Education
He received his bachelors and masters degrees in geology from the University of Iowa and his Doctor of Philosophy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in planetary science graduating in 1974.
He received his bachelors and masters degrees in geology from the University of Iowa and his Doctor of Philosophy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in planetary science graduating in 1974.
From 1974 to 1977, he worked as a Post-doc in the Planetary Astronomy Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After leaving Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he worked as a researcher at the University of Hawaii"s Institute for Astronomy from 1977 to 1979 and the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics from 1979 to 1984. From 1984 to 2001, he taught in the geology department of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is currently a professor at the University of North Dakota in the Space Studies department.
Asteroid 3545 Gaffey is also named in his honor.
