Mars Through Time
July 8–11, 2014
Presented at the University of New Mexico
Presenter's Bios
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Jayne Aubele
Jayne Aubele is an Adult Programs Educator/Geologist at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Previously, she was a research staff scientist in Planetary Geology at Brown University and Program Manager for NASA’s Space Grant Program. Jayne is also the Principal Investigator for NASA’s Venus Data Analysis Program. Her publications include scientific papers/geologic maps of Mars and Venus, articles/book chapters for the general public, and curricula/materials for teachers of all grade levels. Jayne has conducted workshops and classes for all ages K-University level students and professional development for K-12 teachers. Jayne is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. |
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Larry Crumpler, Ph.D.
Before coming to the Museum, Dr. Crumpler spent 12 years on the staff at Brown University. Dr. Crumpler’s research interests are the volcanism of New Mexico, the U.S. Southwest, and other planets specializing in the origin of volcanic landforms. He is a member of the Mars Exploration Rover science team and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) science team. From his office in the Museum, Dr. Crumpler sends instructions to the Mars rovers, and receives information from them, on a daily basis. |
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Zachary Gallegos
Zachary Gallegos is a Masters student at the University of New Mexico. His current research deals with landing site analysis for Mars and Earth-based analogue site evaluation. He received his Bachelors of Science in Earth and Planetary Sciences in 2010 from the University of New Mexico where his research on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) instruments culminated in a multi-day rover simulation for MSL scientists. After graduation, Zachary spent time at the Lunar and Planetary Institute as a Lunar Exploration Analyst where he took part in a major effort to identify the best localities to send humans back to the Moon. His latest accomplishment in the planetary science field was selection to the Mars One mission which plans to land humans on Mars in 2024. Down from a field of over 202,000 applicants, Zachary is now in the third round of selection and part of the top 700 astronaut candidates. |
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Paige Valderamma Graff
Paige Valderrama Graff was born and raised in Staten Island, New York. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; a Master’s Degree in Multicultural/Bilingual Education from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona; and a Masters of Education in Earth Sciences from Penn State University, World Campus. Paige was a middle school teacher for 11 years in Nogales, Arizona, on the border of Arizona and Mexico. Since 2001 she has been involved with creating NASA Education Programs and opportunities that bring authentic science experiences to the classroom. Currently, she is the lead for NASA’s Expedition Earth and Beyond (EEAB) Program, facilitated at the NASA Johnson Space Center within the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Directorate. |
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Eve Halligan
Eve Halligan is an independent contractor working in Education and Public Outreach, where she helps to create and facilitate out-of-classroom earth and space science materials and programs. She has 8 years of experience working in informal science education, including 5 years as an educator in charge of science programs at a hands-on science center. Eve has her B.A. in Earth Science, minoring in Meteorology, from the University of Northern Iowa and has completed graduate work towards her M.S. in Geosciences, specializing in Meteorology/Climatology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. |
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Horton E. Newsom
Dr. Newsom obtained his undergraduate degree at the University of California Berkeley, and his doctorate at the University of Arizona, and is currently a Research Professor at the University of New Mexico. He is a geologist and geochemist with more than 30 years of experience with planetary science, including the study of impact craters and their hydrothermal systems. He has also extensively studied surface processes on Mars including impact craters, inverted channels and phyllosilicate (clay) bearing terrains, and the origin and chemistry of surficial materials. He is a Co-investigator and science team member on the ChemCam Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument on the Curiosity rover. Dr. Newsom advises undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral student research, and has been extensively involved in educational outreach to K-12 teachers and Native American colleges. |
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Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Rampe
Liz is a planetary geologist and postdoctoral researcher at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. She studies chemical weathering on Earth and Mars and is particularly interested in the minerals and mineraloids that precipitate from water-rock interactions. Liz is a member of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) science team and the Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument team. She is also involved in planetary analog missions and was a member of the Desert Research and Technology Studies (RATS) science team in 2010 and 2011 and a crew member in 2012. Liz received a BA in geology from Colgate University in 2005 and a Ph.D. in geological sciences from Arizona State University in 2011. |
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Andy Shaner
Andy is an Education Specialist with the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, TX. He is the education and public outreach (E/PO) lead for the LPI – JSC NASA SSERVI team and the E/PO lead for the ChemCam instrument onboard the Curiosity rover. Andy actively assists colleagues in the planning and implementation of professional development trainings for formal and informal educators. He also plans and implements programming for the general public. Andy received a B.A. in Secondary Education with teaching licensures in physics and earth & space science from Wichita State University and an M.A. in Teaching and Teacher Education with a minor in planetary science from the University of Arizona. |
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Christine Shupla
Christine Shupla supervises day-to-day operations for the Education department at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, and coordinates LPI’s formal education efforts. She is the principal investigator for the Sustainable Trainer Engagement Program (STEP), and leads a number of teacher professional development programs. Ms. Shupla’s bachelor’s degree is in Astronomy, and she has a master’s in Curriculum and Instruction. Prior to her work at LPI, Ms. Shupla spent approximately 15 years in the planetarium field, managing the planetarium and creating and presenting planetarium shows to approximately a million people. |
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Amy Williams
The natural world is a source of great inspiration to Amy. After earning a B.S. in geology from Furman University, she pursued her M.S. at the University of New Mexico, where she explored the salinization of the Rio Grande river. Through her M.S., she became interested in geobiology - the study of interactions between microbial life and the environment – and she jumped at the opportunity to both study geobiology and work with the Mars Curiosity rover mission at UC Davis. She has recently completed her Ph.D., studying the physical evidence of microbial life left behind in rocks. When she’s not researching or working with the Curiosity rover, Amy spends her time teaching and mentoring undergraduates. |
The 2014 workshop was supported by the ChemCam instrument onboard the Curiosity rover, the Lunar and Planetary Institute,
the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico,
and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
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