Amanda Hendrix

{{short description|American planetary scientist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Amanda R. Hendrix

| image = AmandaHendrix CassiniPSG.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|05|21}}

| citizenship = US

| fields = planetary science, solar system astronomy

| workplaces = Planetary Science Institute
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado

| patrons =

| education =

| alma_mater = California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
University of Colorado, Boulder

| doctoral_advisor = Charles A. Barth

| known_for = ultraviolet spectroscopy

| prizes = JPL Lew Allen Award for Excellence, 2006

}}

Amanda R. Hendrix (May 21, 1968) is an American planetary scientist known for her pioneering studies of Solar System bodies at ultraviolet wavelengths.{{Cite web|title = Amanda Hendrix, Cassini/Huygens DPS|url = https://womeninplanetaryscience.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/amanda-hendrix-cassinihuygens-dps/|website = Women in Planetary Science: Female Scientists on Careers, Research, Space Science, and Work/Life Balance|access-date = 2016-01-26|first = Susan|last = Niebur| date=April 2011 |authorlink= Susan Niebur}}{{Cite web|title = Google Scholar|url = https://scholar.google.com/scholar|website = scholar.google.com|access-date = 2016-01-26|archive-date = 2020-11-11|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201111174428/https://scholar.google.com/scholar|url-status = dead}} She is a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. Her research interests include moon and asteroid surface composition, space weathering effects and radiation products.{{Cite web|title = Exploration Stories: Favorite Historical Moments|url = http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/history/stories.cfm|website = Solar System Exploration|access-date = 2016-01-21|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160225155118/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/history/stories.cfm|archive-date = 2016-02-25|url-status = dead}} She is a co-investigator on the Cassini UVIS instrument,{{Cite web|title = Cassini Team Members|url = http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/team|website = Cassini Solstice Mission|access-date = 2016-01-21}}{{Cite web|title = Signs of Europa Plumes Remain Elusive in Search of Cassini Data|url = http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4417|website = NASA/JPL|access-date = 2016-01-21}}{{Cite web|title = NASA - Cassini Prepares to Fly by Walnut-Shaped Moon|url = http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/media/cassini20070905.html|website = www.nasa.gov|access-date = 2016-01-26|language = en}}{{Cite web|title = Spacecraft zips over Saturn's geyser-spurting moon|url = http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-32452320080312|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160204045306/http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-32452320080312|url-status = dead|archive-date = February 4, 2016|website = in.reuters.com|access-date = 2016-01-26}}{{Cite web|title = Passing Saturn's geyser-spouting moon - Science - Specials - smh.com.au|url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/saturns-geyserspouting-moon/2008/03/13/1205126080947.html|website = www.smh.com.au| date=13 March 2008 |access-date = 2016-01-26}}{{Cite news|title = Cassini Gets a Cool Shower From an Ice-Spewing Moon|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/science/space/13plumew.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2008-03-13|access-date = 2016-01-26|issn = 0362-4331|first = Kenneth|last = Chang}}{{Cite web|title = Cassini Nears Strange Saturn Moon|url = http://www.africaspeaks.com/reasoning/index.php?topic=2002.0;wap2|website = www.africaspeaks.com |access-date = 2016-01-26}}{{Cite web|title = Jupiter Moon Europa's Giant Geysers Are Missing |url = http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jupiter-moon-europa-s-giant-geysers-are-missing/?amp|website = Scientific American |access-date = 2016-01-26}} was a co-investigator on the Galileo UVS instrument, is a Participating Scientist on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LAMP instrument{{Cite web|url = http://www.boulder.swri.edu/lamp/ProjectTeam.html|title = LAMP Educational Site|date = |access-date = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }} and is a Principal Investigator{{Cite web|url = https://blogs.stsci.edu/newsletter/files/2015/02/NL-TAC-2014c.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906073708/https://blogs.stsci.edu/newsletter/files/2015/02/NL-TAC-2014c.pdf|url-status = dead|archive-date = September 6, 2015|title = Hubble Cycle 22 Proposal Selection|date = |access-date = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }} on Hubble Space Telescope observing programs. As of 2019, she is also the co-lead of the NASA Roadmaps to Oceans World Group.[https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1090306/nasa-ocean-worlds-space-mission-alien-life-europa-enceladus NASA Ocean Worlds mission: NASA's space program to search for alien life.] Tom Fish, UK Express. 5 March 2019.

Before moving to PSI, Hendrix worked for 12 years at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Comets, Asteroids and Satellites Group. She was the Deputy Project Scientist{{Cite web|title = Saturn and its Largest Moon Reflect Their True Colors|url = http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=3495|website = NASA/JPL|access-date = 2016-01-21}} for the Cassini–Huygens mission (2010-2012).

Hendrix was a NASA astronaut candidate finalist in 2000.{{Cite web|title = NASA - Third Interview Group Begins Astronaut Selection Process|url = http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/1999_2001/j99-47.html|website = www.nasa.gov|access-date = 2016-01-31|language = en}}

She received a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Since 2024 she has been the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets.{{cite news |last1=Hendrix |first1=Amanda |title=Introducing the New Editor-in-Chief of JGR: Planets |url=https://eos.org/editors-vox/introducing-the-new-editor-in-chief-of-jgr-planets-2 |work=Eos |publisher=American Geophysical Union |date=8 May 2024}}