VW Webmaster Robert Peckyno with VW Founder Chuck Wood


Chuck Wood and team members at Galeras.

Charles A. "Chuck" Wood is executive director of the Center for Educational Technologies® and NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future and a professor at Wheeling-Jesuit University.

1965 B.S. (Astronomy);
1972 M.S. (Geophysics), University of Arizona, Tucson;
1977 M.S. (Geology);
1979 Ph.D. (Planetary Geology) Brown University, Providence, RI

Chuck has a long history of work with both volcanoes and education including:

  • 2005-present Executive director, Center for Educational Technologies and NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV
  • 2004-present Senior scientist, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ
  • 2001-2003 Director of education, Columbia University—Biosphere 2, Oracle, AZ
  • 1991-2000 Director, North Dakota Space Grant & NASA EPSCoR programs, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
  • 1990-2000 Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
  • 1985-1989 Chief, Space Shuttle Earth Observations Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
  • 1980-1985 Space scientist, Experimental Planetology Branch, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
  • 1979-1980 Senior research associate (Rift Tectonics), National Research Council, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
  • 1978-1979 Smithsonian Research Fellow (Volcanology) Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
  • 1975-1978 Graduate research assistant (Planetary Geology), Department of Geological Science, Brown University, Providence, RI
  • 1973-1975 Assistant professor (Research), Geophysical Observatory, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • 1969-1973 Graduate research assistant (Planetary Science), Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  • 1967-1968 Volunteer teacher, Peace Corps, Kenya
  • 1962-1966 Undergraduate research assistant (Lunar Mapping), Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Select Publications
  • Wood, C. A. (2007). The Moon Wiki website.
  • Wood, C. A. (2005). Chuck Wood's Moon: Compendium of Lunar Science and History website.
  • Wood, C. A. (2004). Lunar Photo of the Day website.
  • Wood, C. A. (2003). The New Moon: A personal view. Cambridge, MA: Sky.
  • Wood, C. A., & Kienle, J. (1990). Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Grieve, R., Wood, C. A., et al. (1988). Astronaut's guide to terrestrial impact craters. Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute. Plus 50 peer-reviewed papers, about 300 total papers, conference publications, abstracts, and oral presentations at national and international meetings. More than 100 monthly lunar columns in Sky & Telescope since 1999.

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