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Experts on Geochemistry

Name	Missions & Mission Experience	Targets	Techniques	Major Facilities & Instrument Development
J. Brian Balta		Asteroids, Earth, Mars, Vesta	Geochemistry, Geology, Meteoritics, Petrology
Gretchen Benedix		Asteroids, Mars, Meteorites, Moon	Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Electron Microscopy, Geochemistry, Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Spectroscopy	FTIR
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
Katelyn Lehman Franco		Earth, Moon	Field Work, Geochemistry, Geology, Meteoritics, Petrology, Planetary Interiors, Remote sensing, Volcanism	Mass spectrometers, X-ray spectrometers
Tom McCord	Apollo, Cassini, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Dawn, Europa Clipper, Galileo, Mariner 9, Mars Express (ESA), Rosetta ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument Co-Investigator, Instrument PI, Mission science team, Optical design, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations	Asteroids, Callisto, Ceres, Comets, Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Ganymede, Iapetus, Icy satellites, Mars, Mercury, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites, Titan, Vesta	Geochemistry, Geology, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy, Thermal modeling	Cerro Tololo, IRTF, Kitt Peak, Palomar ** Cameras, FTIR, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
Ashley Murphy	Mars 2020	Earth, Mars	Astrobiology, Field Work, Geochemistry, Geology, Mineralogy, Optical Microscopy, Petrology, Raman Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, X-ray spectroscopy
Thomas Prettyman	Dawn, Lunar Prospector, Mars Odyssey, Psyche ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Electronics design, Flight Software, Instrument operations, Instrument PI, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down	Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Earth, Mars, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites, Vesta	3D Printing, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Gamma-ray spectroscopy, Geochemistry, Geology, Mapping, Neutron detectors, Neutron spectroscopy, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Shape modeling	Gamma-ray detectors, Neutron detectors
Katie Primm		Europa, Mars	Astrobiology, Geochemistry, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Optical Microscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Spectroscopy
Rachel Sheppard	MSL ** Mission science team, Science operations	Asteroids, Earth, Icy satellites, Mars	Field Work, Geochemistry, Geology, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mapping, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction	FTIR, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers, X-Ray Diffractometers
John Weirich	OSIRIS-REx ** Spacecraft navigation	Asteroids, Enceladus, Iapetus, Mercury, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites	Geochemistry, Geology, Impacts, Mass spectrometry, Meteoritics, Mineralogy, Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy, Shape modeling	Electron Microprobe, Mass spectrometers

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