Dr. Mariah Baker joined the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies as a post-doctoral fellow in 2019, after receiving her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on characterizing wind-driven (“aeolian”) activity at the field sites of the Curiosity rover and InSight...

Dr. Bruce Campbell received a B.S. in Geophysics in 1986 from Texas A&M University, and a Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics in 1991 from the University of Hawaii. Since 1992 he has been with the Smithsonian’s Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the National Air and Space Museum, and was ...

Dr. Bob Craddock began his career as a geologist at the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies in 1988. He combines remote sensing data, quantitative geomorphic analyses, and terrestrial field investigations to help unravel the early geologic history of Mars and to better understand the...

Dr. John A. Grant, III joined the Smithsonian in the fall of 2000 as a geologist at the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the National Air and Space Museum. He is a member of the Science Teams for the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Science...

Dr. Ross Irwin received his bachelor of science in geological sciences from Virginia Tech in 1997 and a PhD in environmental sciences from the University of Virginia in 2005. He completed a post-doctoral appointment at the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies in 2010. For two years he worked...

Dr. Emily Martin is a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies studying the ancient tectonic history of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Reconstructing Enceladus’s early tectonic history will provide insight into how Enceladus developed into one of the few currently geologically...

Dr. Alex Morgan is a geologist who uses spacecraft data, computer modeling, and field work to decipher the environmental conditions present during the evolution of planetary landscapes. He is primarily focused on the geologic history of the martian surface - Mars today is a cold, dry, global...

Dr. Sharon Wilson Purdy joined the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies in 2005 to investigate the geology and geomorphology of landforms on Mars that were formed and (or) modified by surface water. The timing and duration of fluvial processes on Mars provides critical information about the...

Priscilla Strain first joined the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS) in 1974 to work under a NASA grant to study the photography of the Moon collected by the Apollo missions. At the completion of these studies, she undertook the development of the Looking at Earth exhibition...

Dr. Thomas R. Watters is a Senior Scientist in the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. He received his BS in earth science from West Chester University in 1977, his MA in geology from Bryn Mawr College in 1979, and his PhD in...