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Caltech
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences

Planetary Science Faculty

Konstantin Batygin
Professor of Planetary Science
Geoffrey A. (Geoff) Blake
Professor of Cosmochemistry and Planetary Sciences and Professor of Chemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry;  Environmental Geochemistry;  Extraterrestrial Geochemistry/Cosmochemistry; 
Michael E. (Mike) Brown
Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy; Terence D. Barr Leadership Chair, Center for Comparative Planetary Evolution; Director, Caltech Center for Comparative Planetary Evolution
Planetary Astronomy; 
Katherine R. de Kleer
Assistant Professor of Planetary Science and Astronomy; Hufstedler Family Scholar
Planetary Astronomy;  Planetary Atmospheres;  Planetary Geosciences;  Planetary Surfaces; 
Bethany L. Ehlmann
Professor of Planetary Science; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair, Keck Institute for Space Studies; Director, Keck Institute for Space Studies
Mission Instrumentation;  Planetary Geosciences;  Remote Sensing;  Spectroscopy; 
Heather A. Knutson
Professor of Planetary Science; Divisional Academic Officer for Geological and Planetary Sciences
Shrinivas R. (Shri) Kulkarni
George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science
Laurie Leshin
Vice President and Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Bren Professor of Geochemistry and Planetary Science
Jonathan Lunine
Professor of Planetary Science
Yuk L. Yung
Professor of Planetary Science; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist
Atmospheric Chemistry;  Environmental Geochemistry;  Planetary Atmospheres; 

Planetary Science Post Doctoral Scholars

Abdulrahman Aljurbua
Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee in Planetary Science
Swaroop Chandra
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Planetary Science
Emma Dahl
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Planetary Science
Junjie Dong
Stanback Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Comparative Planetary Evolution
Huazhi Ge
Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee in Planetary Science
Yinuo Han
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Planetary Science
Oscar Kamps
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Planetary Science
Gabriele Pichierri
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Planetary Science
Amanda Steckel
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Planetary Science
Alexander Thelen
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Planetary Science

Planetary Science Grad Students

Samantha R. Baker
Matthew Belyakov
Ian Brunton
Maria Camarca
Sihe Chen
Ryleigh Davis
Jonathan Gomez-Barrientos
Michael (Mike) Greklek-McKeon
Mma Ikwut-Ukwa
Julie A. Inglis
Valeriya Kachmar
Abigail M. Keebler
Ting Juan Liao
Merritt McDowell
Zachariah M. (Zac) Milby
Kimberly Paragas
Yu Yu Phua
Morgan Saidel
Ruizhe Roger Wang
Becky Williams
Tony Yap

Planetary Science Undergrad Students

Madeline E. (Maddy) Christensen
Marisa Langley
Brayden Noh
Michael A. Sowell
Riley L. Tam

Planetary Science Research Staff

Stuart J. Bartlett
Research Staff
Belinda P. Blakley
Research Assistant
Emily Felder
Research Assistant
Rebecca Greenberger
Lab Manager and Research Scientist
Julianna Jin
Research Assistant
Aaron Lee
Research Assistant
Michael Mansour
Research Assistant
Jasper K. Miura
Mission Research & Communications Specialist
Apurva Oza
Staff Scientist
Run-Lie Shia
Associate Research Scientist
Yuan Wang
Scientific Research Associate
Kayla Weng
Research Support-Assistant
Tracy Xia
Research Support-Assistant
Zhimeng Zhang
Staff Scientist

Planetary Science Administrative Staff

Rachael Danyew
Grants Manager Assistant
Stephanie Petty
Junior Grants Manager
Ulrika Terrones
Grants and Operations Manager
Sandy Tran
Grants Manager Assistant
Loreta Young
Grants Manager Assistant