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| Lastname, Firstname | Degree | Year | Advisor(s) | Dissertation/Thesis | Current Position | Current Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambioni, Saverio | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2020 | Asphaug | On the Application of Machine Learning to Planetary Sciences | Research Scientist | MIT, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences |
| Campins, Humberto | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1982 | Rieke | Infrared Observations of Cometary Solids | Provost Research Professor, Physics and Astronomy | University of Central Florida |
| Campins, Humberto | M.S. Planetary Sciences | 1982 | Rieke | Provost Research Professor, Physics and Astronomy | University of Central Florida | |
| Carver, Diana | M.S. Planetary Sciences | 2008 | Melosh | Viscous Relaxation of Craters on Enceladus | Assistant Professor of Clinical | Vanderbilt University |
| Castro Cisneros, Daniel | Ph.D. Physics | 2025 | Malhotra | Dynamics of Lunar Impact Ejecta: Escape, Co-orbitals, and Impacts | ||
| Chabot, Nancy | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1999 | Drake | Geochemical Studies of the Cores of Terrestrial Planetary Bodies | Planetary Scientist | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Chamberlain, Matthew | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2006 | Boynton | Response of Martian Ground Ice to Orbit-Induced Climate Change | Scientific Programmer | CSIRO Decadal Climate Forecasting, Oceans and Atmosphere |
| Chen, Xiaohang | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2023 | Giacalone | Solar Energetic Particle Acceleration and Transport at the Curved and Evolving Shock Driven by Coronal Mass Ejections | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering |
| Choi, David | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2009 | Showman | The Meteorology of Giant Planets Revealed Through Automated Cloud Feature Tracking | Senior Data Engineer | Night Shift Development, Inc. |
| Chollet, Eileen | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2008 | Giacalone | Solar Energetic Particles as a Probe of the Inner Heliosphere | Research Scientist | CNA Analysis & Solutions |
| Ciesla, Fred | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2003 | Hood | The Physics and Chemistry of Solar Nebula Shock Waves: Applications to Chondrule Formation | Professor, Dept. of Geophysics; Deputy Director, Chicago Center for Origins of Life | University of Chicago |
| Clark, Richard | M.S. Planetary Sciences | 1996 | Melosh | The Detectability of Lunar Impacts in the Near Infrared | Scientific Programmer | National Solar Observatory GONG Project |
| Clements, Arthur | Ph.D. Astronomy | 1974 | Tomasko | Cloud Structure in the South Tropical Zone, Red Spot, and the North Polar Region of Jupiter | ||
| Coffeen, David | Ph.D. Astronomy | 1968 | Gehrels | A Polarimetric Study of the Atmosphere of Venus | TESSERACT | |
| Cohen, Barbara | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2000 | Swindle | Geochemistry and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Lunar Meteorite Impact Melt Clasts | Planetary Scientist | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Consolmagno, Guy | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1978 | Jokipii | Electromagnetic Processes in the Evolution of the Solar Nebula | Director | Vatican Observatory, Tucson & Rome |
| Cooper, Curtis | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2006 | Showman | Meteorologies of Brown Dwarfs and Extrasolar Giant Planets | Software Engineer | Stellar Science (Albuquerque) |
| Cordell, Bruce | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1977 | Strom | Tectonism and the Interior of Mercury | Educator, Consultant | 21stcenturywaves.com |
| Cruikshank, Dale | Ph.D. Geosciences | 1968 | Titley, Kuiper | Infrared Colorimetry of the Moon | Professor, Dept. of Physics | University of Central Florida |
| Crumpler, Larry | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1983 | Strom | Io: Models of Volcanism and Interior Structure | Research Curator, Volcanology and Space Science | New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science |
| Cui, Jun | Ph.D. Astronomy | 2008 | Yelle | Analysis of Titan's Neutral Upper Atmosphere from Cassini Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer Measurements in the Closed Source Neutral Mode | Professor | School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University |
| Cunningham, Cindy | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1987 | Hunten | Spatial and Temporal Monitoring of the Jovian Atmosphere | ||
| Cyr, Kimberly | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1998 | Lunine | The Distribution of Water in the Solar Nebula: Implications for Solar System Formation |