My name is Richard Evans.I was born in January 1956 in the New England region of the United States.I am a physician specializing in legal medicine.My undergraduate training was in chemistry and mathematics.

I have been an amateur astronomer for about thirty five years.My favorite instrument is a 235 mm Schmidt Cassegrain.My main interest is in lunar topography and geology. I use shape from shading techniques, stereo matching, terrain mapping and shadow measurements to study lunar features.I am also interested in multispectral and hyperspectral imaging of the lunar surface and plan to devote more time to these areas in the coming year.I would like to develop a technique that would allow amateur astronomers to easily drape geologic information over three dimensional terrain maps of lunar features.I am interested in finding uncomplicated and accessible techniques to enable amateur astronomers to extract topographic and geologic information from their lunar images.

My interests outside of astronomy include classical music, French literature and aviation.