Meet the Scientist
Meet scientists and students involved in cutting-edge Mars research. Learn about their diverse interests and why they enjoy science.
Research Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory- Oldest life on Earth applied to Mars.
Professor of Planetary Geology, University of Arizona - Principal Investigator of the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
Assistant Professor of Planetary Science, Caltech, and Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces; Mineralogy and Geologic History of Mars.
Assistant Professor of Atmospheric & Space Physics and Geological Sciences, University of Colorado - Geologic, hydrologic, and climatic histories of Mars.
Research scientist, Center for Astrobiology, Madrid, Spain - Impact crater geology and experiments.
Research Professor, IRSPS- Univ. G.d'Annunzio, Pescara, Italy - Earth and Planetary sciences.
Professor of Geology, Arizona State University- Astrobiology, geomicrobiology, and biosedimentology.
Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines- Geophysics and geodynamics of planets.
Research Scientist, Center for Astrobiology, Madrid, Spain- Impact crater geology and experiments.
Post Doctoral Researcher, Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, Paris, France- Ancient volcanoes and planetary atmospheres.
Geologist, US Geological Survey, Flagstaff AZ- NASA/USGS Planetary Geologic Mapping.
Research biologist, NASA Ames Research Center and Stanford University- Evolutionary and synthetic biology and extremophiles.
Ph.D. candidate, Open University U.K. - Mineralogy and geochemistry of Martian meteorites.
Ph.D. candidate, University of Utah -Sedimentology and diagenesis of terrestrial analogs to Mars.
Regents' Professor Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona- History of water on Earth and Mars