, meteorites and the geology of Earth and Exoplanets and gathering supporting data for exoplanet research.
Recent Publications
- Keel, William C., Terry Oswalt, Peter Mack, Gary Henson, Todd Hillwig, Daniel Batcheldor, Robert Berrington, Chris De Pree, Dieter Hartmann, Martha Leake, Javier Licandro, Brian Murphy, James Webb, and Matt A. Wood, 2017, The Remote Observatories of the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA), Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 129:015002 (12pp) 2017, January.
- Violante, Renata*, and Leake, M. A. Photometry and Lightcurve Analysis of 7 Main-Belt Asteroids, (Abstract #353.09, Poster Presentation), American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #221, Jan. 2013.
- Saylor, Dicy Ann, and Leake, M. A., Rotation Rates of 8 Main Belt Asteroids, (Abstract #156.11, Poster Presentation) AAS Meeting #217, Seattle, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 43, 2011.
- L. J. Kaminski* [nee Piltz], M. A. Leake, D. J. Berget, “Differential Photometry and Lightcurve Analysis for Numbered Asteroids 229, 275, 426, 557, 613, 741, 788, 872, 907, and 5010, Journal of the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy, 3, 25-31, 2010 Mar. 1. (On line at )