Cristina Morea Dalle Ore (born 1958)[1] is a hyperspectral imaging and remote sensing expert, originally from Italy. After many years as an astronomer and planetary scientist, she has shifted her interests to Earth-based agricultural applications of remote sensing,[2] as Head of Remote Science and Geospatial Intelligence for Bayer Crop Science.[3] Her work in astronomy studied the chemical composition of objects in the far reaches of the Solar System, with a special focus on tholins,[4] and included the discovery of ammonia on Pluto, suggesting the possibility of liquid water there as well.[5]
Education and career
Dalle Ore is originally from Treviso; astronomy was a shared interest with her father, heart surgeon Mario Morea.[6][2] She earned a laurea in astronomy, the Italian equivalent of a master's degree, from the University of Padua, in 1983.[7] Next, she began graduate studies with Sandra Faber at the University of California, Santa Cruz, but was pulled away to Boston by her new husband's job there. After spending nine years raising three children and studying spectroscopy at Harvard University, she returned to UC Santa Cruz to complete her Ph.D.[2] Her 1993 dissertation, A critical examination of stellar atmosphere theory for metal-poor K-giant stars, was supervised by Faber.[8]
Despite her early research focus on stars, a chance social connection with planetary scientist Dale Cruikshank led her to a position studying the Solar System as a research scientist for the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center.[2] She worked there beginning in 1996, with a stint as a lecturer at UC Santa Cruz from 2007 to 2008,[7] until taking her present position at Bayer Crop Science.[3]
Recognition
Minor planets 25945 Moreadalleore and 151351 Dalleore are named for Dalle Ore.[1]
References
- ^ a b "151351 Dalleore (2002 CS282)", JPL Small-Body Database, retrieved 2024-05-05; "25945 Moreadalleore (2001 EQ10)", JPL Small-Body Database, retrieved 2024-05-05
- ^ a b c d Chioda, Eleonora (May 14, 2023), "Cristina Dalle Ore: dalle stelle alle stalle, per risolvere i problemi dell'umanità", la Repubblica (in Italian), retrieved 2024-05-05
- ^ a b "Cristina Dalle Ore", Speaker Biography, SMAU 2023, retrieved 2024-05-05
- ^ "Cristina Dalle Ore", Our scientists, SETI Institute, retrieved 2024-05-05
- ^ Haynes, Korey (May 30, 2019), "Ammonia on Pluto's surface points to liquid water underground", Discover, retrieved 2024-05-05
- ^ Simonetti, Silvia (August 22, 2015), "Cristina Dalle Ore: The Nasa scientist from Treviso who took part in the New Horizons mission", L'Italo Americano, retrieved 2024-05-05
- ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), SETI Institute, 2010, retrieved 2024-05-05
- ^ "Cristina Morea Dalle Ore", AstroGen, American Astronomical Society, retrieved 2024-05-05
External links
- Cristina Dalle Ore publications indexed by Google Scholar
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