Scott Hughes

Scott Hughes received a BS from Virginia Tech, an MS from Northern Arizona University, and a PhD in from Oregon State University (OSU), specializing in volcanology, petrology, geochemistry, and planetary geology. As a NASA post-doc at OSU, and later as geosciences faculty member at Idaho State University (ISU), his research focused on the geochemical analyses ana trace element modeling of lunar basalts, mare volcanic glasses, and terrestrial basalts. His primary efforts are geared toward the evaluation of basalt lava flows, geochemical processes during magma genesis and evolution, and the growth of small shield volcanoes and their surrounding lava fields on the eastern Snake River Plain. Now Professor Emeritus at ISU, his analog research on terrestrial lava flows continues in order to evaluate models that help bridge the connections between magma genesis and emplacement processes on the Moon and Mars. Scott is the Geology Co-Lead for BASALT.