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The red dotted line shows the location of Mercury’s magnetic equa-

tor, as recently determined by data from MESSENGER’s space-

craft. The magnetic equator is far north of the planet’s geographic 

equator (the horizontal light gray line at 0° latitude), located about 

300 miles north of the planet’s center. 

 Both images credited to: 

NASA/Johns 

Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington



  

I

n August 2004, 

NASA’s MESSENGER 

mission — MErcury 



Surface,  Space  Envi-

ronment, GEochemistry 

and  Ranging — was 

launched on a seven-

year-long journey to 

Mercury. 

 And, on 

March 18, 2011, it 

made its historic entry 

into orbit around the 

planet. 

 

Six PSI scientists, with 



differing areas of exper-

tise, are on the MES-

SENGER mission:  Deb-

orah Domingue Lorin, 

W i l l i a m   F e l d m a n , 

Robert Gaskell, Eliza-

beth Jensen,  Catherine 

Johnson and Faith Vilas.  

 

Onboard the spacecraft are seven scientific instruments that are 



providing researchers with new data on the planet’s geochemistry, 

geophysics, geologic history, atmosphere,

 and magnetic field en-

vironment. With data from one of these instruments—the magne-

tometer—

Catherine Johnson, PSI Senior Scientist and MESSEN-



(Continued next page) 

MESSENGER Scrutinizes Mercury 

by Alan Fischer and Chris Holmberg

 

 

MESSENGER offers a new look at Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, with some surprises about its magnetic field. 

GER mission partici-

pating scientist, is in-

vestigating Mercury’s 

magnetic field and 

finding very interesting 

results.  By characteriz-

ing the magnetic field, 

MESSENGER will 

help answer the ques-

tion of why the inner 

planets differ in their 

magnetic histories. 

 

Some scientific views 



based on earlier Mer-

cury flyby missions are 

being proven incorrect; 

one is about 

Mercury’s 

m a g n e t i c   f i e l d . 

“Scientists thought Mer-

cury's magnetic field 

was a miniature version 

of Earth's," said Sean 

Solomon of the Carne-

gie Institution of Washington, the mission's principal investigator. 

"What we're seeing is, it is not."

 

 

In the 1970s, scientists learned from NASA’s Mariner 10 that 

Mercury had a significant magnetic field, as does Earth. (Venus 

and Mars do not.) Now, in 2011, the magnetometer instrument 

finds that the source of this magnetic field is not dead center in 

Mercury’s interior but 480 km (300 miles) north of the planet’s 

geographical equator. This is a surprising discovery, and it re-

mains to be seen what this means about how Mercury’s field is 

generated. One consequence is that the magnetic field protecting 



 

This is an artist’s depiction of the MESSENGER spacecraft in orbit around the planet 

Mercury. Launched from Cape Canaveral on August 3, 2004, it returned to Earth for a 

gravity boost on August 2, 2005, then flew past Venus twice in October 2006 and June 

2007. The spacecraft used the tug of Venus’ gravity to resize and rotate its trajectory 

closer to Mercury’s orbit. 

 

MESSENGER will be orbiting Mercury and collecting data 

until March 2012.

 


 

 

PSI NEWSLETTER 



Fall 2011 

Copyright © 2011 by Planetary Science Institute 

PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE  

NEWSLETTER 

Fall 2011 Vol. 12, No. 3  Published Quarterly 

 

Chris Holmberg, Editor 

Alan Fischer, Contributing Science Writer/Photographer 

Amy Hartmann-Gordon, Friends of PSI Update 

 

Special

 thanks to Gil Esquerdo, Emily Joseph, Carol Neese and Elaine Owens

 

Visualizing Vesta 

by David O’Brien 

 

W

ith spacecraft observations, we can't always pick the perfect 

vantage point or place the sun exactly where we'd like it to be.  

But by using a computer graphics technique called raytracing, we 

can take spacecraft data and generate a new view of any location 

and with any lighting conditions.   

 

For NASA's Dawn mission, which is currently in orbit around the 



asteroid Vesta, I've been using raytracing software called POV-

Ray, together with photographs taken by Dawn, to better visualize 

the asteroid. To aid in the identification and mapping of geologic 

features, I have produced relief images of the topography, created 

animations of Vesta as it rotates, and generated simulated flyovers 

of its surface.   

The images at 

left and  top 

right show ex-

amples of how 

this software can 

be used to visu-

alize the imaging 

and shape data 

together.  They 

were made by 

combining im-

age mosaics of 

Vesta's surface, produced by the German Aerospace Center 

(DLR), with a shape model of Vesta generated by PSI Senior Sci-

entist Robert Gaskell.   

 

The image at left is 



centered on the equa-

tor, and shows a rela-

tively smooth surface 

with prominent east-

west grooves transi-

tioning to a more 

heavily-cratered sur-

face in the north.   

 

The image at right 



shows a group of 

three prominent craters referred to as "The Snowman," as well as 

a mysterious dark spot towards the left of the image.  The eleva-

tions are exaggerated by a factor of approximately two in order to 

better highlight Vesta's surface features.

 

This photograph, taken 



3,200 miles from Vesta 

on July 24, 2011, shows 

nearly a full hemisphere 

of the asteroid’s surface. 

“The Snowman” feature, 

at left, is one area that 

Dave O’Brien has cre-

ated models of (see 

above) using Dawn’s 

framing camera photos 

and raytracing software. 

 

The NASA Dawn mission will study Vesta for a year before de-



parting for its second target, the dwarf planet Ceres, arriving in 

2015. PSI is deeply involved in Dawn, with 12 scientists on the 

mission, and operates the Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector 

(GRaND), the instrument that will measure the elemental abun-

dances of Vesta’s surface and constrain its mineralogical composi-

tion. For more information about the Dawn mission, go to 

http://

www.nasa.gov/dawn



 . 

Vesta images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA 

MESSENGER Scrutinizes Mercury 

(continued) 

 

the southern hemisphere is weaker than that protecting the north-

ern hemisphere, leaving the southern hemisphere more vulnerable 

to being bombarded by charged particles from the sun.

  

 

“This is an exciting result that suggests something fundamentally 



different about what processes play a key role in the generation of 

Mercury’s magnetic field compared with those important to 

Earth’s magnetic field,” said Johnson. “The result may have im-

portant implications for the internal dynamics of the planet and 

how the planet cools today.” 

 

Johnson is also studying data from MESSENGER’s Mercury La-



ser Altimeter, which is systematically mapping the topography of 

Mercury’s northern hemisphere. Major features on the planet – 

previously seen only at comparatively low resolution – are now in 

sharp focus.  After more than two million laser-ranging observa-

tions, the planet’s large-scale shape and profiles of geological 

features are being revealed in high detail.  We now know that the 

north polar region of Mercury is a broad area of low elevations.  

 

“We have in our solar system four experiments in how four Earth-



like planets evolve once they form under slightly different condi-

tions,” said Solomon, referring to Mercury, Venus, Earth and 

Mars, the four rocky planets of the inner solar system. 

 

“What we’re learning is each of those experiments had an extraor-



dinarily different outcome,” he said. “And one of those experi-

ments we live on. So it behooves us, in a very general way, to 

understand how Earth-like planets form and evolve and operate.”  

 

Other instruments on MESSENGER are producing interesting 

results as well. Measurements of the chemical composition of 

Mercury’s surface are providing important clues to the origin of 

the planet and its geological history. Maps of the planet’s topogra-

phy and magnetic field are revealing new insights into Mercury’s 

interior dynamical processes. And scientists now know that bursts 

of energetic particles in Mercury’s magnetosphere are a continu-

ing product of the interaction of Mercury’s magnetic field with 

solar wind.  

 

Look for future articles about Mercury MESSENGER findings in 



the PSI Newsletter and on the PSI website. 

 

A first series of papers using orbital data from MESSENGER was pub-



lished in the September 30

th

 issue of Science magazine.  For up-to-date 

news on the MESSENGER mission see http://messenger.jhuapl.edu. 

 



 

Fall 2011                             

PSI NEWSLETTER 

Copyright© 2011 by Planetary Science Institute



 



I

n August, local PSI employees and off-site scien-

tists from around the globe assembled at the his-

toric Westward Look Resort, in the mountain foot-

hills near Tucson, for the seventh annual retreat. 

 

Beautiful desert surroundings were the backdrop 



for the meeting where members spent two days at 

scheduled science talks, small group discussions, 

poster presentations, and shared meals. This year, 

79 people attended the retreat from 14 U.S. states, 

Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom.  

 

PSI staff and their guests filled Janos restaurant for 



the retreat banquet and relished the superb south-

western cuisine. Afterwards, tributes were made to 

Don Davis and Kelly Yoder in honor of their many 

years of service at PSI. Visit our website for the 

complete retreat program

www.psi.edu/

retreat/2011 

 

 

 

 

    More retreat photos on pages 4-5

 

PSI members at the retreat, front row (l-r): Jesse Stone, Mark V. Sykes, Kathi Gardner, Deborah Domingue Lorin, Joe Michalski, Karly Pit-



man, Tom Prettyman, Elizabeth Jensen, Eldar Noe Dobrea, Candace Kohl, Chris Holmberg. Second row: Kimberly Kuhlman, Elaine Owens, 

Susan Benecchi, Kristin Lawrence, Lijie Han, Cathy Weitz, Dan Berman, Beatrice Mueller, Rose Early. Third row: Kelly Yoder, Catherine 

Johnson, Rebecca Ghent, Luke Sollitt, Susanne Douglas, William Feldman, Carol Neese. Fourth row: Sanlyn Buxner, Candy Hansen, Rebecca 

Williams, Tommy Grav, Alice Baldridge, Joe Spitale, Julie Rathbun, Thea Ca

Z

izo. Fifth row: Robert Reedy, Asmin Pathare, Jeff Morgenthaler. 



Sixth row: Bruce Barnett, Melissa Lane, David Crown, David Acklam, Jade Carter-Bond, William Hartmann, Emily Joseph, Amy Trueba 

Knudson. Seventh row: Andy Nelson (guest), Frank Chuang, Michael Gibbs, Mark Bishop, Brent Garry, Ross Irwin, Michael Wendell, Henry 

Throop, Gavin Nelson, Stu Weidenschilling, David O’Brien, Dave Vaniman, Michelle Greer. Eighth row: Ed Tedesco, Alan Fischer, Jim McEl-

waine, Larry Lebofsky, Tim Hunter, Marc Fries, Mary Chapman, Kitty and Marvin Killgore (guests). Back row: Alexis Palmero Rodriguez

Pasquale Tricarico, Eric Palmer, and Al Anzaldua. 

 PSI Retreat 2011 



PSI Board Chair Tim Hunter gave Don 

Davis (in green) a plaque that recognized 

his leadership of the Institute as co-

founder and Director for over 30 years,  

his 15 years on the PSI Board of Trus-

tees, and his many contributions to plane-

tary science including advancing our 

knowledge of asteroids and the origin of 

the moon. Thank you, Don! 

Kelly Yoder received an award from 

Mark Sykes commemorating her 15 

years with the Institute as our amazing 

Sponsored Projects Manager, effi-

ciently administering 173 grants and 

contracts this year alone. Bravo, Kelly! 

Phot

o: H

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roop 

Photo: Jesse Stone 

Phot

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Eric Palmer described the Mer-

cator project’s goal to provide 

navigation for future NASA 

missions to Mars and the moon. 

Director Mark Sykes welcomed 

everyone to PSI’s seventh retreat . 

Tommy Grav came from Mary-

land for his first PSI retreat.   

A lot of interest is generated by the first im-

ages received from the Dawn mission’s look at 

the asteroid Vesta. PSI has 12 scientists on the 

Dawn mission. 

Liz Jensen (TX) presented 

her research on measuring 

the “invisible” magnetic 

field in the solar atmosphere. 

PSI Trustees at the retreat: l-r, Secretary Michael Gibbs, Chair Tim 

Hunter, Vice Chair Candace Kohl and Trustee Emeritus John Mason. 

PSI 2011 Retreat Photo Gallery  

Catherine Johnson, from Vancou-

ver, BC, reported on MESSEN-

GER’s findings about Mercury’s 

magnetic field.  Six PSI scientists 

are on the MESSENGER team. 

L-r, Kristen Lawrence (CA), Rebecca Ghent 

(ON), and Catherine Johnson (BC) at lunch. 

Luke Sollitt (SC) described the Atsa 

Suborbital Observatory that PSI and 

XCOR Aerospace have agreed to 

develop. PSI’s Mark Sykes and Faith 

Vilas are two of the crew members 

who will operate this observatory 

during flight.   

Rebecca Ghent, from 

Toronto, detailed her 

investigations of regolith 

cover on ejecta rocks. 

Kristen Lawrence explains her poster on interac-

tions between the early Martian dynamo, surface 

water, atmosphere, and solar wind to Tim 

Hunter and Al Anzaldua. 

Rebecca Williams (WI) 

talked about her field-

work this year in Chile 

and S. Australia. 

Joe Spitale’s presentation 

was on the detection of 

free unstable modes and 

massive bodies in Saturn’s 

outer B ring. 

Dave Vaniman described 

Mars Science Lab’s Curi-

osity rover’s upcoming 

exploration of mineralogy 

at Gale Crater on Mars.  

Photo: Henry Throop 


 



Fall 2011                 

Frank Chuang (at left) from 

Chandler, AZ, talked about 

PSI's software licenses and 

institutional field equipment 

at the meeting.  

L-r, Jim McElwaine (UK) is admiring 

meterorites with the collector Marvin 

Killgore, who owns these and many 

more. Some retreat goers took a field 

trip to the Southwest Meteorite Lab. 

Tommy Grav (MD) presented his 

research on the Jupiter Trojans as 

seen from the Wide-field Infrared 

Survey Explorer (WISE). 

The Retreat Banquet at Janos

 

Enjoying the banquet: l-r, Brent 

Garry (DC) and Bob Reedy (NM). 

Trustee Michael Gibbs (MD), Bruce Barnett, 

Tammi Palmer and Marilyn Guengerich. 

Facing the camera: l-r, Trustee Pat Simmons and wife 

Sandy Simmons, Ewen Whitaker and Trustee Ben Smith. 

At the banquet: Jeff Morgenthaler (ME) 

and Ed Tedesco (NM).  

Board Chair Tim Hunter and wife Carol Hunter. 

Some of our California scientists at the 

banquet: l-r, in front, Karly Pitman, and 

Julie Rathbun; behind them are Eldar 

Noe Dobrea and Susanne Douglas. 

PSI retreat attendees filled Janos restaurant: 

from left, Liz Jensen (TX), Dave Vaniman 

(NM) and Henry Throop (DC). 

Cheers! L-r, Alice Baldridge (CA), 

Cathy Weitz (DC), Melissa Lane 

(PA) and Amy Trueba Knudson 

(WA). 

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To illustrate where and how far the Apollo missions trav-

eled at each landing site on the moon, Brent Garry (DC) 

compared where the Apollo astronauts would have explored 

if they had landed in DC. The first three Apollo landings 

(Apollo 11,12,14) would not have left the National Mall, 

whereas the final three missions (Apollo 15,16,17) would 

have crossed the Potomac River into Virginia.  

Gavin Nelson, PSI’s Infrastruc-

ture System Administrator, with 

off-site scientist Candy Hansen 

(UT), for an on-site tutorial dur-

ing the retreat. 

Photo: Henry Throop 

*Unless otherwise noted, all photographs were taken by Alan Fischer and Chris Holmberg. 


 

 



Fall 2011 

Japanese School Adapts PSI Crater Count 

Dating System, Wins Prize 

by William K. Hartmann 

 

I

n August, 2010, I received an 

email from Yoshio Okamoto, a 

geosciences teacher at Tonnoji 

High School, affiliated with 

Osaka Kyoiku University, in 

Osaka, Japan.  He was interested 

in using the crater chronometry 

system developed and used at PSI 

since the 1970s to estimate ages 

of planetary surfaces.  The idea is 

simple: the more impact craters, 

the older the surface.  Like many 

simple ideas in science, the im-

plementation has been complex.  

We calibrated our system by using 

dates from rocks collected at 

Apollo moon landing sites, then 

translated the whole system to 

Mars.  Starting in 2006, a strong 

confirmation of the system came, when cameras on Mars Global 

Surveyor and more recently Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter de-

tected craters forming on Mars at a rate very close to our pre-

dicted rate.  

  

Okamoto stayed in touch, sending sample data and questions 



from the Japanese students and, as he noted, the system is ideal 

for classroom use.  Teachers anywhere in the world can 

download scaled photographs of Martian geologic formations 

from many websites and distribute them to students.  Students 

can measure diameters of craters in millimeters and convert to 

meters or kilometers on Mars.  By measuring the area of the pho-

tos, they can derive the number of craters per square km

 

in vari-



ous diameters. Using data from our PSI web site (www.psi.edu/

research/isochrons/chron04a.html), teachers and students can plot 



Japanese high school students 

in Osaka use a measuring 

scale to record diameters of 

craters on Mars.  

their data on our “isochron diagram” (bottom of page 2 on PSI 

webpage) of the number of craters per square km versus crater 

diameter.  Their results can then be compared to our “isochron” 

curves that show the predicted crater densities for various ages, 

such as 1 million years (My) or 1 billion years (Gy) and the stu-

dent can read off the approximate age.  The project is ideal not 

only for teaching simple geometric arithmetic, but also principles 

of statistics (the more craters that are counted, the less the scatter 

in the diagram), astronomy (the craters are caused by impacts of 

asteroids scattered through the solar system), and geology 

(younger geologic formations, such as new lava flows, are super-

imposed on older surfaces, such as ancient river beds).   

  

I received word in July that the students were off to present their 



results at the international “Super Science High School” confer-

ence and competition among Japanese and Asian science stu-

dents, held in Kobe, 

Japan.  And then on 

August 21, I received 

an excited email 

from Okamoto that 

the students had won 

the Japanese Science 

and Technology 

Master prize—Silver 

medal—in the com-

petition.  As the stu-

dents said, they have 

apparently taken 

crater counting to a 

higher level than any 

other high school in 

the world! 

 

 



It’s exciting to see our work move from esoteric scientific jour-

nals into distant classrooms, and we hope for additional interest 

from more teachers.   We stand by to advise and assist.  

Director’s Note 

PSI NEWSLETTER 

Copyright© 2011 by Planetary Science Institute 



The Japanese students presenting their prize-

winning crater chronometry results at the 

international “Super Summer High School” 

competition, August 11-12, 2011, in Kobe 

Japan. 

 

 



P

SI's Annual Retreat is always ener-

gizing! It is great to have so many of 

our scientists in from around the coun-

try and the world, interacting face to 

face, listening to presentations by our 

newest members, pushing forward ex-

isting collaborations and starting up 

new ones.  

 

We heard about asteroid populations, 



volcanism on the moon, planet formation in star clusters, Mer-

cury's odd magnetic field, lunar paleomagnetism, probing mag-

netic fields in the solar atmosphere, volatile atmospheres of satel-

lites, microbes living in rock, and Saturn's rings.  

 

We watched movies of avalanches in the Alps (what we do for 



science...), how to navigate on the moon from topography, con-

struction of the Atsa Armrest Camera by students at The Citadel 

(with whom we did centrifuge training a few months ago), and 

plans for the study of Gale Crater by Curiosity (NASA Mars Sci-

ence Lab rover) that launches for Mars this November. 

 

This year we experimented with having posters. These proved 



very popular and useful for breakout discussions throughout the 

meeting. New additions kept popping up. We'll undoubtedly have 

more next year.  

 

Our traditional banquet was also a great success (and delicious as 



usual, thanks to Janos!). A highlight of the evening was our 

Sponsored Projects Manager, Kelly Yoder, being surprised and 

stunned at being recognized for her 15 years of service at PSI. It 

has been a real pleasure, these past several years, to recognize the 

long tenure of so many of our staff and the great work they do. 

 

This retreat was also marked by a PSiPad exchange. Since we 



only get together once a year, we always need to be working on 

improving our communications infrastructure to increase and 

promote interaction within our distributed Institute. The advent of 

the iPad 2 with a camera and capability for Skype and FaceTime 

was irresistible. I expect that we will get to the point, ultimately, 

where easy video communication is the norm. 

 

Now we just need to get going on those flying cars! 



 

Mark V. Sykes 

October 2011 


 

 

PSI NEWSLETTER 



Fall 2011 

Copyright © 2011 by Planetary Science Institute 



Sad news: Robert J. Parks, PSI Trustee from 1998 to 2004, died on 

June 3, 2011, of complications following injuries suffered from a fall 

in his home. He is survived by his wife, 

Hanne, three sons, and two grandsons. Bob 

and Hanne lived on Balboa Island. 

 

Bob spent many years at JPL, retiring in 1987 



as Deputy Director. In his long career at JPL, 

Bob oversaw the development and operation of 

numerous planetary spacecraft, including the 

Mariner, Ranger, Surveyor, and Viking series. 

When JPL was a U.S. Army installation, Bob 

worked on the Corporal and Sergeant missiles.  

 

He served in the Army in Europe during World 



War II. He was a graduate of Caltech, and was a classmate of Gene 

Shoemaker, Stan Holditch, and John Mason, all former PSI Trustees. 

Bob was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1973. He 

will be missed by all who knew him. 



 

Notice to PSI Newsletter readers:  

 

Beginning with the Winter 2011 issue, the PSI 

Newsletter will be sent only to Friends of PSI

 

To continue receiving news about PSI and be a 



part of our success, become a Friend of PSI.  

  

Yearly membership is only $40.00!  

 

Join us at www.psi.edu/Friend 



On August 10, Ruby Mi-

chelle was born to first-time 

parents Dana and Michael 

Wendell. (He is a PSI Soft-

ware Developer). Ruby 

weighed 7 lb. 12 oz., and 

measured 18.5 inches. 

 

Congratulations Dana and 

Michael, she’s beautiful. And 

welcome Ruby Michelle! 

Trustee Michael Gibbs Receives Award 

 

LAUREL, MD (August 24, 2011) – PSI Board member 



Dr. Michael G. Gibbs, vice president for advancement of 

Capitol College, is a recipient of The Daily Record’s 2011 

“VIP List of very important professionals successful by 

40” award. The award is given to Maryland professionals 

under the age of 40 on the basis of professional accom-

plishment, civic involvement and impact of achievement.  

 

Bravo, Michael!  



Asteroid Named for Betty Pierazzo 

 

The asteroid originally designated 1992 AS2, discovered in Janu-

ary 2002 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak, is now named for our re-

cently deceased colleague and friend Betty Pierazzo and will be 

known as (15296) Pierazzo. 

 

Elisabetta (Betty) Pierazzo (1963-2011) was an expert in impact 



modeling, in particular of the Chicxulub impact, as well as in 

modeling the astrobiological and environmental effects of im-

pacts on Earth and Mars.  She was an enthusiastic communicator 

of science to the general public and a dedicated teacher of plane-

tary science for students and educators. 

 

See the Summer 2011 PSI Newsletter for the full obituary. 



PSI Postdoctoral Research 

Scientist Jade Bond and Ja-

son Carter were married on 

Feb. 26, 2011, at St. Ann's 

Chapel, in Tucson AZ. 

 

The newlyweds have recently 

moved  back to Jade’s home 

country, Australia. 

 

Best wishes, Jade and Jason! 

Steve Kortenkamp (center) and his wife Jane 

Morrison with UA College of Science Dean Joa-

quin Ruiz at the award presentation. 

Kortenkamp Receives Teaching Award 

PSI Senior Scientist Steve Kortenkamp was selected by the fac-

ulty of the College of Science at the University of Arizona to 

receive the 2011 "Innovations in Teaching" award.  Kortenkamp 

has been an adjunct instructor at UA since 2007, teaching a 

planetary science course each fall for astronomy and planetary 

science minors as well as non-science majors.  He was selected 

for the award on the basis of his stunning custom-made computer 

visualizations, innovative examination techniques, and utilization 

of hand-held RF devices for student participation in large lecture 

halls.  During the award  presentation UA's Dean Ruiz also high-

lighted Kortenkamp's series of childrens’ science books and the 

distribution of his visualizations to K-12 science teachers through 

PSI's Project WISER E/PO program.  

 

Hooray, Steve!



 


 

 

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David A. Crown, PhD 

 

Chief Financial Officer  

Bruce Barnett, CPA 

 

Senior Scientists 

Natalia Artemieva, PhD 

Matt Balme, PhD  

Mary C. Bourke, PhD 

Mary G. Chapman, PhD 

Donald R. Davis, PhD 

Deborah Domingue Lorin, PhD 

Susanne Douglas, PhD 

Jack Drummond, PhD  

William C. Feldman, PhD  

Robert W. Gaskell, PhD 

Cyrena A. Goodrich, PhD 

Jennifer A. Grier, PhD  

Lijie Han, PhD 

Candice J. Hansen, PhD  

 

William K. Hartmann, PhD 



Keith Holsapple, PhD 

Anton Ivanov, PhD 

Sumita Jayaraman, PhD 

Catherine Johnson, PhD 

Stephen Kortenkamp, PhD 

Kimberly R. Kuhlman, PhD 

Melissa D. Lane, PhD 

James N. McElwaine, PhD 

Jeffrey P. Morgenthaler, PhD 

Beatrice E. A. Mueller, PhD 

Thomas H. Prettyman, PhD 

Julie Rathbun, PhD 

Robert C. Reedy, PhD 

Nalin H. Samarasinha, PhD    

Joseph N. Spitale, PhD  

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Edward F. Tedesco, PhD 

Henry Throop, PhD 

David Vaniman, PhD 

Faith Vilas, PhD  

Stuart J. Weidenschilling, PhD 

Catherine Weitz, PhD 

Rebecca Williams, PhD  

Charles A. Wood, PhD 

R. Aileen Yingst, PhD  

 

Research Scientists  

Sarah Andre, PhD 

Alice Baldridge, PhD 

Daniel C. Berman, MS 



 

Leslie F. Bleamaster, III, PhD 

Marc D. Fries, PhD 

Brent Garry, PhD 

Rebecca Ghent, PhD 

Tommy Grav, PhD 

Rossman P. Irwin III, PhD 

Scott C. Mest, PhD 

Joseph Michalski, PhD  

Eldar Z. Noe Dobrea, PhD 

David P. O’Brien, PhD 

Asmin Pathare, PhD 

Alexis Palmero Rodriguez, PhD 

Karly M. Pitman, PhD 

Nicholas J. Tosca, PhD 

Pasquale Tricarico, PhD 

 

Associate Research Scientists

 

Susan Benecchi, PhD 



 

Mark Bishop, PhD  

Elizabeth Jensen, PhD   

Amy Trueba Knudson, PhD 

Stephen Metzger, PhD 

Nic Richmond, PhD 

Luke Sollitt, PhD 

Postdoctoral Research Scientists 

Jade Carter-Bond, PhD 

Kristin P. Lawrence, PhD 

Eric E. Palmer, PhD 

Naoyuki Yamashita, PhD 

Senior Education Specialists

 

Steven Croft, PhD 



Larry A. Lebofsky, PhD 

Education Specialist 

Sanlyn Buxner, PhD 



Education Support Specialist

 

Thea L. Cañizo, EdD 



 

Science Support Staff

 

Frank C. Chuang, MS  



 Research Associate/Software Specialist 

Rose Early 

 

Lead Software Developer 

Gilbert A. Esquerdo 

 

Research Assistant 

Emily C. S. Joseph 



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Carol Neese, PhD 

 

Senior Research Associate 

Jesse Stone 

 

Software Developer 

Michael Wendell 



 Software Developer 

Affiliate Senior Scientists

 

James N. Head, PhD  



Hideaki Hirdy Miyamoto, PhD  

Affiliate Scientists

 

Matthew A. Chamberlain, PhD 



Yan Jianguo, PhD 

 

 



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Alan D. Fischer 



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Michelle Greer 



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Amy G. Hartmann-Gordon, MBA 



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Chris Holmberg 



 

Newsletter Editor/Assistant Administrator 

Gavin Nelson 



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Elaine Owens  

 

Office Manager 

Linda Rueger 



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Kelly Yoder 

 

Sponsored Projects Manager 

Terrill Yuhas 



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Board of Trustees 

 

Tim Hunter, MD, Chair 



 University of Arizona Medical Center 

Candace Kohl, PhD, Vice Chair 



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Michael G. Gibbs, EdD, Secretary 



 Capitol College 

Brent Archinal, PhD 



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William K. Hartmann, PhD 



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Pat H. Simmons 



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Mark V. Sykes, PhD, JD 



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Donald R. Davis, PhD 



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