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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Harry Y. McSween is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Ecology.

Their scholarly work concentrates on topics including Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Astronomical and nuclear sciences, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

McSween has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McSween include:

  • G. R. Huss
  • Nick Dygert
  • J. E. Moersch
  • Jialong Ren
  • Marc A. Hesse

Recent publications by McSween include:

  • "Perspectives on Mars Sample Return: A critical resource for planetary science and exploration," 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "On the Diversity and Formation Modes of Martian Minerals," 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • "Extensive and ancient feldspathic crust detected across north Hellas rim, Mars: Possible implications for primary crust formation," 2022, Geology
  • "Thermochemical evolution of the acapulcoite-lodranite parent body: Evidence for fragmentation-disrupted partial differentiation," 2022, Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • "Evidence for early fragmentation-reassembly of ordinary chondrite (H, L, and LL) parent bodies from REE-in-two-pyroxene thermometry," 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

McSween has received recognition through several fellowships, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2008
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2006
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002

Best Publications

  • In situ evidence for an ancient aqueous environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars.

    Steven W. Squyres;John P. Grotzinger;Raymond E. Arvidson;James F. Bell

  • The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) for the Mars 2001 Odyssey mission

    Philip R. Christensen;Bruce M. Jakosky;Hugh H. Kieffer;Michael C. Malin

  • Meteorites and the early solar system II

    Dante S. Lauretta;Harry Y. McSween

  • What we have learned about Mars from SNC meteorites

    Harry Y. Mcsween

  • Overview of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Gusev Crater: Landing site to Backstay Rock in the Columbia Hills

    R. E. Arvidson;S. W. Squyres;R. C. Anderson;J. F. Bell

  • The chemical composition of Martian soil and rocks returned by the mobile alpha proton x-ray spectrometer : Preliminary results from the x-ray mode

    R. Rieder;T. Economou;H. Wänke;A. Turkevich

  • The Opportunity Rover's Athena science investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars.

    S. W. Squyres;R. E. Arvidson;J.F. Bell;J. Brückner

  • Provenance and diagenesis of the evaporite-bearing Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars

    S.M. McLennan;J.F. Bell;W. M. Calvin;P. R. Christensen

  • Dawn at Vesta: Testing the Protoplanetary Paradigm

    C. T. Russell;C. A. Raymond;A. Coradini;H. Y. McSween

  • Elemental Composition of the Martian Crust

    Harry Y. McSween;G. Jeffrey Taylor;Michael B. Wyatt

  • The Spirit Rover's Athena Science Investigation at Gusev Crater, Mars

    Steven W. Squyres;Raymond E. Arvidson;James F. Bell;J. Bruckner

  • SNC meteorites: Clues to Martian petrologic evolution?

    Harry Y. McSween

  • Mineralogy at Meridiani Planum from the Mini-TES Experiment on the Opportunity Rover.

    Philip Christensen;M. B. Wyatt;T. D. Glotch;A. D. Rogers

  • Petrology and origin of the shergottite meteorites

    Edward Stolper;Harry Y. McSween

  • An integrated view of the chemistry and mineralogy of martian soils

    Albert S. Yen;Ralf Gellert;Christian Schröder;Richard V. Morris

  • Chemistry and mineralogy of outcrops at Meridiani Planum

    Benton C. Clark;R. V. Morris;S. M. McLennan;R. Gellert

  • Morphology and Composition of the Surface of Mars: Mars Odyssey THEMIS Results

    Philip R. Christensen;Joshua L. Bandfield;James F. Bell;Noel Gorelick

  • Correlated alteration effects in CM carbonaceous chondrites

    Lauren B. Browning;Lauren B. Browning;Harry Y. McSween;Michael E. Zolensky

  • Are carbonaceous chondrites primitive or processed? A review

    Harry Y. McSween

  • Alteration in CM carbonaceous chondrites inferred from modal and chemical variations in matrix

    Harry Y. McSween

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Jaumann
Ralf Jaumann Freie Universität Berlin
Thomas H. Prettyman
Thomas H. Prettyman Planetary Science Institute
M. C. De Sanctis
M. C. De Sanctis National Institute for Astrophysics
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles
Andreas Nathues
Andreas Nathues Max Planck Society
Michael J. Toplis
Michael J. Toplis Paul Sabatier University
Federico Tosi
Federico Tosi National Institute for Astrophysics
Scott M. McLennan
Scott M. McLennan Stony Brook University
Carle M. Pieters
Carle M. Pieters Brown University
Philip R. Christensen
Philip R. Christensen Arizona State University

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