Curriculum Vitae

• 18
  Visible to Near-Infrared Properties of Felsic Rocks: Plagioclase Detection Limits and Applications to Mars Orbital Spectra

  Vannier, H., Horgan, B.H.N., Phillips, M.S., Eddy, M., Greenberger, R., & Udry, A.

  Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets · 2026 · 131(9), e2026JE009705 · 10.1029/2026JE009705
• 17
  Proposed identification criteria of the Martian lower crust and mantle excavated by the Isidis impact

  Trowbridge, A.J., Horgan, B., Weiss, B.P., & Phillips, M.S.

  Communications Earth & Environment · 2026 · 7(1), 714 · 10.1038/s43247-026-03617-6
• 16
  A Domain-Specific Vision Foundation Model for Mars: Self-Supervised Learning for Planetary-Scale Science Discovery

  Fang, J., Luo, W., Huang, Q., Zhang, L., Phillips, M.S., Seethi, V.D.R., & Giannakis, I.

  Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation · 2026 · 3, e2025JH000827 · 10.1029/2025JH000827
• 15
  Mercury's Hollows: A Potential Signature of Sulfur Exosphere-Subsurface Transport

  Verkercke, S., Leblanc, F., Chaufray, J.-Y., Phillips, M.S., Munaretto, G., Caminiti, E., & Morrissey, L.

  Geophysical Research Letters · 2025 · 52(24), e2025GL118112 · 10.1029/2025GL118112
• 14
  Widespread ancient anorthosites in the lower crust of Mars

  Phillips, M.S., Viviano, C.E., Rogers, A.D., Larson, L., Tornabene, L., Trowbridge, A., Moersch, J.E., & McSween Jr, H.Y.

  Communications Earth & Environment · 2025 · 6, 1026 · 10.1038/s43247-025-03004-7
• 13
  A novel theoretical approach to predict the interannual variability of sulfur in Mercury’s exosphere and subsurface

  Verkercke, S., Chaufray, J.Y., Leblanc, F., Georgiou, A., Phillips, M.S., Munaretto, G., Lewis, J., Ricketts, A., & Morrissey, L.

  Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences · 2025 · 12, 1565830 · 10.3389/fspas.2025.1565830
• 12
  HyPyRameter: A Python Toolbox to Calculate Spectral Parameters from Hyperspectral Reflectance Data

  Phillips, M.S., Tai Udovicic, C., Moersch, J.E., Basu, U., & Hamilton, C.W.

  The Planetary Science Journal · 2024 · 5(11), 258 · 10.3847/PSJ/ad81f8
• 11
  Comparing Rover and Helicopter Planetary Mission Architectures in a Mars Analog Setting in Iceland

  Gwizd, S., Stack, K.M., Francis, R., Calef, F., Carr, B.B., Langley, C., Graff, J., Kristinsson, Þ.H., …, Phillips, M.S., et al.

  The Planetary Science Journal · 2024 · 5(8), 172 · 10.3847/PSJ/ad55f4
• 10
  A first look at CRISM hyperspectral mapping mosaicked data: Results from Mawrth Vallis

  Phillips, M.S., Murchie, S.L., Seelos, F.P., Hancock, K.M., Selby, C., Poffenbarger, R.T., Stephens, D.C., & Kawamura, M.

  Icarus · 2024 · 419, 115712 · 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115712
• 9
  Gypsum-lined degassing holes in tumuli

  Hofmann, M.H., Hinman, N.W., Phillips, M.S., McInenly, M., Chong-Diaz, G., Warren-Rhodes, K., & Cabrol, N.A.

  Earth Surface Processes and Landforms · 2023 · 48(15), 3220-3236 · 10.1002/esp.5692
• 8
  Orbit-to-ground framework to decode and predict biosignature patterns in terrestrial analogues

  Warren-Rhodes, K., Cabrol, N.A., Phillips, M.S., Tebes-Cayo, C., Kalaitzis, F., Ayma, D., Demergasso, C., Chong-Diaz, G., et al.

  Nature Astronomy · 2023 · 7, 406-422 · 10.1038/s41550-022-01882-x
• 7
  Salt Constructs in Paleo-Lake Basins as High-Priority Astrobiology Targets

  Phillips, M.S., McInenly, M., Hofmann, M.H., Hinman, N.W., Warren-Rhodes, K., Rivera-Valentín, E.G., & Cabrol, N.A.

  Remote Sensing · 2023 · 15(2), 314 · 10.3390/rs15020314
• 6
  Planetary Mapping Using Deep Learning: A Method to Evaluate Feature Identification Confidence Applied to Habitats in Mars-Analog Terrain

  Phillips, M.S., Moersch, J.E., Cabrol, N.A., Candela, A., Wettergreen, D., Warren-Rhodes, K., Hinman, N.W., & SETI Institute NAI Team

  Astrobiology · 2023 · 23(1), 76-93 · 10.1089/ast.2022.0014
• 5
  Extensive and ancient feldspathic crust detected across north Hellas rim, Mars: Possible implications for primary crust formation

  Phillips, M.S., Viviano, C.E., Moersch, J.E., Rogers, A.D., McSween, H.Y., & Seelos, F.P.

  Geology · 2022 · 50(10), 1182-1186 · 10.1130/G50341.1
• 4
  Surface Morphologies in a Mars-Analog Ca-Sulfate Salar, High Andes, Northern Chile

  Hinman, N.W., Hofmann, M.H., Warren-Rhodes, K., Phillips, M.S., Noffke, N., Cabrol, N.A., Chong Diaz, G., Demergasso, C., et al.

  Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences · 2022 · 8, 797591 · 10.3389/fspas.2021.797591
• 3
  Insights of Extreme Desert Ecology to the Habitats and Habitability of Mars

  Warren-Rhodes, K., Phillips, M.S., Davila, A., & McKay, C.P.

  Microbiology of Hot Deserts (Ecological Studies, vol. 244), Springer Cham · 2022 · Ecological Studies 244 · 10.1007/978-3-030-98415-1_9
• 2
  The lifecycle of hollows on Mercury: An evaluation of candidate volatile phases and a novel model of formation

  Phillips, M.S., Moersch, J.E., Viviano, C.E., & Emery, J.P.

  Icarus · 2021 · 359, 114306 · 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114306
• 1
  Temporal multispectral and 3D analysis of Cerro de Pasco, Peru

  Melton, C.A., Hughes, D.C., Page, D.L., & Phillips, M.S.

  Science of the Total Environment · 2020 · 706, 135640 · 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135640

• 7
  CraterBench-R: Instance-Level Crater Retrieval for Planetary Scale

  Fang, J., Zhang, L., Phillips, M.S., & Luo, W.

  arXiv:2604.06245; accepted at EarthVision 2026 Workshop, CVPR 2026 (CVPRW) · 2026 · 10.48550/arXiv.2604.06245
• 6
  SaganMC: A molecular complexity dataset with mass spectra

  Baydin, A.G., Bell, A., Gebhard, T., Gong, J., Hastings, J., Fricke, M., Phillips, M.S., Warren-Rhodes, K., et al.

  University of Oxford Research Archive (ORA) dataset; also on Hugging Face (oxai4science/sagan-mc, DOI 10.57967/hf/5637) · 2025 · 10.5287/ora-vyqqmdonx
• 5
  Michael-S-Phillips/HyPyRameter: HyPyRameter v0.2.0

  Phillips, M.S. & Tai Udovicic, C.J.

  Zenodo · 2024 · 10.5281/zenodo.10801542
• 4
  Signatures of Life: Learning Features of Prebiotic and Biotic Molecules

  Bell, A.C., Gebhard, T.D., Gong, J., Hastings, J.J.A., Baydin, A.G., Fricke, G.M., Phillips, M.S., Warren-Rhodes, K., et al.

  NASA Frontier Development Lab (FDL) 2022 Astrobiology technical report · 2022
• 3
  Planetary Geologic Mapping

  Mouginis-Mark, P., Burr, D., Byrne, P., Coles, K., Crown, D.A., Patthoff, A., Phillips, M.S., Prockter, L., et al.

  Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society · 2021 · 53(4), 408 · 10.3847/25c2cfeb.85a374e2
• 2
  Planetary processes active and ancient: Hollowing on Mercury, ancient crust formation on Mars, and identifying Mars-analog habitats

  Phillips, M.S.

  PhD Dissertation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (advisor J.E. Moersch) · 2021
• 1
  Addressing Strategic Knowledge Gaps in the Search for Biosignatures on Mars

  Cabrol, N., Bishop, J., Cady, S.L., Demergasso, C., Hinman, N., Hoffman, M., Kanik, I., Moersch, J., …, Phillips, M.S., et al.

  Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society · 2021 · 53(4), 223 · 10.3847/25c2cfeb.0eed7a57

Plus 46 conference abstracts and presentations (19 as first author): see the Publications page for the full list.

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