Michael H. Hecht

Michael H. Hecht is a research scientist, the associate director for research management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Haystack Observatory,[1] and the deputy project director for the Event Horizon Telescope.[2] He served as the lead scientist for the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer instrument on the Phoenix Mars lander,[3] and as the principal investigator for the Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (MOXIE) instrument on the Mars 2020 rover.[4]

Hecht obtained an AB in Physics from Princeton University, an MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1982.[5]

Hecht joined the staff of California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in 1982,[6] where he researched microelectromechanical systems, surface and interface science, scientific instrument development, and planetary science.[5] He co-invented the Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy system[7] and published several highly-cited papers on metal-semiconductor interfaces,[8][9] for which he received the newly renamed Lew Allen Award for Excellence in 1990.[6][10] At JPL, as the supervisor of the Microdevices Laboratory's In-Situ Exploration Technology Group,[11] he developed the concept for the Deep Space 2 micro-landers, which flew to Mars in 1999.[12] He was later named the project manager, co-investigator, and project scientist for the Mars Environmental Compatibility Assessment (MECA) instrument for the cancelled Mars Surveyor 2001 mission.[5][13] The MECA instrument was later flown as the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer on the Phoenix mission to Mars in 2007,[14] with Hecht as lead scientist and co-investigator, and was instrumental in the discovery of perchlorate in martian soil.[15][16] Based on that work, Hecht published highly-cited papers on the chemistry of martian soil and the existence of water on Mars.[17][18][19][20]

After almost 30 years at JPL, Hecht began working for MIT's Haystack Observatory.[21] In 2014, the MOXIE instrument, for which Hecht is the principal investigator, was selcted as one of the instruments on the Perseverance rover for the Mars 2020 mission.[22][23] In 2019, Hecht was one of the scientists awarded the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his work with the Event Horizon Telescope to produce the first image of a supermassive black hole.[24][25]

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  8. Grunthaner, P. J.; Hecht, M. H.; Grunthaner, F. J.; Johnson, N. M. (1987-01-15). "The localization and crystallographic dependence of Si suboxide species at the SiO2/Si interface". Journal of Applied Physics. 61 (2): 629–638. doi:10.1063/1.338215. ISSN 0021-8979.
  9. Hecht, M. H. (1990-07-01). "Photovoltaic effects in photoemission studies of Schottky barrier formation". Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics Processing and Phenomena. 8 (4): 1018–1024. doi:10.1116/1.585023. ISSN 0734-211X.
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  11. Space Microelectronics. Center for Space Microelectronics Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. 1997.
  12. Conway, Erik M., 1965- (30 March 2015). Exploration and engineering : the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the quest for Mars. Baltimore. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-4214-1605-2. OCLC 904420957.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. Kounaves, Samuel P.; Lukow, Stafan R.; Comeau, Brian P.; Hecht, Michael H.; Grannan-Feldman, Sabrina M.; Manatt, Ken; West, Steven J.; Wen, Xiaowen; Frant, Martin; Gillette, Tim (24 July 2003). "Mars Surveyor Program '01 Mars Environmental Compatibility Assessment wet chemistry lab: A sensor array for chemical analysis of the Martian soil". Journal of Geophysical Research. American Geophysical Union. 108 (E7): 13-1–13-12. doi:10.1029/2002JE001978. PMID 14686320.
  14. Kounaves, Samuel P.; Hecht, Michael H.; West, Steven J.; Morookian, John-Michael; Young, Suzanne M. M.; Quinn, Richard; Grunthaner, Paula; Wen, Xiaowen; Weilert, Mark; Cable, Casey A.; Fisher, Anita (2018-02-07). "The MECA Wet Chemistry Laboratory on the 2007 Phoenix Mars Scout Lander". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. doi:10.1029/[email protected]/(ISSN)2169-9100.PHOENIX1 (inactive 2021-01-11). ISSN 2169-9097.CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2021 (link)
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  16. Chang, Kenneth (2009-03-16). "Blobs in Photos of Mars Lander Stir a Debate: Are They Water?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  17. Hecht, M. H.; Kounaves, S. P.; Quinn, R. C.; West, S. J.; Young, S. M. M.; Ming, D. W.; Catling, D. C.; Clark, B. C.; Boynton, W. V.; Hoffman, J.; DeFlores, L. P. (2009-07-02). "Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Martian Soil at the Phoenix Lander Site". Science. 325 (5936): 64–67. doi:10.1126/science.1172466. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 19574385. S2CID 24299495.
  18. Smith, P. H.; Tamppari, L. K.; Arvidson, R. E.; Bass, D.; Blaney, D.; Boynton, W. V.; Carswell, A.; Catling, D. C.; Clark, B. C.; Duck, T.; DeJong, E. (2009-07-03). "H2O at the Phoenix Landing Site". Science. 325 (5936): 58–61. doi:10.1126/science.1172339. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 19574383. S2CID 206519214.
  19. Hecht, Michael H. (2001-10-19). "Metastability of Liquid Water on Mars". Icarus. 156 (2): 373–386. doi:10.1006/icar.2001.6794.
  20. Yen, A. S.; Kim, S. S.; Hecht, M. H.; Frant, M. S.; Murray, B. (2000-09-15). "Evidence That the Reactivity of the Martian Soil Is Due to Superoxide Ions". Science. 289 (5486): 1909–1912. doi:10.1126/science.289.5486.1909. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 10988066.
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  25. The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration; Kazunori Akiyama; Antxon Alberdi; Walter Alef; Keiichi Asada; Rebecca Azulay; Anne-Kathrin Baczko; David Ball; Mislav Baloković; John Barrett; Dan Bintley (2019-04-10). "First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Imaging the Central Supermassive Black Hole". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 875 (1): L4. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ab0e85. ISSN 2041-8205.
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