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Experts on Pluto

Name	Missions & Mission Experience	Targets	Techniques	Major Facilities & Instrument Development
Elisabeth Adams	Kepler	Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Kuiper Belt, Pluto, Small satellites	Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Space-based observing	IRTF, MMT ** Cameras
Amy Barr Mlinar	Cassini, Europa Clipper, Galileo, New Horizons	Callisto, Charon, Dwarf planets, Europa, Exoplanets, Ganymede, Gas giants, Icy satellites, Kuiper Belt, Mercury, Moon, Pluto, Saturn	Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Impacts, Numerical modeling, Planetary Interiors, Tectonics, Volcanism
Susan Benecchi	HST, New Horizons	Charon, Comets, Dwarf planets, Kuiper Belt, Pluto, Trans-Neptunian objects	Astrometry, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Photometry, Space-based observing	Cerro Tololo, Gemini, IRTF, Kitt Peak
Peter Buhler		Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Mars, Pluto	Astrobiology, Celestial Mechanics, Climate, Crater Counting, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Thermal modeling
Roger Clark	Cassini, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Europa Clipper, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Observer, MRO ** Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission Co-Investigator	Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Earth, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Io, Jupiter, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Neptune, Planetary rings, Pluto, Saturn, Small satellites, Titan, Uranus, Venus, Vesta	Geology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Mineralogy, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy
David Grinspoon	MSL, New Horizons	Earth, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Mars, Pluto, Venus	Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO)
Candice Hansen	Cassini, Europa Clipper, Juno, MRO, Voyager	Dwarf planets, Icy satellites, Jupiter, Mars, Pluto, Titan	Spectroscopy, Remote sensing, Geology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO)
Alan Howard	New Horizons ** Mission science team	Earth, Icy satellites, Mars, Pluto, Titan	Crater Counting, Geology, Geomorphology, Remote sensing, Shape modeling
Jeffrey Kargel	Cassini, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Observer, Mars Odyssey, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Polar Lander, MESSENGER, MSL, New Horizons, Voyager ** Mission science team	Asteroids, Ceres, Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Icy satellites, Io, Mars, Mercury, Pluto, Titan, Trans-Neptunian objects, Venus	Astrobiology, Climate, Field Work, Geochemistry, Geology, Geomorphology, Remote sensing
Larry Lebofsky		Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Meteorites, Moon, Pluto, Small satellites	Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing
Carol Neese	Cassini, Dawn, OSIRIS-REx ** Data archive	Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Kuiper Belt, Meteorites, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta
Kirby Runyon	LRO, MRO, New Horizons ** Mission operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down	Asteroids, Charon, Dwarf planets, Earth, Icy satellites, Io, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Moon, Pluto, Titan, Trans-Neptunian objects, Venus	Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Impacts, Mapping, Remote sensing, Volcanism	Cameras
Amanda Sickafoose		Asteroids, Charon, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Kuiper Belt, Moon, Planetary rings, Pluto, Trans-Neptunian objects	Astrometry, Atmospheres, Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy	Cerro Tololo, Gemini, IRTF, Kitt Peak, SOFIA ** Cameras, Dust counter, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
Jordan Steckloff	Cassini, EPOXI, Stardust-NExT	Asteroids, Ceres, Charon, Comets, Dwarf planets, Icy satellites, Kuiper Belt, Mercury, Moon, Pluto, Small satellites, Titan, Trans-Neptunian objects, Vesta	Celestial Mechanics, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Numerical modeling, Thermal modeling
Mark Sykes	Dawn, HST, IRAS, ISO (ESA), MSX, NEOWISE, Spitzer ** Data archive, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Science operations	Asteroids, Ceres, Charon, Comets, Deimos, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Phobos, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta	Ground-based observing, Photometry, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing	ALMA, IRTF, Kitt Peak, MMT, SMT
Sugata Tan	Cassini, New Horizons	Icy satellites, Pluto, Titan	Numerical modeling
Ed Tedesco	IRAS, ISO (ESA), IUE, MSX, NEOSSat (Canada), Spitzer ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Deputy Mission PI, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations	Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta	Astrometry, Ground-based observing, Photometry, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing	Cerro Tololo, IRTF, Kitt Peak, Palomar ** Cameras

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