Ann M. Ollila

Ph.D. Candidate

Institute of Meteoritics

MSC03 2050

1 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001


Phone: 505-277-2502

Fax: 505-277-3577

Email: aollila /at/ unm /dot/ edu

M.A. (2007) Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. Advisor: Dr. Martha Gilmore. Thesis: Temperature analysis of gullied slopes on Mars: evidence for a thermal control on gully formation.

B.S. (2003) Natural Resources and Environmental Studies: Environmental Assessment and Modeling concentration, with a Forest Resources minor, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Research interests: Mars gullies, Mars Science Laboratory, ChemCam, LIBS, phyllosilicates, microbiology.


Recent Publications

Ollila, A. M., Gilmore, M. S. and Newsom, H. E. (2008) “Temperature analysis of gullied and non-gullied slopes on Mars: evidence for a thermal control on gully formation.” Workshop on Martian Gullies, Houston, TX. Abstract no. 8037.

Gilmore, M. S., Ollila, A. M., Lanza, N. L. and Vasavada, A. R. (2007) “Geometric and thermal context of gullied slopes in the northern hemisphere of Mars: prediction and measurement.” Seventh International Conference on Mars, Pasadena, CA. Abstract no. 3320.

Ollila, A. M. and Gilmore M. S. (2007) “Thermophysical properties of gullied and non-gullied slopes in Acidalia Planitia, Mars.” Lunar and Planetary Sciences XXXVIII, Houston, TX. Abstract no. 1861.

Ollila, A. M. and Frost-Nerbonne, J. (2003) “Multiplate versus multihabitat macroinvertebrate sampling methodologies in muddy bottom rivers.” National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salt Lake City, UT.

Ollila, A. M., and Frost-Nerbonne, J. (2002) “Multiplate versus multihabitat macroinvertebrate sampling methodologies in muddy bottom rivers.” Lakes and Rivers Conference, St. Cloud, MN. /p>