Associate professor, Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences / Astrobiology Program, at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Research interests include:
- Planetary Atmospheres and Climate; The Coupled Evolution of Planetary Surfaces and Atmospheres.
- Evolution of the Earth's Atmosphere and the Co-evolution of Life and Biogeochemical Cycles
- Involvement with NASA's missions to the planet Mars :
- data analysis from the Mars
Global Surveyor and Mars
Odyssey orbiters
- Science Team member for NASA's Phoenix lander (landed on Mars in 2008)
- 2005-2008: European Union Marie Curie Chair at the University of Bristol
- 2001: Jointly appointed to University of Washington Dept. of
Atmospheric Sciences and Astrobiology Program
- 1995-2001: NASA Ames Research Center, California, in the Planetary Systems Branch, Space Science Division
- 1994: D.Phil from the University
of Oxford
Kevin Zahnle (NASA Ames Research Center)
Roger Buick (University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences)
Giles Marion (Desert Research Insitute)
Steve Wood (University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences)
David Montgomery (University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences)
Current Ph.D. students
Megan Smith (Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences & Astrobiology)
Wayne Stewart (Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences & Astrobiology)
Former Ph.D. students:
Where are they now?
Elliot Sefton-Nash (2010) - researcher, University of Bristol
Sanjoy Som (2010) - postdoc, NASA Ames Research Center
Mark Claire (2008) - Lecturer, University of East Anglia, UK
Former undergraduate researchers:
Where are they now?
Meelis Lootus (2007-8) - Univ. of Oxford, PhD student
Chris Glein (2004-5) - Arizona State Univ. PhD student
Carie Frantz (2004) - University of Southern California PhD student
Elliot Ginder (2002-2004) - Univ. of Kanazawa, Japan, PhD student
Cindy Peacock (2003-2004) - NOAA, Chemist
Charlie Barnhart (2003) - Stanford, postdoc in Energy Resources
Joannah Metz (2001) - Caltech PhD (2010). Geoscientist, Shell Oil.
Carol Paty (2000) - Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech
Hillary Waites (1997) - climate change attorney, Santa Clara, CA
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