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Jennifer Anderson, PhD 2004
Assistant Professor of Geoscience, Winona State University, Minnesota
Irene Antonenko, PhD 1999
Staff Scientist/Consultant, Planetary Institute of Toronto
past positions: Lecturer, Dept. of Geology, University of Toronto; Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Geography, University of Winnipeg; Science/Community Liaison, SeaWiFS and the SIMBIOS Projects, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ray Arvidson, PhD 1974
Department Chair and James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis
Olivier Barnouin, ScB 1990, PhD 1998
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins
Duane Bindschadler, PhD 1990
Manager, Space Interferometry Mission (SIM), Jet Propulsion Laboratory
past positions: Research Associate, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA);
Magnetometer Team, Galileo Project, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Janice Bishop, PhD 1994
Principal Research Investigator, SETI Institute
past positions: Humboldt Fellow, DLR, Berlin, Germany;
NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Astrobiology Group, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA
Bethany Bradley, PhD 2006
Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
past positions: Copeland Fellow, Amherst College, Amherst, MA; Research Associate, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Dan Britt, PhD 1991
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida
Mars Pathfinder, Imaging Instrument Program, University of Arizona
past positions: Associate Professor, Planetary Science, University of Tennessee; Co-Investigator and Science Team member, Deep Space One mission to comet 19P/Borrelly; Project Manager, Co-Investigator, and Deputy Imaging Team leader for the camera, Mars Pathfinder lander; Postdoctoral Researcher, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
Mark Cintala, PhD 1980
Staff Scientist, Johnson Space Center
past positions: Postdoctoral Researcher, Brown University; Postdoctoral Researcher, National Research Foundation (through NASA JSC); Postdoctoral Researcher, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas
Geoffrey Collins, PhD 2000
Associate Professor of Geology, Chair of Physics and Astronomy, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Christopher Cooper, PhD 2004
Principal Systems Engineer, BAE Systems
past position: Senior Scientist/Program Manager, Frontier Technology, Beverly, MA
David Crawford, ScB 1986, PhD 1992
Staff Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories
Bethany Ehlmann, PhD 2010
Assistant Professor, California Institute of Technology; Planetary Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
past position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France
Andrew Elmore, PhD 2003
Assistant Professor, Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian University of Maryland
past positions: Research Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Program, Dartmouth College; Postdoctoral Research Associate, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Global Ecology, Stanford, CA
Carolyn Ernst, ScB 2001, PhD 2008
Postdoctoral Researcher, Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins
Caleb Fassett, PhD 2008
Five College Fellow in Astronomy and Visiting Assistant Professor, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA; Postdoctoral Researcher, Brown University, Providence, RI
Erich Fischer, PhD 1995
Partner, Booz & Company's Aerospace & Defense Practice
past positions: 2001-2004 Intelsat (the largest global commercial satellite communications operator; Director, Strategy; Senior Director, Business Ventures);
1995-2001 McKinsey & Company (general management consulting; co-leader of the North American Product Development Practice);
Former Director of the National Space Society;
Former Director of Wildblue Communications
Jeremy Fisher, PhD 2006
Research Associate, Synapse Energy Economics, Inc., Cambridge, MA
past positions: Postdoctoral Researcher, Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire; Visiting Fellow, Global Environment Program, Watson Institute, Brown University
James Garvin, ScB 1978, PhD 1984
NASA Chief Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center
previous positions: Staff Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center;
Mars Exploration Program Scientist, NASA Headquaters
Martha Gilmore, PhD 1998
Associate Professor, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Wesleyan University,
Middletown, CT
past position: Research Associate, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars 2001 Progam
John Grant, PhD 1990
Geologist, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC
past positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, State College of New York, Buffalo;
NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program Manager, NASA Headquarters
Eric Grosfils, PhD 1995
Professor and Chair, Department of Geology, Pomona College, CA
Wendy Hale-Erlich, PhD 1982
Managing Partner, Cayo Energy, Richmond, TX
past position:
Senior Geologist, New Ventures, Amoco Production Company
B. Ray Hawke, PhD 1979
Planetary Scientist, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii
Paul Helfenstein, PhD 1985
Senior Research Associate, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University
Brendan Hermalyn, PhD 2011
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Astronomy,
University of Hawai'i
past position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Brown University, Providence, RI
Debra Hurwitz, PhD 2012
Postdoctoral Researcher, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, Houston, TX
Peter Isaacson, PhD 2010
Postdoctoral Researcher, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
past position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Brown University, Providence, RI
Kenneth Jones, PhD 1974
Visual Effects Supervisor, CIS Hollywood
Staff Scientist, Image Processing Applications and Development, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Seth Kadish, PhD 2011
Senior Analyst,
Cadmus Group, Portland, Oregon
Susan Keddie, PhD 1995
Senior Scientist, SAIC, Washington, DC
Laura Kerber, PhD 2011
Postdoctoral Researcher, Université Paris 6,Paris, France
Rachel Klima, PhD 2008
Postdoctoral Fellow, Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins
past position:
Postdoctoral Researcher, Brown University, Providence, RI
Joseph Levy, PhD 2009
NSF Polar Regions Research Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geology, Portland State University, Oregon
Lin Li, PhD 2002
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN
past postion: Post doctoral Researcher, Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California at Davis
Kari Magee, PhD 1994
Manager, Cassini Science Planning Team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
past positions: Group Supervisor, Science Planning Systems, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Manager and System Engineer, Cassini Mission Sequence Subsystem, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Science Coordinator, Galileo Imaging Team, Sterling Software, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sarah Milkovich, PhD 2005
Science Planning Systems Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
past position:
Postdoctoral Researcher, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ralph Milliken, PhD 2006
Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University
past positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN;
Postdoctoral Researcher, Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Gareth Morgan, PhD 2009
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
past position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Brown University, Providence, RI
Scott Murchie, PhD 1988
CRISM Principal Investigator, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University;
Staff Scientist, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
past position: Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute
John Mustard, PhD 1990
Professor, Brown University
previous position: Keck Associate Professor (Research), Brown University
Sarah Noble, PhD 2004
Lunar Scientist, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
past positions: Research Scientist, University of Alabama, Huntsville, Marshall Space Flight Center;
Postdoctoral Management Fellow at NASA HQ, DC; NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Johnson Space Center;
Geological Society of America's Congressional Science Fellow
Gerald Wes Patterson, PhD 2007
Postdoctoral Researcher, Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins
Noah Petro, PhD 2007
Postdoctoral Researcher, Goddard Space Flight Center
Louise Prockter, PhD 2000
MDIS Instrument Lead Scientist, Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins
past position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins
Leah Roach, PhD 2009
Staff Scientist, Frontier Technology, Beverly, MA
Kathryn Fishbaugh Russell, PhD 2004
Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Global Food Security, U.S. State Department
past positions:
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, U.S. State Department;
Research Physical Scientist, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC;
Postdoctoral Discipline Scientist, International Space and Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland; Visiting Scientist, Niels Bohr Insitute, University of Copenhagen
Patrick Russell, PhD 2005
Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC
past position:
Space Research and Planetary Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland
Samuel Schon, PhD 2012
Exxon-Mobil, Houston, Texas
David Senske, PhD 1993
Manager, Science Research and Analysis Program Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Deputy Project Scientist, 2001 Mars Odyssey Project, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
past positions: Deputy Manager, Science Research and Analysis Program Office; National Research Council Research Associate, Jet Propulsion Laboratory;
Galileo Imaging Team, Sterling Software, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mark Settle, PhD 1978
Program Manager, Earth Sciences Division, NASA Headquarters
Chief, Remote Sensing Laboratory, ARCO Research
Manager, Hughes Information Systems
Virgil "Buck" Sharpton, PhD 1985
Professor of Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
past positions: Research Associate, Canadian Division of Geology and Geophysics;
Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Science Institute
Nicole Spaun, PhD 2002
Biometric Program Manager, U.S. Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany
past position:
Forensic Scientist, Department of Justice
Matthew Staid, PhD 2000
Research Scientist, Planetary Science Institute;
Co-founder and President, VineView Imaging
Angela Stickle, PhD 2012
Postdoctoral Researcher, Johns Hopkins University
Ellen Stofan, PhD 1989
Senior Research Scientist, Proxemy Research, Washington, D.C.
past positions:
Staff Scientist and Magellan Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory;
SIR-C Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory;
New Millennium Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Seiji Sugita, PhD 1999
Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Jessica Sunshine, PhD 1994
Visiting Senior Research Scientist, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland
past positions:
Staff Scientist, SETS Technology Incorporated;
Senior Staff Scientist, SAIC, Chantilly, VA
Bradley Thomson, PhD 2006
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
past positions:
Postdoctoral Researcher, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Postdoctoral Fellow, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Stefanie Tompkins, PhD 1997
Program Manager, Strategic Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
past position: Senior Staff Scientist, SAIC, Chantilly, VA.
Carolyn van der Bogert, PhD 2004
Research Associate, Institut für Planetologie, Westfäliche Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
past position: Research Scientist, Gemological Institute of America, New York, NY
Richard Vorder Bruegge, ScB 1985, PhD 1991
Forensic Scientist, Department of Justice
past position: Staff Scientist, SAIC and NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Cathy Weitz, PhD 1998
Senior Research Scientist, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ
past positions: 2000-2004 - Program Scientist, Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Express, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC;
Mars 2003 Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters
James Whitford-Stark, PhD 1980
Professor, Earth and Physical Sciences Department, Sul Ross State University
Robert Wichman, PhD 1993
Space Grant Research Associate, University of North Dakota
Charles Wood, PhD 1979
Executive Director, Center for Educational Technologies, Wheeling Jesuit University
past positions:
Staff Scientist, Johnson Space Center;
Chair, Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota;
Director of Education for Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ
Kelly Wrobel, ScB 2001, PhD 2008
Exxon-Mobil, Houston, Texas
Aileen Yingst, PhD 1998
Senior Scientist, Planetary Science Institute
Deputy Principal Investigator, Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), MSL
Participating Scientist, Mars Exploration Rover mission; Dawn at Vesta mission
Director, Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
past position: Science Director at Space Explorer's Inc.
Maria Zuber, PhD 1986, ScD 2008
Head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
past positions: Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University; Geophysicist, Geodynamics Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center; National Research Council Research Associate, Geodynamics Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Carl Baum, Sc.M. 1983
Medical doctor; Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine; Director, Center for Children's Environmental Toxicology; Director, Medical Toxicology; Director; Yale Lead Program
past position:
Assistant Professor, Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill.
Rex Bryan, ScM 1977
Geostatistician.
Jeff Burt, ScM 1992
Engineer/Scientist, Boeing Corporation
Hughes Aerospace, Washington, D.C.
Nicholas Carras, ScM 1987
Medical doctor; Anesthesiologist, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center
past positions: Surgical Resident, University of Rochester
Hongwei Chen, ScM 2001
Eric Christiansen, ScM 1981
Professor, Department of Geology, Brigham Young University
Co-Author of "Exploring the Planets"
Jessica Cohen, ScM 2001
Jason Dahl, ScM 1999
past position: Assistant Professor of Geology, Bemidji State University
Clara Eberhardy, ScM 2004
William J. Ehmann, ScM 1983
Associate Dean, Center for Distance Learning, SUNY/Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, NY
past positions: Director of the Center for Earth and Environmental Science at Plattsburgh State University of New York (SUNY);
Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Science
Paul Fisher, ScM 1990
Science teacher, Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ
past position: Member of Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sharon Frank, ScM 1989
Elizabeth Fuller, ScM 2003
Lisa Gaddis, ScM 1981
Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Astrogeology, Flagstaff, AZ
Gil Ghatan, ScB 2003, ScM 2004
Associate, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA
Charles Halfen, ScM 1991
Science teacher, Howard High School of Technology, Wilmington, DE
John Hays, ScM 1995
Flood Plain Coordinator, Santa Cruz County, AZ
David Janke, ScM 1981
Roberta Jennings, ScM 1975
Consulting Hydrogeologist
Kevin Jones, ScM 1998
Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey in Reston VA
LIsa Kanner, ScM 2006
Graduate student, Climate Systems Research Center, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Brian Kortz, ScM 2001
Senior Hydrogeologist, Fuss & O'Neill, Providence, RI
Karen Jager Kortz, ScM 2002
Faculty and Honor Program Coordinator, Community College of Rhode Island
Emily Stewart Lakdawalla, ScM 2000
Science and Technology Coordinator, The Planetary Society
past position: Myra Frank and Associates, Environmental Consulting, Los Angeles, CA
Shawn McColley, ScM 2005
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
past position: Malin Space Science Systems
Lillian Ostrach, ScB 2007, ScM 2008
Graduate student, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Rebecca Parsons, ScM 2005
Graduate student, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Betina Pavri, ScM 1992
Dawn Payload Systems Engineer;
Member of Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
past position: Member of Technical Staff, Loral Infrared and Imaging Systems, Lexington, MA
Patricia Grizzaffi Rogers, ScM 1987
Discipline Scientist, NASA Headquarters, Office of Space Science, Planetary Science Branch, Washington D.C.
Avijit Sen, ScB 1996, AM 1998
WW iPod/iPhone Analysis Manager, Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA
David Shean, ScB 2004, ScM 2006
Assistant Staff Scientist, Malin Space Science Systems
past position: Researcher, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Boston University
Paul Spudis, ScM 1977
Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas
Benjamin Webb, ScM 2002
Phelps Dodge Mining Co.
Janette Wilson, ScM
Steven A. Yon, ScM 1987
Director of Research, Innercool Therapies
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