About Me
 

Name:  Mark Salvatore

Hometown:  Cresskill, New Jersey, a small suburb just northwest of New York City

Date of Birth:  21 February 1986

Hobbies:  Baseball, music, TV, reading, hanging out with friends, space stuff, the usual...

Education:  I graduated from Cresskill High School in 2004.  I played baseball for four years and was a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, and Music National Honor Society.  I recently graduated from Penn State University (University Park) where I majored in Physical Geography and Geographic Information Systems, and minored in Climatology.

Field of Study:  I am currently studying Geology with a specialization in Planetary Geosciences.

Activities:  I just moved to Providence, Rhode Island in July, 2008.  I am currently getting adjusted to the lifestyle of graduate school, and I hope to get involved with a lot of different things while in New England.

Future Plans:  I will be working towards my Ph. D. for the next few years under the supervision of Dr. Jack Mustard and Dr. Mike Wyatt.  Afterwards, I hope to remain in the planetary science research community.

Career Goals:  I eventually would love to do research and/or teach at a university.  It's also always been a dream of mine to be an astronaut, and I think that can still be a possibility considering my current path, so we'll see how that goes.