Kent Ross
Senior Research Scientist FEG-EPMA Lab Manager At NASA-Johnson Space Center at University of Texas at El Paso / Jacobs-JETS / NASA-JSC
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolKent Ross is a Senior Research Scientist and FEG-EPMA Lab Manager at NASA Johnson Space Center with over a decade managing advanced electron microprobe and FEG-SEM facilities for planetary and materials research. He combines deep expertise in electron probe microanalysis, X-ray spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy with a PhD in geology/geochemistry to drive studies of meteorites, experimental petrology, and lunar and Martian materials. Kent has led lab installations, user training, and instrument operation across academic and government settings—including UC Berkeley, University of Hawaii, and the University of Houston—bringing rare hands-on curation and lab-management experience to high-profile spacecraft examination work. Notably, he contributed to forensic analysis of hypervelocity impact features on the Hubble WFPC2, demonstrating an ability to apply geochemical methods to unique engineering problems. Based in Houston, he pairs rigorous academic research with practical instrument stewardship, helping bridge planetary science and analytical technology.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Geology/Geochemistry, PhD, Geology/Geochemistry at University of HoustonBachelor of Science (BSc), Geology/Earth Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Geology/Earth Science at The Ohio State University
French, English
Github Skills (10)
stable9
shell8
automation6
linux6
bash6
toolbox6
unix6
python5
nasa-data3
gis2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kwross/planets2
Jun 2020 - Jun 2020
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
kwross/2020-02-02-NorthPole
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch, 3 tags in 1 day
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