Caitlin joined LPL in 2002 after 8 years at Northern Arizona University, where she rose to the rank of Associate Professor. She was promoted to Professor at UArizona in 2009. A look at Caitlin’s CV reveals her varied interests, from observational studies of the atmosphere of Titan, where she was the first to discover clouds, to studies of giant planet, brown dwarf, and exoplanet atmospheres. Caitlin had the idea to organize the first exoplanet-brown dwarf-Solar System synergy meeting in Flagstaff in 2000. She spearheaded and nurtured a multitude of international collaborations, including with researchers at the Observatório National in Brazil and the Observatiore de Paris in Meudon, France. At LPL, she regularly taught the planetary atmospheres core class, educated numerous students on how to use a telescope, and shepherded a number of graduate students to a Ph.D.

A reception in Caitlin's honor was held at LPL on May 16.