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Experts on Geology

Name Missions & Mission Experience Targets Techniques Major Facilities & Instrument Development
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Oded Aharonson
Cassini, LRO, Mars Global Surveyor, MER, MRO Icy satellites, Mars, Moon Geology
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Chance Amos
MRO Earth, Icy satellites, Mars, Moon Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Planetary Interiors, Radar, Remote sensing, Tectonics
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Sarah Andre
MESSENGER Mercury, Moon, Small satellites Remote sensing, Tectonics, Geology
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Zach Bain
MRO Mars Geology, Geomorphology, Impacts, Mapping, Radar, Remote sensing, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy, Thermal modeling
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J. Brian Balta
Asteroids, Earth, Mars, Vesta Geochemistry, Geology, Meteoritics, Petrology
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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
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Gretchen Benedix
Asteroids, Mars, Meteorites, Moon Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Electron Microscopy, Geochemistry, Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Spectroscopy FTIR
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Mark Bishop
Earth, Mars, Titan Remote sensing, Volcanism, Geology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geomorphology
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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
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Nicholas Castle
MSL ** Instrument operations, Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars, Meteorites Electron Microscopy, Field Work, Geology, Mass spectrometry, Mineralogy, Optical Microscopy, Petrology, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Volcanism, X-Ray Diffraction X-Ray Diffractometers, Mass spectrometers, Electron Microprobe
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Matthew Chojnacki
Mars Odyssey, MER, MRO, OSIRIS-REx ** Data archive, Data validation, Mission operations, Science operations Asteroids, Earth, Mars Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy Cameras
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Frank Chuang
Galileo, LRO, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, MESSENGER, MRO ** Mission science team Callisto, Earth, Europa, Ganymede, Icy satellites, Io, Mars, Mercury, Moon Crater Counting, Geology, Geomorphology, Impacts, Mapping, Remote sensing, Volcanism Cameras
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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
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Steve Clifford
Mars Express (ESA), Rosetta ** Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team Earth, Icy satellites, Mars Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Radar, Remote sensing, Thermal modeling
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Aster Cowart
Mars Odyssey, MSL ** Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Remote sensing, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Patricia Craig
MSL ** Data validation, Instrument operations, Science operations Mars Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Mineralogy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Spectroscopy, X-ray spectroscopy FTIR, X-ray spectrometers
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David Crown
Dawn, Mars Odyssey, MRO Ceres, Dwarf planets, Earth, Icy satellites, Io, Mars, Moon, Venus Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Radar, Remote sensing, Tectonics, Volcanism
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Darby Dyar
MSL Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Venus Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy
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Rebecca Ghent
LRO, Mars 2020, OSIRIS-REx Asteroids, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Venus Remote sensing, Radar, Tectonics, Volcanism, Numerical modeling, Geology, Ground-based observing, Mapping
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Alan Gillespie
Mariner 9 ** Calibration/Test planning, Data validation, Mission science team Earth, Mars Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Mass spectrometry, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy Imaging spectrometers, Mass spectrometers, Thermal radiometers
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Jules Goldspiel
Earth, Mars Geology, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Radar, Thermal modeling
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John Goodge
Instrument Co-Investigator Earth Electron Microscopy, Field Work, Geology, Mineralogy, Optical Microscopy, Petrology, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy, Tectonics Electron Microprobe
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JA Grier
Asteroids, Ceres, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites, Vesta Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy
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Vicki Hansen
Earth, Venus Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Optical Microscopy, Petrology, Radar, Remote sensing, Tectonics
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Candice Hansen
Cassini, Europa Clipper, Juno, MRO, Voyager Dwarf planets, Icy satellites, Jupiter, Mars, Pluto, Titan Spectroscopy, Remote sensing, Geology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO)
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David Horvath
Earth, Mars, Titan Climate, Geology, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Volcanism
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Alan Howard
New Horizons ** Mission science team Earth, Icy satellites, Mars, Pluto, Titan Crater Counting, Geology, Geomorphology, Remote sensing, Shape modeling
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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
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Georgiana Kramer
Apollo, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Clementine, Dawn, Kaguya (Japan), LRO, Lunar Prospector ** Calibration/Test planning, Data validation, Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Meteorites, Moon, Solar particles/Solar wind, Vesta Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Gamma-ray spectroscopy, Geology, Geomorphology, Ground-based observing, Impacts, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mapping, Mass spectrometry, Mineralogy, Neutron spectroscopy, Petrology, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy Cameras, Spectrometers, Imaging spectrometers
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Lucille Le Corre
Cassini, Dawn, Hayabusa 1 (Japan), Hayabusa2 (Japan), OSIRIS-REx ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Europa, Icy satellites, Meteorites, Small satellites, Titan, Vesta Geology, Geomorphology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy IRTF ** Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Katelyn Lehman Franco
Earth, Moon Field Work, Geochemistry, Geology, Meteoritics, Petrology, Planetary Interiors, Remote sensing, Volcanism Mass spectrometers, X-ray spectrometers
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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
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Scott Mest
Dawn, LRO, Mars Odyssey, MRO Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Mars, Moon, Vesta Remote sensing, Geology, Crater Counting, Geomorphology, Mapping
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Gareth Morgan
LRO, MRO ** Instrument Co-Investigator Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Venus Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Radar, Volcanism
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Alexander Morgan
Earth, Mars, Titan Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing
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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
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Catherine Neish
Cassini, Chandrayaan 1 (India), LRO ** Data archive, Data validation, Instrument operations, Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Icy satellites, Mercury, Moon, Titan, Venus Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Impacts, Radar, Remote sensing, Volcanism
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Eldar Noe Dobrea
Dawn, LRO, Mars Express (ESA), Mars Odyssey, MER, MRO, MSL ** Calibration/Test planning, Data validation, Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Earth, Mars, Moon, Venus Astrobiology, Geology, Geomorphology, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy Cameras, FTIR, Spectrometers
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Dorothy Oehler
MSL ** Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars Astrobiology, Focused Ion Beam, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Optical Microscopy, Petrology, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy
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Neil Pearson
Cassini ** Data validation, Science operations Field Work, Geology, Mapping, Mineralogy, Optical Microscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy, Volcanism, X-ray spectroscopy Cameras, FTIR, Imaging spectrometers
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Matthew Perry
MRO Earth, Mars Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Planetary Interiors, Radar, Tectonics, Thermal modeling
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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
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Nathaniel Putzig
Mars Express (ESA), Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Insight, Mars Odyssey, MER, MRO, MSL, Phoenix Mars Lander ** Data archive, Data validation, Deputy Instrument PI, Instrument Co-Investigator, Instrument operations, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars Climate, Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Numerical modeling, Planetary Interiors, Radar, Remote sensing, Tectonics, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy, Thermal modeling, Volcanism Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Jim Rice
Apollo, LRO, Mariner 9, Mars 2020, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Polar Lander, MER, MRO, MSL, Phoenix Mars Lander ** Calibration/Test planning, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Science operations Mars, Moon Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Volcanism Cameras
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Alexis Palmero Rodriguez
Mars Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping
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Emilie Royer
Cassini, MAVEN, Venus Express ** Data validation, Mission science team Icy satellites, Mars, Small satellites, Titan, Venus Aeronomy, Atmospheres, Geology, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy Spectrometers, Imaging spectrometers
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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
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Aaron Russell
MRO Mars, Moon Geology, Radar
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Stephen Scheidt
Earth, Mars Crater Counting, Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Ground-based observing, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mapping, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Thermal modeling, Volcanism Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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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
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Isaac Smith
MRO ** Instrument Co-Investigator, Science operations Mars Atmospheres, Climate, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Geomorphology, Radar
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Matthew Staid
Chandrayaan 1 (India) Earth, Moon Geology, Mapping, Mineralogy, Photometry, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy, Volcanism
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David Vaniman
MSL Earth, Mars, Moon Petrology, Volcanism, Geology, Ground-based observing, Mineralogy, Mapping
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Leslie Vittling
Juno, Mars 2020, Mars Global Surveyor, MER, MRO, MSL ** Data archive, Data validation, Instrument operations, Mission operations, Science operations Jupiter, Mars Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Volcanism Cameras
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Matt Walker
Charon, Enceladus, Europa, Exoplanets, Ganymede, Icy satellites, Io, Phobos, Titan Celestial Mechanics, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Geomorphology, Gravity, Numerical modeling, Planetary Interiors, Shape modeling, Tectonics, Thermal modeling
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Kevin Webster
Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Mars Astrobiology, Atmospheres, Climate, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Mass spectrometry Mass spectrometers
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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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Rebecca Williams
Mars 2020, Mars Odyssey, MRO, MSL ** Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing Cameras
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Shawn Wright
MER ** Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars, Meteorites Geology, Mineralogy, Remote sensing Cameras, FTIR, Spectrometers, X-Ray Diffractometers
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Aileen Yingst
Dawn, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Polar Lander, MER, MSL ** Calibration/Test planning, Deputy Instrument PI, Instrument Co-Investigator, Instrument operations, Mission operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Ceres, Earth, Mars, Moon, Vesta Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy, Volcanism Cameras
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Xiao-Duan Zou
Chang'E 1 (China), Chang'E 2 (China), Chang'E 3 (China), OSIRIS-REx ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Comets, Moon Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Geomorphology, Impacts, Mapping, Photometry, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Spectroscopy Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers

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