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Karen Magee-Sauer, Ph.D.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Science Hall
856-256-4395
Sauer@rowan.edu

RESEARCH SUMMARY:
My research field is in planetary sciences. My research is supported by the National Science Foundation's Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) program and NASA's Planetary Atmospheres program. I collaborate with scientists in the Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. I primarily study the composition and behavior of comets by observing the infrared emission of cometary molecules. The telescopes that our group uses are the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility and the W.M. Keck telescope, both atop of Mauna Kea (14,000 ft) on the Big Island of Hawaii.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Disanti, M. A., Mumma, M. J., Dello Russo, N., Magee-Sauer, K., & Griep,
D. M. (2003). Evidence for a dominant native source of carbon monoxide in Comet
C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 108, 15.

Gibb, E. L., Mumma, M. J., Dello Russo, N., DiSanti, M. A., & Magee-Sauer, K. (2003).
Methane in Oort cloud comets. Icarus, 165, 391-406.

Mumma, M. J., DiSanti, M. A., Dello Russo, N., Magee-Sauer, K., Gibb, E., & Novak, R.
(2003). Remote infrared observations of parent volatiles in comets: A window on the
early solar system. Adv. Sp. Res., 31(12), 2563-2575.

Magee-Sauer, K., Mumma, M. J., DiSanti, M. A., & Dello Russo, N. (2002). Hydrogen
cyanide in comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake. Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets),
107(E11), 6.

Dello Russo, N., Mumma, M. J., DiSanti, M. A., & Magee-Sauer, K. Production of
ethane and water in comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake. Journal of Geophysical
Research (Planets), 107(E11), 5.

GRANT SUBMISSIONS (2002-present)

GRANT AWARDS (2002-present)
High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy and Characterization of Comets- NSF Research Undergraduate Institutions- Fiscal Year 2003

Spectral Survey of Comet Hyaktuake- Continuation Grant- NASA Planetary Atmospheres Program- Fiscal Year 2003