Rate My Professor Eriita Jones

Dr Eriita Jones is a planetary and space scientist and Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University. She earned her PhD in Astrophysics from the Australian National University and brings over ten years of postdoctoral research expertise, with more than 20 peer-reviewed journal publications, over 300 citations, and an h-index of 10. Her career spans affiliations with the University of South Australia in the STEM division and contributions to remote sensing initiatives. Jones works across the Curtin Space Science and Technology Centre and Remote Sensing group, including a part-time role on a Western Australian Satellite Technology and Applications Consortium-funded project examining land use land cover connections to water quality in Western Australian estuaries, in collaboration with the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation.

Jones's research focuses on multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing applications in planetary science and Earth observation. She investigates Mars surface features, such as complex layered ejecta, subsurface volatiles via impact crater morphometry, and habitability potential. On Earth, her work addresses bushfire severity prediction, fuel load assessment, evapotranspiration monitoring, urban heat island effects, and post-wildfire water quality dynamics. She developed the Pyromantis multispectral camera system, featuring five spectral filters for environmental monitoring, tested on high-altitude balloons simulating space conditions, with Pyromantis 2.0 planned for launch on a Binar Space Program cube satellite to survey Western Australia fire risks. She coordinates Australian Forest Insights from Space, fusing satellite data for environmental solutions. Key publications include 'Enhanced Downscaling of Urban Land Surface Temperatures Using a Land Cover-Enhanced Nonlinear Model with Landsat-8/9 and Sentinel-2 Imagery' (2026), 'Insights into complex layered ejecta emplacement and nitrogen contents on Mars' (2016, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets), 'Identifying an index of subsurface volatiles on Mars through an analysis of impact crater morphometry using principal component analysis' (2015), 'Applying the Tropical Peatland Combustion Algorithm to Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager and Sentinel-2 Multi Spectral Instrument Imagery' (2020, Remote Sensing), 'An Extensive Phase Space for the Potential Martian Biosphere' (2011, Astrobiology), and 'Changes in DOM and alum doses for two rivers of contrasting catchments after intense wildfires' (2024).