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Experts on Ground-based observing

Name Missions & Mission Experience Targets Techniques Major Facilities & Instrument Development
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Elisabeth Adams
Kepler Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Kuiper Belt, Pluto, Small satellites Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Space-based observing IRTF, MMT ** Cameras
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Susan Benecchi
HST, New Horizons Charon, Comets, Dwarf planets, Kuiper Belt, Pluto, Trans-Neptunian objects Astrometry, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Photometry, Space-based observing Cerro Tololo, Gemini, IRTF, Kitt Peak
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Roger Clark
Cassini, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Europa Clipper, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Observer, MRO ** Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission Co-Investigator Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Earth, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Io, Jupiter, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Neptune, Planetary rings, Pluto, Saturn, Small satellites, Titan, Uranus, Venus, Vesta Geology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Mineralogy, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy
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Don Davis
Apollo Asteroids, Moon, Vesta Celestial Mechanics, Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling
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Rebecca Ghent
LRO, Mars 2020, OSIRIS-REx Asteroids, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Venus Remote sensing, Radar, Tectonics, Volcanism, Numerical modeling, Geology, Ground-based observing, Mapping
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Amara Graps
Cassini, Dawn, Galileo, IRAS, New Horizons, Rosetta, Ulysses, Voyager ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Enceladus, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Io, Io torus, Jupiter, Meteorites, Moon, Planetary rings, Saturn, Small satellites, Solar particles/Solar wind, Uranus, Vesta Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Magnetospherics, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Volcanism IRTF, Palomar ** Cameras, Dust counter
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Bill Hartmann
Mariner 9, Mars Express (ESA), Mars Global Surveyor Asteroids, Comets, Earth, Mars, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Volcanism
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Henry Hsieh
Asteroids, Comets, Interplanetary Dust, Small satellites Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy
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Georgiana Kramer
Apollo, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Clementine, Dawn, Kaguya (Japan), LRO, Lunar Prospector ** Calibration/Test planning, Data validation, Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Meteorites, Moon, Solar particles/Solar wind, Vesta Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Gamma-ray spectroscopy, Geology, Geomorphology, Ground-based observing, Impacts, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mapping, Mass spectrometry, Mineralogy, Neutron spectroscopy, Petrology, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy Cameras, Spectrometers, Imaging spectrometers
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Lucille Le Corre
Cassini, Dawn, Hayabusa 1 (Japan), Hayabusa2 (Japan), OSIRIS-REx ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Europa, Icy satellites, Meteorites, Small satellites, Titan, Vesta Geology, Geomorphology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy IRTF ** Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Larry Lebofsky
Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Meteorites, Moon, Pluto, Small satellites Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing
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Jian-Yang Li
Chang'E 2 (China), Dawn, Deep Impact, EPOXI, HST, OSIRIS-REx, Stardust-NExT ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Small satellites, Vesta Ground-based observing, Mapping, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Thermal modeling ALMA, Gemini, Palomar
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Jeff Morgenthaler
GALEX, Sounding Rockets Comets, Earth, Europa, Gas giants, Io, Io torus, Jupiter, Solar particles/Solar wind Aeronomy, Astrometry, Atmospheres, Calorimetry, Ground-based observing, Photometry, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy, X-ray spectroscopy Kitt Peak ** Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers, X-ray spectrometers
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Beatrice Mueller
Asteroids, Comets, Trans-Neptunian objects Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Photometry Cerro Tololo, Kitt Peak
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Julie Rathbun
Cassini, Europa Clipper Icy satellites, Io Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Volcanism
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Nalin Samarasinha
Asteroids, Comets, Kuiper Belt Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing Cerro Tololo, Kitt Peak
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Juan Sanchez
Asteroids, Meteorites, Small satellites Spectroscopy, Remote sensing, Photometry, Ground-based observing, Mineralogy
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Stephen Scheidt
Earth, Mars Crater Counting, Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Ground-based observing, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mapping, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Thermal modeling, Volcanism Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Amanda Sickafoose
Asteroids, Charon, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Kuiper Belt, Moon, Planetary rings, Pluto, Trans-Neptunian objects Astrometry, Atmospheres, Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy Cerro Tololo, Gemini, IRTF, Kitt Peak, SOFIA ** Cameras, Dust counter, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Matt Siegler
Apollo, Chang'E 1 (China), Chang'E 2 (China), CLPS 2022 Lunar South Pole, CLPS 2023 Lunar Crisium, LCROSS, LRO, Lunar Prospector, Mariner 10, Mars Insight, Mars Polar Lander, MESSENGER, OSIRIS-REx, Phoenix Mars Lander, VIPER ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Mars, Mercury, Moon Celestial Mechanics, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Neutron spectroscopy, Planetary Interiors, Radar, Remote sensing, Thermal modeling Arecibo, VLA ** Geothermal heat flow probes, Microwave radiometers, Seismometers, Thermal radiometers
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Sarah Sonnett
NEOWISE Asteroids, Comets, Dwarf planets, Trans-Neptunian objects Astrobiology, Astrometry, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy Kitt Peak ** Cameras
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Mark Sykes
Dawn, HST, IRAS, ISO (ESA), MSX, NEOWISE, Spitzer ** Data archive, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Charon, Comets, Deimos, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Phobos, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta Ground-based observing, Photometry, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing ALMA, IRTF, Kitt Peak, MMT, SMT
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Ed Tedesco
IRAS, ISO (ESA), IUE, MSX, NEOSSat (Canada), Spitzer ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Deputy Mission PI, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta Astrometry, Ground-based observing, Photometry, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing Cerro Tololo, IRTF, Kitt Peak, Palomar ** Cameras
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David Vaniman
MSL Earth, Mars, Moon Petrology, Volcanism, Geology, Ground-based observing, Mineralogy, Mapping
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Faith Vilas
Hayabusa 1 (Japan), Hayabusa2 (Japan), LCROSS, LRO, MESSENGER ** Mission science team Asteroids, Dwarf planets, Iapetus, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites Ground-based observing, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy Cerro Tololo, MMT ** Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Kathryn Volk
Asteroids, Comets, Exoplanets, Kuiper Belt, Trans-Neptunian objects Celestial Mechanics, Ground-based observing Kitt Peak, LBT
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Paul Weissman
Galileo, Rosetta Asteroids, Comets, Kuiper Belt, Small satellites Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing
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Rebecca Williams
Mars 2020, Mars Odyssey, MRO, MSL ** Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Science operations Earth, Mars Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing Cameras
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Lucy Williamson
Data archive, Instrument Co-Investigator Asteroids, Exoplanets Field Work, Ground-based observing, Photometry, Spectroscopy Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers

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