Megan Russell
Research Associate
Professional History
After completing my BSc in Space Science at York University in Canada, I moved to Vancouver to work at PhotoSat, an Earth remote sensing company, as a Project Manager/Satellite and GIS Data Consultant. I then completed my MSc in Geophysics/Planetary Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC) with Dr. Catherine L. Johnson and worked as a teaching assistant and research associate in the department. I moved to the United States in 2021 to start with PSI on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter science and operations team.
Excitement as my group arrived at SP Crater, in Arizona. This is a cinder cone volcano (background), and is associated with a lava flow that extends north of the cone for about 7 km (not pictured, although you can see it clearly on Google Maps), originating from the same volcanic vent. Both of these features are known to exist on the planet Venus.