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2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
103
Citations
40336
World Ranking
112
National Ranking
58

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John F. Mustard is primarily affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research centers on planetary science, geology, and astro and planetary sciences with a focus on the exploration and analysis of planetary surfaces, especially Mars.

Their recent publications include:

  • Crustal Groundwater Volumes Greater Than Previously Thought, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • The CRISM investigation in Mars orbit: Overview, history, and delivered data products, 2023, Icarus
  • Earth-like Habitable Environments in the Subsurface of Mars, 2021, Astrobiology
  • Characteristics, Origins, and Biosignature Preservation Potential of Carbonate-Bearing Rocks Within and Outside of Jezero Crater, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Geological diversity and microbiological potential of lakes on Mars, 2022, Nature Astronomy

Frequent co-authors in Mustard's work include Jesse Tarnas, C. H. Kremer, C. M. Pieters, A. C. Pascuzzo, and Barbara Sherwood Lollar.

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Icarus
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Astrobiology

Mustard's research spans the main field of Physics and Astronomy, specifically within subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, and Paleontology.

The key topics addressed across their body of work include:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

John F. Mustard has received recognition as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2014 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Global Mineralogical and Aqueous Mars History Derived from OMEGA/Mars Express Data

    Jean-Pierre Bibring;Yves Langevin;John F. Mustard;François Poulet

  • Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)

    Scott Murchie;R. Arvidson;P. Bedini;K. Beisser

  • Sulfates in Martian layered terrains: the OMEGA/Mars Express view.

    Aline Gendrin;Nicolas Mangold;Jean-Pierre Bibring;Yves Langevin

  • Mars surface diversity as revealed by the OMEGA/Mars Express observations.

    Jean-Pierre Bibring;Yves Langevin;Aline Gendrin;Brigitte Gondet

  • Phyllosilicates on Mars and implications for early martian climate

    F. Poulet;J.-P. Bibring;J. F. Mustard;A. Gendrin

  • Character and Spatial Distribution of OH/H2O on the Surface of the Moon Seen by M3 on Chandrayaan-1

    C. M. Pieters;J. N. Goswami;J. N. Goswami;R. N. Clark;M. Annadurai

  • Subsurface water and clay mineral formation during the early history of Mars

    Bethany L. Ehlmann;John F. Mustard;Scott L. Murchie;Jean-Pierre Bibring

  • Hydrated silicate minerals on Mars observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM instrument

    John F. Mustard;Scott L. Murchie;S. M. Pelkey;B. L. Ehlmann

  • Recent ice ages on Mars

    James W. Head;John F. Mustard;Mikhail A. Kreslavsky;Ralph E. Milliken

  • Orbital Identification of Carbonate-Bearing Rocks on Mars

    Bethany L. Ehlmann;John F. Mustard;Scott L. Murchie;Francois Poulet

  • Quantifying vegetation change in semiarid environments: precision and accuracy of spectral mixture analysis and the normalized difference vegetation index.

    Andrew J. Elmore;John F. Mustard;Sara J. Manning;David B. Lobell

  • Identification of hydrated silicate minerals on Mars using MRO‐CRISM: Geologic context near Nili Fossae and implications for aqueous alteration

    Bethany L. Ehlmann;John F. Mustard;Gregg A. Swayze;Roger N. Clark

  • Green leaf phenology at Landsat resolution: Scaling from the field to the satellite

    Jeremy Isaac Fisher;John F. Mustard;Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur

  • A synthesis of Martian aqueous mineralogy after 1 Mars year of observations from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

    Scott L. Murchie;John F. Mustard;Bethany L. Ehlmann;Ralph E. Milliken

  • Evidence for recent climate change on Mars from the identification of youthful near-surface ground ice

    John F. Mustard;Christopher D. Cooper;Moses K. Rifkin

  • Solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence that correlates with canopy photosynthesis on diurnal and seasonal scales in a temperate deciduous forest

    Xi Yang;Xi Yang;Jianwu Tang;Jianwu Tang;John F. Mustard;Jung-Eun Lee

  • Wavelet analysis of MODIS time series to detect expansion and intensification of row-crop agriculture in Brazil

    Gillian L. Galford;John F. Mustard;Jerry Melillo;Aline Gendrin

  • A curve fitting procedure to derive inter-annual phenologies from time series of noisy satellite NDVI data

    Bethany A. Bradley;Robert W. Jacob;John F. Hermance;John F. Mustard

  • Olivine and Pyroxene Diversity in the Crust of Mars

    John F. Mustard;Francois Poulet;Aline Gendrin;Jean-Pierre Bibring

  • CRISM multispectral summary products: Parameterizing mineral diversity on Mars from reflectance

    S. M. Pelkey;J. F. Mustard;S. Murchie;R. T. Clancy

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott L. Murchie
Scott L. Murchie Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Bethany L. Ehlmann
Bethany L. Ehlmann University of Colorado Boulder
Ralph E. Milliken
Ralph E. Milliken Brown University
Janice L. Bishop
Janice L. Bishop Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Carle M. Pieters
Carle M. Pieters Brown University
Jean-Pierre Bibring
Jean-Pierre Bibring University of Paris-Saclay
James W. Head
James W. Head Brown University
Yves Langevin
Yves Langevin University of Paris-Saclay
François Poulet
François Poulet University of Paris-Saclay
Raymond E. Arvidson
Raymond E. Arvidson Washington University in St. Louis

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