PTYS/LPL Faculty

Kuiper 438 | 520-626-6528 | jcahanna@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Lunar Studies, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary Surfaces, Titan & Outer Solar System

Missions

Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, Venus Emissivity, Radio science, InSAR, Topography, And Spectroscopy

Steward N208B | 520-621-6534 | apai@arizona.edu

Research Interests

Astrobiology, Exoplanets, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Formation and Evolution, Extrasolar Planets, Planetary Atmospheres, Astrobiology, Interdisciplinary Research

Missions

James Webb Space Telescope, Nautilus, Pandora

Kuiper 426, Drake 104H | 520-626-9075, 520-626-1970 | asphaug@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Lunar Studies, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary Surfaces, Small Bodies, Theoretical Astrophysics, Titan & Outer Solar System

Missions

Double Asteroid Redirection Test, Galileo, Hera, Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, Martian Moons eXploration, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, Psyche

Kuiper 436 | 520-621-6940 | barman@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Exoplanets, SPARCS

Missions

Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat

Kuiper 540 | jjbarnes@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Cosmochemistry, Lunar Studies, Planetary Analogs

Missions

Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer

Sonett 214 | 520-626-1967 | vjbray@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Lunar Studies, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Surfaces, Impact Cratering and Mission Operations

Missions

Artemis III, Cassini Mission, HiRISE, High Resolution Science Experiment (MRO), Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Kuiper 524 | 520-626-0407 | sbyrne@arizona.edu

Research Interests

Astrobiology, Photogrammetry, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary Surfaces, Titan & Outer Solar System

Missions

Dawn, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, HiRISE, High Resolution Science Experiment (MRO), Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Polar Lander

Kuiper 533A | 520-626-1993 | lmcarter@arizona.edu

Research Interests

Earth, Lunar Studies, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary Surfaces, Titan & Outer Solar System, Radar Remote Sensing

Missions

EnVision, Europa Clipper, Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars 2020, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Kuiper 526 | 520-626-3493 | danidg@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Earth, Photogrammetry, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary Surfaces, Small Bodies

Missions

Artemis III, OSIRIS-Apophis Explorer, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer

Kuiper 411 | 520-626-8365 | giacalon@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Solar and Heliospheric Research, Theoretical Astrophysics, Parker Solar Probe, Space Plasma Physics

Missions

Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, Parker Solar Probe: A NASA Mission to Touch the Sun, Solar Orbiter, Ulysses

Kuiper 542 | 520-626-2712 | vgulick@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Astrobiology, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Surfaces, Mars surface processes, Geomorphology, Fluvial and Hydrothermal studies, Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic studies, Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Raman spectroscopy, Automated science analysis, Crowdsourcing and Citizen science

Missions

Magellan, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Kuiper 530 | 520-621-6708 | pierre@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Astrobiology, Cosmochemistry, Planetary Astronomy, Small Bodies

Missions

Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer

Kuiper 430 | 520-626-6254, 301-305-3818 | chamilton@arizona.edu

Research Interests

Astrobiology, Earth, Lunar Studies, Photogrammetry, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary Surfaces, Volcanology

Missions

Rover–Aerial Vehicle Exploration Network

Kuiper 221 | 520-626-6416, 530-574-4377 | wharris@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Planetary Astronomy, Planetary Atmospheres, Small Bodies, Solar and Heliospheric Research, Remote Sensing Instrumentation

Kuiper 536 | 520-621-4820 | holt@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Earth, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary Surfaces

Missions

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Snow4Flow

Kuiper 509B | 520-621-6936 | lon@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Earth, Lunar Studies, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary & Atmospheric physics, Lunar Studies, Planetary Geophysics, Theoretical Astrophysics

Missions

Lunar Prospector

Drake 115, Kuiper 218 | 520-626-2880, 520-621-1854 | ehowell@orex.lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Small Bodies

Missions

Double Asteroid Redirection Test, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer

Kuiper 431 | 520-621-2806 | kgklein@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Solar and Heliospheric Research, Theoretical Astrophysics, HelioSwarm, Parker Solar Probe

Missions

HelioSwarm, Parker Solar Probe: A NASA Mission to Touch the Sun, Wind

Kuiper 353 | 520-621-6943 | kortenka@arizona.edu

Research Interests

Science Education, Planet formation, Orbital Dynamics

Kuiper 421 | 520-621-6939 | tommi@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Exoplanets, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Formation and Evolution, Titan & Outer Solar System

Missions

Cassini Mission, Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment

Kuiper 536 | lauretta@arizona.edu

Research Interests

Astrobiology, Cosmochemistry, Small Bodies, OSIRIS-REx, Asteroids, Comets, Meteorites, Origin of the Solar System

Missions

Hera, OSIRIS-Apophis Explorer, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer

Kuiper 515 | malhotra@arizona.edu

Research Interests

Astrobiology, Exoplanets, Orbital Dynamics, Planetary Formation and Evolution, Small Bodies, Theoretical Astrophysics

Missions

James Webb Space Telescope, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer

Kuiper 323 | 520-621-8623 | marley@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Exoplanets

Missions

James Webb Space Telescope

Kuiper 401 | 520-626-5507 | amarusiak@arizona.edu

Research Interests

Lunar Studies, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Geophysics, Small Bodies, Titan & Outer Solar System

Missions

Artemis III

Kuiper 527A | 520-621-4002 | isa@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Astrobiology, Exoplanets, Lunar Studies, Planetary Formation and Evolution, Planetary Geophysics, Theoretical Astrophysics, Titan & Outer Solar System, Planetary interiors, Theoretical modeling

Missions

Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory

Sonett 204 | 520-621-4573 | mcewen@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Astrobiology, Lunar Studies, Photogrammetry, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary Surfaces

Missions

Cassini Mission, Clementine, Europa Clipper, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, Galileo, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Voyager

Sonett 25 | nerozzi@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Earth, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary Surfaces

Missions

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Kuiper 429B | 520-626-1978 | mcn1@arizona.edu

Research Interests

Small Bodies, Asteroid geophysics, Planetary radar

Missions

Double Asteroid Redirection Test, Galileo, Hera, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, OSIRIS-Apophis Explorer, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer

Kuiper 532 | 520-626-5373 | pascucci@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Astrobiology, Exoplanets, Planetary Astronomy, Planetary Formation and Evolution

Missions

Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope

Kuiper 428 | 520-626-5874 | sukrit@lpl.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Astrobiology, Earth, Exoplanets, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Formation and Evolution, Theoretical Astrophysics

Kuiper 233 | 1-808-342-8932, 520-621-6969 | vishnureddy@arizona.edu

Research Interests

Cosmochemistry, Planetary Astronomy, Planetary Surfaces, Small Bodies, Space Situational Awareness, Spectroscopy

Missions

Dawn

Steward 272 | 520-621-2832 | grieke@as.arizona.edu

Research Interests

Planetary Astronomy, IR astronomy, JWST: Planetary debris disks, extragalactic observations

Missions

James Webb Space Telescope

Kuiper 417 | 520-626-6077 | tdrobin@arizona.edu

Research Interests

Exoplanets

Missions

OSIRIS-Apophis Explorer