| Name |
Contact Info |
Description |
Rafael Alanis,
JPL Co-Node |
M/S: 168-414
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Phone: 818-393-4802
Fax: 818-354-8982
Email: Rafael.Alanis@jpl.nasa.gov |
Rafael Alanis, computer technician and geologist, is the Mission Interface lead for the JPL Sub-Node, responsible for coordination of activities during all phases of the mission. Currently, he supports instrument teams on Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), Cassini, the DLR's Mars Express (MEX), and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Alanis is also actively involved in data standards development, capture and safing of instrument calibration data, and data restoration. |
Janet Barrett,
USGS Co-Node |
United States Geological Survey
2255 North Gemini Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Phone: 928-556-7103
Fax: 928-556-7090
Email: jbarrett@usgs.gov |
Janet Barrett, software engineer (along with Kris Becker), shares responsibility for providing Imaging Node software. Barrett has 16 years of experience in software development and image processing, with expertise in image file-format translation and display tools, and database design and management. Barrett develops ISIS software to translate and ingest PDS data. |
Kris Becker,
USGS Co-Node |
United States Geological Survey
2255 North Gemini Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Phone: 928-556-7124
Fax: 928-556-7090
Email: kbecker@usgs.gov |
Kris Becker, software engineer (along with Janet Barrett), shares responsibility for providing Imaging Node software. Becker has 18 years of experience in computer programming and system design. Becker develops software for interfacing with the OODT environment and for creating an image product database for the uniform coordinate system. |
Karen Boggs,
JPL Curator |
M/S: 168-527
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Phone: 818-393-5612
Fax: 818-393-6962
Email: Karen.Boggs@jpl.nasa.gov |
Karen Boggs is the JPL Web Curator assisting with PDS web development at JPL and responsible for all updates. In addition, as Webmaster for the Planetary Photojournal, Boggs is responsible for the population of images from all JPL missions, working closely with JPL Media Relations for timely press releases to the public. |
Dr. Philip Christensen,
USGS Co-Node |
Mail Code: 6305
Arizona State University
Mars Space Flight Facility
Tempe, AZ 85287-0412
Phone: 480-965-7105
Email: phil.christensen@asu.edu |
Dr. Philip Christensen is a Regents Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at Arizona State University (ASU). In addition to his active research program on surface processes on Mars, Phil is Principal Investigator for the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) and Mars Surveyor 2001 Orbiter Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) instruments, and Co-Investigator on the Mars Exploration Rovers (Athena), providing the Mini-TES instrument. Christensen is an expert in the analysis, acquisition, and processing of planetary image data for the Earth and other terrestrial planets. |
John Diehl,
JPL Co-Node |
M/S: 168-514
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Phone: 818-354-1988
Fax: 818-393-6962
Email: John.Diehl@jpl.nasa.gov |
John Diehl John Diehl is a member of the Instrument Operations System Engineering group at JPL. His work with the Imaging Node primarily involves the acceptance of archive volumes from the Cassini ISS and VIMS instruments for the PDS Atlas. |
Eric M. Eliason,
USGS Co-Node |
The University of Arizona
Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg.
1629 E. University Blvd. #92
Tucson AZ 85721
Phone: 520-626-0764
Email: eeliason@lpl.arizona.edu |
Eric M. Eliason managed the USGS Sub-Node of the Imaging Node from 1990 to 2003. He has considerable expertise with image processing and analysis, data restoration, and data publishing activities in support of the PDS, Voyager, and Mars Observer projects, and the Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program. In 1993, he was selected to participate as a NASA Science Team Member for the Clementine Mission. In addition, he serves as the primary interface of the HiRISE Data Node with the Imaging Node. |
Dr. Lisa Gaddis,
Co-Principal Investigator,
USGS Co-Node |
United States Geological Survey
2255 North Gemini Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Phone: 928-556-7053
Fax: 928-556-7090
Email: lgaddis@usgs.gov |
Dr. Lisa Gaddis is the Principal Investigator (PI) for the PDS Imaging Node. Gaddis will ensure that the interests of science users of planetary image data are represented in Imaging Node activities, provide oversight of Imaging Node tasks carried out at the USGS, negotiate project requirements and funding levels with the NASA Program Executive; participate in the PDS Management Council, and work with Imaging Node staff at USGS and JPL to define objectives, schedules, and budgets for Imaging Node activities. Gaddis is a planetary scientist with expertise in geologic analysis of remote sensing data for the Earth, Moon, Mars, and Venus. She has been PI and Co-I in the NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics (PGG) and Mars Data Analysis Program programs since 1991, participant in and/or Chair of NASA science and cartography review panels and groups, and Task Leader for several planetary cartography projects at USGS (e.g., restoration of Lunar Orbiter data), and she served as USGS Project Manager for cartographic processing of Imager for Mars Pathfinder data. |
Patricia Garcia,
USGS Co-Node |
United States Geological Survey
2255 North Gemini Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Phone: 928-556-7246
Fax: 928-556-7090
Email: pgarcia@usgs.gov |
Patricia Garcia, computer scientist and senior data engineer, has provided Mission Interface and Data Standards Development support for the USGS Sub-Node since 1994. Patty has led or participated in national workgroups on PDS standards. She is the primary developer of the Map-A-Planet web interface to the MapMaker software. Garcia’s primary duties for the PDS focus on coordinating activities with mission teams for MGS, Odyssey, Messenger, MRO, MER (derived image products), and Cassini. Patty has primary responsibility for Imaging Node monthly, quarterly, and yearly project reporting requirements. She also manages Web development activities for PDS at USGS. |
Dr. Paul Geissler,
USGS Co-Node |
United States Geological Survey
2255 North Gemini Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Phone: 928-556-7257
Fax: 928-556-7090
Email: pgeissler@usgs.gov |
Dr. Paul Geissler, planetary scientist, is the science advisor to the Imaging Node. Geissler has been active in mission planning and data analysis for the Galileo and Cassini missions and has experience in multi-spectral, multi-temporal and multi-phase angle imaging of outer Solar System satellites. Geissler provides input to the Imaging Node regarding the specific science requirements for research on icy satellite surfaces and atmospheres, and supports the Imaging Node interface to the Rings Node on data for the Outer Planet Satellites. |
Chris Isbell,
USGS Co-Node |
United States Geological Survey
2255 North Gemini Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Phone: 928-556-7211
Fax: 928-556-7090
Email: cisbell@usgs.gov |
Chris Isbell, cartographer, is the Technical Manager of the USGS Sub-Node facility. Isbell is Assistant Team Chief Scientist (Acting) for Technical Operations in Astrogeology, and he has provided the Imaging Node with software and catalog development, data processing, and data archive design since 1994. Isbell is supervisor and manager for the Astrogeology Data Dissemination and Publications Group. He has substantial expertise in data restoration and data publishing and provides support for cartographic and research projects. He led the design and production of the Galileo/NIMS EDR data products and the archive processing and production of the Clementine UVVIS Digital Image Model products. In addition, Isbell installed initial versions of the International Astronomical Union’s gazetteer of planetary nomenclature on the Node’s search and retrieval catalog. |
Susan K. LaVoie,
Co-Principal Investigator,
JPL Co-Node |
M/S: 168-527
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109
Phone: 818-354-5677
Fax: 818-393-6962
Email: Susan.K.LaVoie@jpl.nasa.gov |
Susan K. LaVoie is the Co-Investigator and Institutional PI for the Imaging Node. LaVoie provides oversight of Imaging Node tasks carried out at JPL, sets the technical direction for the Imaging Node and provide management of those activities, assists the PI in negotiation of project requirements and funding; participates in the PDS Management Council, and works with the PI and with Imaging Node staff to define project objectives, schedules and budgets for Imaging Node activities. LaVoie has extensive management experience in the development and operations of large complex systems to support planetary mission instrument data processing and archive. LaVoie has been involved in the Imaging Node since the PDS pilot program -- first as Test-Bed Manager, now as Co-I and Sub-Node Manager. In 2002, LaVoie held the role of PDS-Distribution System Development Manager. She has been the PI and Co-I on several data restoration and data access projects, served as the image processing and mission interface lead for several missions, and is currently Manager of the Instrument Software Systems Section. |
Myche McAuley,
JPL Co-Node |
M/S: 168-414
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Phone: 818-354-7974
Fax: 818-393-6962
Email: Myche.McAuley@jpl.nasa.gov |
Myche McAuley serves as the technical manager, system engineer, and software designer for the JPL Sub-Node Facility. He is responsible for supporting the integration of new technologies; hardware infrastructure; and design and implementation of the Atlas II Web Application. McAuley’s expertise includes the design and implementation of system architectures, J2EE and client-side Java applications, and automation. He has been with the Instrument Software Systems Section for 15 years. He was the lead developer and architect for the Java-based SIRTF telemetry processing system. McAuley has developed processing and analysis software for Cassini, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Global Surveyor, Galileo, and Magellan, designed and implemented Beowulf processing clusters to enable near real-time stereo data correlation for automated terrain generation, and designed and implemented the Planetary Photojournal. |
Dr. Alfred McEwen,
USGS Co-Node |
University of Arizona
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: 520-621-4573
Email: mcewen@lpl.arizona.edu |
Dr. Alfred McEwen, is a planetary geologist and director of the Planetary Image Research Laboratory at the University of Arizona. He is a member of the imaging science teams of the Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Cassini mission to Saturn, Participating Scientist on Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) and Mars Odyssey, and PI of the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) for Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). For Galileo, he led the sequence planning and science analysis for Io. For Cassini, he leads the planning for imaging observations of Titan. For Mars, his focus is on studies of recent flood lavas and fluvial features, terrestrial analogs, and evaluation of potential future landing sites. HiRISE is Alfred's major project for the next decade. |
Deborah Soltesz,
USGS Web Curator |
United States Geological Survey
2255 North Gemini Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Phone: 928-556-7088
Fax: 928-556-7090
Email: dsoltesz@usgs.gov |
Deborah Soltesz is the web designer of the Astrogeology Program website. She has ten years of experience in web development, data distribution, and science outreach. Soltesz assists with PDS web development at USGS. |
Alica Stanboli,
JPL Co-Node |
M/S: 168-514
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Phone: 818-354-5169
Fax: 818-393-6962
Email: Alice.Stanboli@jpl.nasa.gov |
Alice Stanboli serves as a system and software engineer for the JPL Sub-node facility. She works with McAuley on the design and development of the PDS Atlas II Web Application. Stanboli's expertise includes the design and development of J2EE applications and database systems. She has been in the Instrument Software Systems Section for approximately four years. Stanboli played a key role in the design, development, and implementation of the Java-based SIRTF telemetry processing system and database schema, and is now the lead development and operations engineer for SIRTF. Stanboli has also developed ground software for Cassini, MEX, and CloudSat projects. |
Adrienne Wasserman,
USGS Co-Node |
United States Geological Survey
2255 North Gemini Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Phone: 928-556-7264
Fax: 928-556-7090
Email: awasserman@usgs.gov |
Adrienne Wasserman, computer technician, along with Annie Bennett, provides general processing support for the Node. Both share the responsibilities for the production, validation, and distribution of the CD-ROM data products produced by the Node. |