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Planetary Science PhD & Industry Data Scientist

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Expertise: Scientific writing | Data analysis | Peer-review | Python. Seven years post-PhD experience in academia and industry as a planetary scientist and data scientist, respectively. My academic research - the numerical modelling of asteroid impact crater formation and structure - is highly inter-disciplinary covering geophysics, physics, geology and geochemistry. My projects have included the first in-depth numerical studies of the formation of the South Pole-Aitken and Caloris basins - the largest impact craters on the Moon and Mercury, respectively. As a data scientist I use Python and the Pandas library on a daily basis, as well as machine learning, to analyse and create new academic metrics that can be used, for example, by funding bodies to gain insight into researcher and university performance. From my career, I have significant experience: Designing and executing projects (from inception to completion); Writing and editing academic papers (I have contributed to 18 academic papers, half of which I am lead author on); Peer-reviewing articles (including articles for ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ and ‘Scientific Reports’); Reviewing funding proposals (40+ NASA proposals); Public speaking (10+ international conferences as well as invited talks); Teaching (graduate seminar courses); Contributing to educational resources online; Using SQL and R

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Data Science
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Geology
• ☆ Geophysics
• ☆ Astronomy
• ☆ SQL
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Newswriting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Data Scientist

Clarivate Analytics London

2019 - Present

Visiting Researcher

Brown University

2016 - Present

Data Scientist

GTA Travel

2017 - 2019

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Brown University

2014 - 2016

Postdoctoral Fellow

Lunar and Planetary Institute

2012 - 2014

Education

PhD (Planetary Science) (Earth Science and Engineering)

Imperial College London

2008 - 2012

MSci (Geophysics) (Earth Science and Engineering)

Imperial College London

2004 - 2008

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2020). Interpreting CNCIs on a country-scale: The effect of domestic and international collaboration type . Journal of Informetrics.

Meng‐Hua Zhu, Kai Wünnemann, Ross W.K. Potter, Thorsten Kleine, Alessandro Morbidelli(2019). Are the Moon{\textquotesingle}s Nearside-Farside Asymmetries the Result of a Giant Impact? . Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 124. (8). p. 2117--2140. American Geophysical Union ({AGU})

Deutsch, A.N., Head, J.W., Ramsley, K.R., Pieters, C.M., Potter, R.W.K., Palumbo, A.M., Bramble, M.S., Cassanelli, J.P., Jawin, E.R., Jozwiak, L.M., et al.(2018). Science exploration architecture for Phobos and Deimos: The role of Phobos and Deimos in the future exploration of Mars . Advances in Space Research. 62. (8). p. 2174-2186.

Potter, R.W.K., Head, J.W., Guo, D., Liu, J., Xiao, L.(2018). The Apollo peak-ring impact basin: Insights into the structure and evolution of the South Pole–Aitken basin . Icarus. 306. p. 139-149.

Frank, E.A., Potter, R.W.K., Abramov, O., James, P.B., Klima, R.L., Mojzsis, S.J., Nittler, L.R.(2017). Evaluating an impact origin for Mercury's high-magnesium region . Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 122. (3). p. 614-632.

Potter, R.W.K., Head, J.W.(2017). Basin formation on Mercury: Caloris and the origin of its low-reflectance material . Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 474. p. 427-435.

Suer, T.-A., Padovan, S., Whitten, J.L., Potter, R.W.K., Shkolyar, S., Cable, M., Walker, C., Szalay, J., Parker, C., Cumbers, J., et al.(2017). FIRE - Flyby of Io with Repeat Encounters: A conceptual design for a New Frontiers mission to Io . Advances in Space Research. 60. (5). p. 1080-1100.

Baker, D.M.H., Head, J.W., Collins, G.S., Potter, R.W.K.(2016). The formation of peak-ring basins: Working hypotheses and path forward in using observations to constrain models of impact-basin formation . Icarus. 273. p. 146-163.

Kring, D.A., Kramer, G.Y., Collins, G.S., Potter, R.W.K., Chandnani, M.(2016). Peak-ring structure and kinematics from a multi-disciplinary study of the Schrödinger impact basin . Nature Communications. 7.

Zhu, M.-H., Wünnemann, K., Potter, R.W.K.(2015). Numerical modeling of the ejecta distribution and formation of the Orientale basin on the Moon . Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 120. (12). p. 2118-2134.

Potter, R.W.K.(2015). Investigating the onset of multi-ring impact basin formation . Icarus. 261. p. 91-99.

Potter, R.W.K., Kring, D.A., Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S., McGovern, P.J., Potter, R.W.K., Kring, D.A., Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S., McGovern, P.J.(2013). Numerical modeling of the formation and structure of the Orientale impact basin . Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets. 118. (5). p. 963-979.

Potter, R.W.K., Collins, G.S.(2013). Numerical modeling of asteroid survivability and possible scenarios for the Morokweng crater-forming impact . Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 48. (5). p. 744-757.

Potter, R.W.K., Kring, D.A., Collins, G.S.(2013). Quantifying the attenuation of structural uplift beneath large lunar craters . Geophysical Research Letters. 40. (21). p. 5615-5620.

Potter, R.W.K., Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S., McGovern, P.J., Kring, D.A.(2012). Constraining the size of the South Pole-Aitken basin impact . Icarus. 220. (2). p. 730-743.

Potter, R.W.K., Kring, D.A., Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S., McGovern, P.J.(2012). Estimating transient crater size using the crustal annular bulge: Insights from numerical modeling of lunar basin-scale impacts . Geophysical Research Letters. 39. (17).

CONFERENCE PAPER

(2019). Absolute Localization Through Orbital Maps and Surface Perspective Imagery: A Synthetic Lunar Dataset and Neural Network Approach . 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).

BOOK

Potter, R.W.K., Kring, D.A., Collins, G.S.(2015). Scaling of basin-sized impacts and the influence of target temperature . Special Paper of the Geological Society of America. 518. p. 99-113.

Potter, R.W.K. and Kring, D.A. and Collins, G.S.(2015). Scaling of basin-sized impacts and the influence of target temperature . Special Paper of the Geological Society of America. 518. p. 99-113.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRY

(2014). Degraded basin . Springer.

(2014). Impact basin . Springer.

BOOK CHAPTER

(2012). Science concept 6: The Moon is an accessible laboratory for studying the impact process on planetary scales . A Global Lunar Landing Site Study to Provide the Scientific Context for the Exploration of the Moon.