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| Alumnus | Degree, year, advisor, dissertation, current position & institution |
|---|---|
| Oleg Abramov | Ph.D., 2006, Kring Impact-induced hydrothermal activity on Earth and Mars Astrogeology Science Center, United States Geological Survey |
| Carlton Allen | Ph.D. , 1978, Strom Volcano-ice interactions on the Earth and Mars Astromaterials Curator, NASA Johnson Space Science Center |
| Carlton Allen | M.S. (Geosciences), 1972, Roemer/Strom/Titley Central peaks in lunar craters Astromaterials Curator, NASA Johnson Space Science Center |
| Doug Archer | Ph.D., 2010, Smith The Martian near surface environment: Analysis on Antarctic soils and laboratory experiments on putative martian organics NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow (RA), NASA Johnson Space Center |
| Erik Asphaug | Ph.D., 1993, Melosh Dynamic fragmentation in the solar system: Applications of fracture mechanics and hydrodynamics to questions of planetary evolution Professor, School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University |
| Jayne Aubele | M.S., 1988, Vesicle zonation and vertical structure of basalt flows Education Staff/mappers, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science |
| Maria Banks | Ph.D. (Geosciences), 2009, McEwen Glacial processes and morphologies in the southern hemisphere of Mars Post-doc (RA), Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, CEPS, National Air and Space Museum |
| Nadine Barlow | Ph.D., 1987, Strom Relative ages and the geologic evolution of martian terrain units Associate professor, Department Chair, Northern Arizona University |
| Jason Barnes | Ph.D., 2004, Brown Characterizing transiting extrasolar giant planets: On companions, rings, and love handles Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Idaho |
| Gwen Bart | Ph.D., 2007, Melosh Lunar surface geology from analysis of impact craters and their ejecta Assistant Research Professor of Physics, University of Idaho |
| Nicole Baugh | M.S., 2008, Brown Fluvial channels on Titan HiRISE staff, LPL/University of Arizona |
| Chris (Drayton) Benner | Ph.D., 1977, Fink The visual and near infrared spectrum of methane and its application to Uranus, Neptune, Triton, and Pluto Research Associate Professor, Physics, College of William and Mary |
| Eve Berger | Ph.D., 2011, Lauretta Cubanite and associated sulfides in CI chondrites and comet 81P/Wild 2: Implications for aqueous processing Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NASA/ORAU |
| Daniel Berman | M.S., 2003, Baker Hillside gullies and possible glacial landforms associated with the degradation of highland craters on Mars Research Scientist, Planetary Science Institute |
| Ross Beyer | Ph.D., 2004, McEwen Martian surface roughness and stratigraphy Principal Investigator and Research Scientist, NASA Ames/SETI |
| Alan Binder | Ph.D. (Geology), 1967, Titley Stratigraphy and structure of the Cleomedes quadrangle of the Moon Director, Lunar Research Institute |
| Gordon Bjoraker | Ph.D., 1985, Larson The Gas composition and vertical cloud structure of Jupiter’s troposphere derived from 5 micron spectroscopic observations Staff scientist, NASA Goddard |
| Michael Bland | Ph.D., 2008, Showman The Tectonic, thermal, and magnetic evolution of icy satellites Post-doc, Research Associate, Washington University |
| Kristin Block | M.S., 2011, Swindle Fulgurite classification, petrology and implications for planetary processes HiRISE Staff, LPL/University of Arizona |
| Jade Bond | Ph.D., 2008, Lauretta The Chemistry of extrasolar planetary systems Post-doc Research Scientist, University of New South Wales |
| William Bottke | Ph.D., 1995, Greenberg The Collisional and dynamical evolution of asteroids Senior Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder |
| Marc Buie | Ph.D., 1984, Fink Lightcurve CCD spectrophotometry of Pluto Staff scientist, Southwest Research Institute (Boulder) |
| Michael Burkland | Ph.D. (Physics), 1998, Swindle The Thermal retentive nature of the I-Xe system in the meteorite Bjurbole: Implications for the I-Xe system as a chronometer of early Solar System events Principal Mechanical Engineer, Raytheon |
| Devon Burr | Ph.D. (Geosciences), 2003, McEwen and Baker Investigations into the Cerberus Outflow Channels, Mars Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee (Knoxville) |
| Humberto Campins | Ph.D., 1982, Rieke Chiron and the Centaura: escapees from the Kuiper belt Head, Planetary and Space Science Group, University of Central Florida |
| Nancy Chabot | Ph.D., 1999, Drake Geochemical studies of the cores of terrestrial planetary bodies Senior Professional Staff, Applied Physics Laboratory/Johns Hopkins |
| Matthew Chamberlain | Ph.D., 2005, Boynton Response of Martian ground ice to orbit-induced climate change Research Scientist, Planetary Science Institute |
| David Choi | Ph.D., 2009, Showman The Meteorology of giant planets revealed through automated cloud feature tracking NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Eileen Chollet | Ph.D., 2008, Giacalone Solar-energetic particles as a probe of the inner heliosphere Post-doc (RA), Space Radiation Lab, California Institute of Technology |
| Fred Ciesla | Ph.D., 2003, Hood, Lauretta The Physics and chemistry of solar nebula shock waves: Applications to chondrule formation Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geophysics, University of Chicago |
| Richard Clark | M.S., 1996, Melosh The Detectability of lunar impacts in the near infrared National Solar Observatory GONG Project |
| Arthur Clements | Ph.D. (Astronomy), 1974, Tomasko Cloud structure in the south tropical zone, red spot, and the north polar region of Jupiter |
| David Coffeen | Ph.D. (Astronomy), 1968, Gehrels A Polarimetric study of the atmosphere of Venus TESSERACT |
| Barbara Cohen | Ph.D., 2000, Swindle Geochemistry and 40AR - 39AR geochronology of lunar meteorite impact melt clasts Planetary Scientist, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Guy Consolmagno | Ph.D., 1978, Jokipii Electromagnetic processes in the evolution of the solar nebula Curator, Vatican Meteorite Collection, Vatican Observatory, Tucson & Rome |
| Curtis Cooper | Ph.D., 2006, Showman Meteorologies of brown dwarfs and extrasolar giant planets Software Engineer, Stellar Science (Albuquerque) |
| Bruce Cordell | Ph.D., 1977, Strom Tectonism and the interior of Mercury Dean, Natural Sciences, Fullerton College |
| Dale Cruikshank | Ph.D. (Geology), 1968 , Titley/Kuiper Infrared colorimetry of the Moon Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center |
| Larry Crumpler | Ph.D., 1983, Strom Io: Models of volcanism and interior structure Research Curator, Volcanology & Space Science, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science |
| Cindy Cunningham | Ph.D., 1987, Hunten Spatial and temporal monitoring of the Jovian atmosphere |
| Kimberly Cyr | Ph.D., 1998, Lunine The Distribution of water in the solar nebula: Implications for solar system formation |
| Wei Dai | Ph.D., 2000, Lunine Gas trapping in amorphous water ice: A theoretical and experimental approach |
| Ingrid Daubar | M.S., 2002, Kring Northwest Africa 482: A lunar meteorite from the highlands HiRISE staff, LPL, University of Arizona |
| Douglas Dawson | Ph.D., 1998, Strom Modelling the cratering record of Venus HiRise technical staff, LPL, University of Arizona |
| Lyn Doose | Ph.D. (Astronomy), 1976, Tomasko Light scattering properties of Jupiter's Red Spot Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (Retired) |
| Colin Dundas | Ph.D., 2009, McEwen Investigations of the Martian Mid-Latitudes: Implications for Ground Ice Research Geologist, U.S.G.S. Flagstaff |
| J. Lawrence Dunlap | M.S. (Astronomy), 1972, Gehrels Laboratory work on the shape of asteroids |
| Andreas Ekholm | M.S., 2001, Crater features diagnostic of oblique impacts: The size and position of the central peak |
| Josh Emery | Ph.D., 2002, Brown Constraints on the surface composition of Trojan asteroids from near infrared (0.8-4.0) spectroscopy and spectral modeling Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee |
| Steffi Engel | Ph.D., 1994, Lunine Titan and the cosmochemistry of the outer solar system Former Associate Staff Scientist, LPL, University of Arizona |
| Robert Eplee | Ph.D., 1987, Spokes in Saturn’s B Ring: Dynamical and physical properties deduced from Voyager Saturn ring images Instrument Calibration Scientist, Ocean Biology Processing Group, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| William Farrand | Ph.D. (Geosciences), 1991, Singer Visible and near infrared reflectance of tuff rings and tuff cones |
| Michael Feierberg | Ph.D., 1981, Larson Evidence for a compositional relationship between asteroids and meteorites from infrared spectral reflectances Chase Manhattan Bank |
| Ron Fevig | Ph.D., 2006, Fink Orbit-dependent spectral trends for the near-Earth asteroid population Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota/Aerospace Sciences |
| Vladimir Florinski | Ph.D., 2001, Jokipii A Two-dimensional, self-consistent model of galactic and anomalous cosmic rays in the solar wind Assistant Professor, University of Alabama, Huntsville |
| Jonathan Fortney | Ph.D., 2004, Hubbard The Evolution of giant planets Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Sarah E. Frey | Ph.D. (Applied Math), 2005, Greenberg Characterization of instabilities in the problem of elastic planetary tides |
| Stephanie Fussner | M.S., 2006, McEwen Search for 938 nm specular enhancement on Titan |
| Kathryn G. Gardner-Vandy | Ph.D., 2012, Lauretta Partial Melting on FeO-rich Asteroids: Insights to the First Stage of Planetary Differentiation Postdoctoral Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution |
| Paul Geissler | Ph.D., 1992, Singer Spectrophotometric mapping of Coprates Quadrangle, Mars Research Geologist, U.S.G.S. Astrogeology Research Center, Flagstaff |
| Seran Gibbard | Ph.D., 1996, Levy Lightning in the solar system Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Tamara Goldin | Ph.D. (Geosciences), 2008, Melosh Atmospheric interactions during global deposition of Chicxulub impact ejecta Post-doc (RA), University of Vienna |
| Jonathan Gradie | Ph.D., 1978, Zellner An astrophysical study of the minor planets in the Eos and Koronis asteroid families Chief Science Officer and Vice President (STI); CSO and VP (STI Medical Systems); CEO (TerraSystems, Inc.), STI, Inc./TerraSys, Inc. |
| Jennifer Grier | Ph.D., 1999, McEwen Determining the ages of impact events: multidisciplinary studies using remote sensing and samples analysis techniques Research Scientist, Education Specialist, Planetary Science Institute |
| David Grinspoon | Ph.D., 1988, Lewis Large impact events and atmospheric evolution on the terrestrial planets Curator of Astrobiology and Adjunct Professor, Denver Museum of Nature and Science and University of Colorado |
| William Grundy | Ph.D., 1995, Fink Methane and nitrogen ices on Pluto and Triton: A combined laboratory and telescope investigation Astronomer, Lowell Observatory |
| Virginia Gulick | Ph.D. (Geosciences), 1993, Baker Magmatic intrusions and hydrothermal systems: Implications for the formation of Martian fluvial valleys Scientist, SETI/NASA Ames Research Center |
| Fan Guo | Ph.D., 2012, Giacalone Effects of Turbulent Magnetic Fields on the Transport and Acceleration of Energetic Charged Particles: Numerical Simulations with Applications to Heliospheric Physics Post-doc, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Doyle Hall | Ph.D., 1992, Shemansky Ultraviolet resonance radiation and the structure of the heliosphere Scientist, Boeing LTS |
| Daniel Howard Harris | Ph.D. (Astronomy), 1976, Woolf Ice mantles, and the size of the interstellar grains |
| Patrick Hartigan | Ph.D., 1987, Lada Observations and bowshock models of Herbig-Haro objects Professor, Rice University |
| William Hartmann | Ph.D. (Astronomy), 1966, Kuiper History of the lunar surface Senior Scientist, Planetary Science Institute |
| Allen Wayne Hatheway | Ph.D. (Geological Engineering), 1971, Lacy Lava tubes and collapse depressions |
| Maki Hattori | M.S., 2008, Hubbard Mass loss of highly irradiated extra-solar giant planets |
| Naydene Hays | M.S., 2011, Drake Geochronology of Shergottite meteorites: Using LA-MC-ICP-MS to examine U-Th-Pb systematics of baddeleyites and phosphates MESH Study Center Director, Olympic College |
| James Head | Ph.D., 1999, Melosh Fragmentation and ejection of the martian clan meteorites AAAS Diplomacy Fellow, Office of Space and Advanced Technology, U.S. Department of State |
| Michael Hicks | Ph.D., 1997, Fink A Spectrophotometric survey of comets and Earth-approaching asteroids Research Scientist, JPL |
| Alan Hildebrand | Ph.D., 1992, Boynton Geochemistry and stratigraphy of the cretaceous/tertiary boundary impact ejecta Associate Professor of Geology, University of Calgary |
| Valerie Hillgren | Ph.D., 1993, Drake Partitioning behavior of moderately siderophile elements in ni-rich systems: Implications for the Earth and Moon Scientist, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
| Douglas Hilton | Ph.D., 1987, Hunten A partially collisional model of the Titan hydrogen torus |
| Greg Hoppa | Ph.D., 1998, Greenberg Europa: Effects of rotation and tides on tectonic processes Researcher, Raytheon |
| Sarah Horst | Ph.D., 2011, Yelle Post-Cassini Investigations of Titan Atmospheric Chemistry NSF Post-doctoral Fellow, CIRES (Boulder) |
| Charles Hostetler | Ph.D., 1982, Drake Equilibrium properties of some silicate materials: A theoretical study Senior Staff Scientist, Columbia Environmental Sciences Inc. |
| Kevin Housen | Ph.D., 1981, Wilkening The stochastic evolution of asteroidal regoliths and the origin of brecciated and gas-rich meteorites Scientist, Boeing |
| Ellen Howell | Ph.D., 1995, Lebofsky Probing asteroid composition using visible and near-infrared spectroscopy Research Associate, Arecibo Observatory |
| Robert Howell | Ph.D., 1980, Low Infrared speckle interferometry Associate Professor, University of Wyoming |
| Dwight Thomas Hoxie | Ph.D. (Astronomy), 1969, Weymann (Astronomy) The Structure and evolution of stars of very low mass |
| Terry Hurford | Ph.D., 2005, Greenberg Tides and tidal stress: Applications to Europa Planetary Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Melinda Hutson | Ph.D., 1996, Lewis Chemical studies of enstatite chondrites Research Assistant Professor, Portland State University |
| Brian Jackson | Ph.D., 2009, Greenberg Tidal evolution of extra-solar planets Post-doc (RA), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Windy Jaeger | Ph.D., 2004, Baker Select problems in planetary structural geology: Global-scale tectonics on Io, regional-scale kinematics on Venus, and local-scale field analyses on Earth with Application to Mars Research Geologist, U.S.G.S. Astrogeology Research Center, Flagstaff |
| Daniel Janes | Ph.D., 1990, Melosh Tectonics of one plate planets Retired |
| Jeffrey Johnson | Ph.D. (Geosciences), 1994, Baker Geologic investigations of the Venusian surface using Magellan radar imagery, altimetry and radiometry Science Center Director, Planetary Geologist, U.S.G.S. Astrogeology Research Center, Flagstaff |
| Thomas Jones | Ph.D., 1988, Lewis An infrared reflectance study of water in outer belt asteriods: clues to composition and origin Astronaut, Author, Consultant |
| Andrea Jones | M.S. (Geosciences), 2009, McEwen and Baker A geomorphic analysis of Hale crater, Mars: The effects of impact into ice-rich crust |
| Jeffrey Kargel | Ph.D., 1990, Lewis Cryomagmatism in the outer solar system Senior Associate Research Scientist, Dept.of Hydrology, University of Arizona |
| Erich Karkoschka | Ph.D., 1990, Tomasko Saturn's atmoshpere in the visible and near infrared, 1986-1989 Senior Staff Scientist, LPL, University of Arizona |
| John Keller | Ph.D., 2006, Boynton Part I: Development of a concept inventory addressing students' beliefs and reasoning difficulties regarding the Greenhouse Effect; Part II: Distribution of chlorine measured by the Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic Institute, San Luis Obispo |
| Dana Kerola | Ph.D., 1994, Tomasko Near-infrared spectroscopic studies of the troposhere of Saturn |
| Chung-Ming Ko | Ph.D. (Physics), 1986, Jokipii Cosmic-ray modified stellar winds Professor |
| Kelly Kolb | M.S., 2008, McEwen Modeling bright gully deposits' formation in Hale Crater, Mars: Implications for recent liquid water Geophysics Processing Group, Exxon Mobile |
| Kelly Kolb | Ph.D., 2009, McEwen Investigating evidence for geologically recent liquid water on Mars Geophysics Processing Group, Exxon Mobile |
| Goro Komatsu | Ph.D., 1993, Baker Channels and valleys on Venus Research Professor, International Research School of Planetary Sciences, Pescara, Italy |
| David Kopriva | Ph.D. (Applied Math), 1982, Jokipii A stream function method for computing steady rotational transonic flows with application to solar wind-type problems |
| Peter Lanagan | Ph.D., 2004, McEwen Geologic history of the Cerberus plains, Mars Instructor, College of Southern Nevada |
| Martha Leake | Ph.D., 1981, Strom The intercrater plains of Mercury and the Moon: Their nature, origin, and role in terrestrial planet evolution Professor, Valdosta State University |
| Thomas Alan Lee | Ph.D. (Astronomy), 1967, Johnson Interstellar extinction in the Orion Association |
| Mark Lemmon | Ph.D., 1994, Tomasko Properties of Titan's haze and surface Associate Professor, Texas A&M |
| Nikole Lewis | Ph.D., 2012, Showman Atmospheric Circulation of Eccentric Extrasolar Giant Planets Sagan Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Yuan Lian | Ph.D., 2009, Showman Numerical simulations of atmospheric dynamics on the giant planets Research Associate, Ashima Research (Pasadena, CA) |
| Joseph MacFarlane | Ph.D., 1983, Hubbard Theoretical predictions for the phase stability of dense binary mixtures Prism Computational Sciences |
| Philip Maloney | Ph.D., 1987, Black Global properties of molecular clouds and the interstellar medium in galaxies Senior Research Associate, University of Colorado Boulder |
| Daniel Malvin | M.S., 1987, Drake Experimental partitioning of siderophile elements in the systems iron-nickel-sulfur-phosphorus and forsterite-anorthite-diopside Publishing |
| Robert Marcialis | Ph.D., 1990, Lebofsky & Hubbard The Pluto-Charon system as revealed during the mutual events |
| Mark Marley | Ph.D., 1990, Hubbard Nonradial oscillations of Saturn: Implications for ring system structure Research scientist (Ames) and Consulting Professor (Stanford), NASA Ames Research Center and Stanford University |
| Celinda Marsh | M.S., 2007, Lauretta Thermal processing in ordinary chondrites: Development of the fast electron microprobe (FEM) technique for measuring heterogeneity of ferromagnesian silicates Program Specialist, Science and Space Branch, Office of Management and Budget, Office of the President |
| Rachel Mastrapa | Ph.D., 2004, Brown Water ice and radiation in the solar system Research scientist, SETI/NASA Ames Research Center |
| Elisabeth McFarlane | Ph.D., 1994, Drake Differentiation in the early Earth: An experimental investigation |
| Janet McLarty-Schroeder | M.S., 1998, Strom Development, assessment, and applications of PTYS 109L: Exploration and discovery in planetary science Professor, Cerritos College |
| David Melendrez | M.S. (Geosciences), 1991, Larson and Baker Remote sensing of potential lunar resources |
| William Merline | Ph.D., 1995, McMillan Observations of small-amplitude oscillations in the radial velocity of Arcturus Research scientist, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder |
| Moses Milazzo | Ph.D., 2005, McEwen Remote sensing of thermally induced activity on Io And Mars U.S.G.S. Astrobiology/Flagstaff |
| David Minton | Ph.D., 2009, Malhotra Dynamical history of the asteroid belt and implications for terrestrial planet bombardment Assistant Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue |
| John Moores | Ph.D., 2008, Smith Effects of insolation on habitability and the isotopic history of Martian water Post-doc (RA), York University |
| Amaya Moro-Martin | Ph.D. (Astronomy), 2004, Malhotra Signatures of planets in circumstellar debris disks Ramon y Cajal Fellow, Spanish National Research Council (Madrid) and Visiting Research Scientist (Princeton) |
| Don Musselwhite | Ph.D., 1995, Drake Experimental geochemistry of iodine, argon and xenon: Implications for the outgassing histories of the Earth and Mars Lecturer (Geology and Physics), University of Houston (Downtown) |
| Catherine Neish | Ph.D., 2008, Lunine Formation of prebiotic molecules in liquid water Environments on the surface of Titan Post-doctoral Fellow, Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University |
| Horton Newsom | Ph.D., 1982, Drake The experimental partitioning behavior of tungsten and phosphorus: Implications for the composition and formation of the Earth, Moon and Eucrite Parent Body Research Professor, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico |
| Michael Nolan | Ph.D., 1994, Greenberg Delivery of meteorites from the asteroid belt Senior Research Associate and Observatory Director, Arecibo Observatory |
| David O'Brien | Ph.D., 2004, Greenberg The collisional and dynamical evolution of the main belt, NEA and TNO populations Research scientist, Planetary Science Institute |
| Tobias Owen | Ph.D. (Astronomy), 1965, Kuiper Studies of planetary spectra in the photographic infrared Astronomer, University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy |
| Eric Palmer | Ph.D., 2009, Brown Volatiles on solar system objects: Carbon dioxide on Iapetus and aqueous alteration in CM chondrites Post-doc (RA), Planetary Science Institute |
| Vladimir Pariev | Ph.D. (Astronomy), 2001, Jokipii Magnetic Fields: Their Origin and Manifestation In Accretion Disks Around Supermassive Black Holes |
| Matthew Pasek | Ph.D., 2006, Lauretta Phosphorus and sulfur cosmochemistry: Implications for the origins of life Assistant Professor, University of South Florida |
| Steven Pearce | Ph.D., 1995, Levy Core-mantle interactions resulting from sudden changes in the Earth's moment of inertia Lecturer, Simon Fraser University |
| Jonathan Pedicino | Ph.D., 1996, Baker Climate change on Mars: Modeling possible glaciers Professor, College of the Redwoods |
| Chunsheng Pei | Ph.D. (AMe), 2007, Jokipii Solar Energetic Particle Transport in the Heliosphere |
| Samuel Pellicori | M.S. (Optical Sciences), 1969, Swindell (Committee on Optical Sciences) Polarizing properties of pulverized materials: Applications to the lunar surface |
| Paulo Penteado | Ph.D., 2009, Griffith Study of Titan's methane cycle Post-doc (RA), Astronomy Dept., Universidade de Sao Paolo (Brazil) |
| Cynthia Phillips | Ph.D., 2000, McEwen Voyager and Galileo SSI views of volacanic resurfacing on IO and the search for geologic activity on Europa Research scientist, NASA Ames/SETI |
| Elisabetta Pierazzo | Ph.D., 1997, Melosh The Chicxulub impact event and the environmental catastrophe at the end of the cretaceous period Research scientist, Planetary Science Institute |
| Shelly Pope | Ph.D., 1991, Tomasko Laboratory measurements of the single-scattering properties of ammonia ice crystals Staff scientist, Raytheon |
| Brandon Preblich | M.S., 2005, McEwen Mapping rays and secondary craters from zunil, mars Teacher, AP Physics, Physics I, and Astronomy, Troy-Athens High School (Michigan) |
| Jani Radebaugh | Ph.D., 2005, McEwen Formation and Evolution of Paterae on Jupiter's Moon Io Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University |
| Robert Reid | M.S., 1997, Smith Spectrophotometic calibration of imager for Mars pathfinder datasets Senior Software Engineer, FreeWave Technologies (Boulder) |
| James Richardson | Ph.D., 2005, Melosh & Greenberg The Seismic effect of impacts on asteroid surface morphology Assistant Research Professor, Purdue |
| Andrew Rivkin | Ph.D., 1997, Lebofsky Observations of main-belt asteroids in the 3-/mu M region Senior Research staff, Johns Hopkins/APL |
| Bashar Rizk | Ph.D., 1991, Hunten Observations and modelling of the Martian water vapor budget for 1988-89 Senior Research Scientist, LPL, University of Arizona |
| Alex Ruzicka | Ph.D., 1996, Boynton Petrologic-kinetic studies of meteorites Assistant Professor, Portland State University |
| Kunio Sayanagi | Ph.D. (Physics), 2007, Showman Numerical modeling of atmospheric jet streams on Jupiter and Saturn: Their formation and stability Post-doc (RA), UCLA |
| Chris Schaller | M.S., 1998, Greenberg Venus ejecta parabolas: Comparing theory with observation Applications Systems Analyst, Senior, LPL, University of Arizona |
| Nicholas Schneider | Ph.D., 1988, Hunten Sodium in Io's extended atmosphere Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Devin Schrader | Ph.D., 2012, Lauretta The Formation and Alteration of the Renazzo-like Carbonaceous Chondrites Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| William Sears | Ph.D., 1994, Lunine Tidal effects on the evolution of Titan |
| Priyanka Sharma | Ph.D., 2012, Byrne Investigations of Titan's Topography and Surface Roughness Research Scientist, California Institute of Technology |
| Abigail Sheffer | Ph.D., 2007, Melosh Chemical reduction of silicates by meteorite impacts and lightning strikes Associate Program Officer, National Academies, Division on Engineering and Physical Studies, Space Studies Board |
| Wayne Slattery | Ph.D., 1976, Hubbard The structure of the planets Jupiter and Saturn Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Diana Smith | M.S., 2008, Melosh Viscous relaxation of craters on Enceladus |
| Peter H. Smith | Ph.D. (Optical Sciences), 2009, Drake Water at the PHOENIX landing site Professor, PtyS/LPL, University of Arizona |
| John Spencer | Ph.D., 1987, Strom The surfaces of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto: An investigation using Voyager iris thermal infrared spectra Staff scientist, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder |
| Joseph Spitale | Ph.D., 2001, Greenberg Detailed study of the Yarkovsky Effect on asteroids and solar system implications Research Scientist, Space Science Institute/CICLOPS |
| Anna Spitz | Ph.D. (Geosciences), 1991, Boynton Trace element analysis of ureilite meteorites and implications for their petrogenesis OSIRIS-REx Education and Public Outreach Lead, University of Arizona |
| Anne Sprague | Ph.D., 1990, Hunten An observational comparison of Mercury and the Moon Senior Research Associate, LPL, University of Arizona |
| John Stansberry | Ph.D., 1994, Lunine Surface-atmosphere coupling on Triton and Pluto Associate Astronomer, Steward Observatory/University of Arizona |
| Clifford Stoll | Ph.D., 1980, Tomasko Polarimetry of Jupiter at large phase angles Author |
| Mark Sykes | Ph.D., 1986, Hunten IRAS observations of asteroid dust bands and cometary dust trails Director, Planetary Science Institute |
| David Tholen | Ph.D., 1984, Zellner Asteroid taxonomy from cluster analysis of photometry Faculty astronomer, University of Hawaii |
| Matthew Tiscareno | Ph.D., 2004, Malhotra Chaotic diffusion in the outer solar system, and other topics Research Associate, Cornell |
| William Tonks | Ph.D., 1993, Melosh The thermal consequences of giant impacts in the early solar system Professor, Brigham Young University/Idaho |
| David Trilling | Ph.D., 1999, Lunine, Brown A Theoretical and observational study of the formation and evolution of planetary systems and extrasolar planets Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Northern Arizona University |
| Randy Tufts | Ph.D. (Geosciences), 1998, Greenberg and Baker Lithospheric displacement features on Europa and their interpretation |
| Elizabeth Turtle | Ph.D., 1998, Melosh Finite-element modeling of large impact craters: Implications for the size of the Vredefort structure and the formation of multiple ring craters Senior Research Staff, Johns Hopkins/APL |
| Ron Vervack | Ph.D., 1997, Sandel Titan's upper atmospheric structure derived from Voyager ultraviolet spectrometer observations Senior Research Staff, Johns Hopkins/APL |
| Faith Vilas | Ph.D., 1984, The nature and origin of outer solar system asteroids from reflectance spectrophotometry Senior Scientist, Planetary Science Institute |
| Kathryn Volk | Ph.D., 2013, Malhotra Dynamical Studies of the Kuiper Belt and the Centaurs |
| John Wacker | Ph.D., 1982, Wilkening Composition of noble gases in the Abee meteorite, and the origin of the enstatite chondrites Laboratory Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Yiping Wang | Ph.D., 1993, Yelle Energy balance and solar heating in Neptune's upper atmosphere |
| Erich Wegryn | Ph.D., 2000, Tomasko Dusty atmosphere of Mars: A study of the properties of Martian aerosol dust, using imager for Mars Pathfinder and Hubble space telescope observations Adjunct Professor, Ohlone College |
| John Weirich | Ph.D., 2011, Swindle Improvements to Ar-Ar Dating of Extra Terrestrial Materials Post-doc (RA), Arizona State University |
| Robert West | Ph.D., 1977, Tomasko Spatially resolved photometry of Jupiter in the 6190, 7250, and 8900 methane bands Research Scientist, JPL |
| Bruce Wilking | Ph.D., 1981, Rieke Star formation in the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud Professor, University of Missouri, St. Louis |
| Lance Williams | Ph.D., 1993, Jokipii A single-fluid, self-consistent formulation of particle transport and fluid dynamics |
| Paul Withers | Ph.D., 2003, Bougher Tides in the Martian atmosphere - and other topics Post-doc (RA), Boston University |
| David Wood | Ph.D., 2000, Strom Effects of airbursts on the surface of Venus Assistant Professor, Astronomy, San Antonio College |
| Charles Arthur Wood | M.S. (Geosciences), 1972, Sumner Reconnaissance geology and geophysics of the Pinacate craters, Sonora, Mexico |
| Aramais Zakharian | Ph.D., 2000, Jokipii Numerical studies of waves and particle acceleration in shocks |
| Benjamin Holmes Zellner | Ph.D. (Astronomy), 1970, Gehrels Polarization in reflection nebulae Astronomer, Professor of Physics, Georgia Southern University |
| Shunbin Zhang | M.S., 1996, Bougher The impact of gravity waves on the Venus upper atmosphere Programmer Analyst |
