Richard Greenberg earned a B.S. from MIT in 1968 and a Ph.D. also from MIT in 1972 where he studied planetary science. He is Professor of Planetary Sciences and Professor of Teaching and Teacher Education at the University of Arizona. Richard is also founding Director of the University's Science and Mathematics Education Center. He leads an active research program in planetary science at the University of Arizona. As a Principal Investigator in NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics program, he and his research team carry out investigations of the dynamical evolution of the solar system, including studies of asteroids, meteorites, planetary rings, and the formation of the planets.
Professor Greenberg recently wrote a book (while at Dickinson) about Jupiter's oceanic moon Europa. The book is titled Europa, the Ocean Moon and can be ordered from Amazon.com.