Biography
Dr. Prateek Tripathi is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Physics at the University of Central Florida. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics and Communication from ITM Gwalior, India in 2016, and a Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Remote Sensing and GIS from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO, India in 2018. Dr. Tripathi obtained his Ph.D. in Geomatics Engineering (Civil Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2023.
Research
Dr. Tripathi uses advanced spectroscopic techniques, including near-infrared, thermal, Raman spectroscopy, and hyperspectral imaging, to characterize the composition and physical properties of planetary surfaces. He analyzed imaging and non-imaging spectroscopic data from lunar missions like Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan-2, LRO and also worked with ground-based spectrometers and Earth observations datasets like PRISMA, DESIS, Hyperion to identify and map minerals. As an Exploration intern at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, Dr. Tripathi worked on astronaut traverses in support for Artemis missions. He also conducted experiments on lunar samples and meteorites at DLR’s Planetary Spectroscopy Laboratory and collected field and lab spectra from terrestrial impact craters in India. As part of the Lunar-VISE team at UCF, he investigates lunar silicic volcanism through exploration of the Gruithuisen domes on the moon. Additionally, he contributes to lab work at both the Dr. Donaldson Hanna and Dr. Dove labs, utilizing FTIR and ASD spectrometers to build spectral libraries for Lunar-VISE mission materials.
Publications
ORCID: 0000-0001-8261-5719
- Pena-Asensio, E., Sutherland, J., Tripathi, P., Mason, K., Goodwin, A., Bickel, V. T., & Kring, D. A. (2023) “Automated astronaut traverses with minimum metabolic workload: Accessing permanently shadowed regions near the lunar South pole”, Acta Astronautica, October 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.10.010
- Tripathi, P. and Garg, R. D. (2021), “Integration of Raman, Emission and Reflectance Spectroscopy for Earth and Lunar mineralogy”, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, June 2021, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.15.036502
- Tripathi, P. and Garg, R. D. (2023), “Potential of Feature extraction and Unsupervised learning methods for Geological applications: A case study for Banswara in Rajasthan, India using DESIS and PRISMA Hyperspectral remote sensing data”, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (IF =3.3, Q2), April 2023, Special Issue. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11200-1
- Tripathi, P. and Garg, R. D. (2020), “First Impressions from the PRISMA Hyperspectral Mission”, Current Science, August 2020, https://doi.org/10.18520/cs/v119/i8/1267-1281. https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/119/08/1267.pdf