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The VPL Team

Name Institution Contribution Contact Information
Dr. Victoria Meadows University of Washington PI: radiative transfer/astronomical observing vsm@astro.washington.edu (206)543-0206
Dr. Mark Allen JPL/Caltech chemical models mark.allen@jpl.nasa.gov x4-3665
Prof. John Armstrong Weber State University Climate models/model integration jcarmstrong@weber.edu (801) 626-6215
Dr. Jeremy Bailey MacQuarie University terrestrial planet observations jbailey@els.mq.edu.au 61 2 98506288
Dr. Rory Barnes University of Washington dynamical modelling rory@astro.washington.edu (206) 543-8979
Prof. Robert Blankenship Arizona State University Photosynthesis blankenship@asu.edu (480)965-4430
Dr. Ed Bolton Yale University geology/reactive transport models edward.bolton@yale.edu (203) 432-3149
Dr. Linda Brown JPL laboratory spectroscopy linda.brown@jpl.nasa.gov x4-2940
Sarah Chamberlain MacQuarie University terrestrial planet observations schamber@els.mq.edu.au 61 2 9850 6289
Dr. Mark Claire University of Washington photochemistry/early earth mclaire@astro.washington.edu(206)616-4549
Dr. Martin Cohen UC, Berkeley stellar spectra mcohen@astron.berkeley.edu (510) 642-2833
Dr. Pam Conrad JPL limits of habitability pamela.g.conrad@jpl.nasa.gov(818)354-2114
Dr. David Crisp JPL radiative transfer modeling David.Crisp@jpl.nasa.gov x4-7969
Dr. Kelly Decker California State University - Monterey Bay microbial mats kdecker@mail.arc.nasa.gov(650)604-0629
Dr. David Des Marais NASA Ames microbiology ddesmarais@mail.arc.nasa.gov(650) 604-3220
Dr. Shawn Goldman University of Washington geosciences sgoldman@astro.washington.edu (206) 616-5001
W. Michael Greene JPL Education & Public Outreach William.M.Greene@jpl.nasa.gov (818) 354-1277
Dr. Watson Gregg NASA oceanography watson.gregg@nasa.gov (301) 614-5711
Dr. Carl Grillmair Spitzer Science Center extrasolar planets carl@ipac.caltech.edu (626) 395-8073
Prof. James Kasting Penn. State climate modeling, escape processes kasting@geosc.psu.edu (814) 865-3207
Dr. Pushker Kharecha NASA-GISS Archean atmosphere pkharecha@giss.nasa.gov
Dr. Nancy Kiang GISS bio meteorology nkiang@giss.nasa.gov (212) 678-5587
Dr. Ravi Kumar Kopparapu Penn St. exoplanets ravi@gravity.psu.edu (814) 865-3390
Prof. Monika Kress San Jose State University Solar nebula chemistry; planet formation; meteorites; E/PO monika@ipac.caltech.edu (408) 924-5255
Dr. Javier Martin-Torres AS&M Non-LTE radiative transfer; line mixing; airglow fn.f.martin-torres@larc.nasa.gov (757) 827-4868
Dr. Jeffrey Pedelty NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Observing Jeff.Pedelty@nasa.gov (301)286-6574
Dr. David Pollard PSU 3-D climate models pollard@essc.psu.edu(814) 865-2022
Dr. Christopher Potter NASA Ames Research Center microbiology cpotter@mail.arc.nasa.gov(650) 604-6164
Dr. Sean Raymond University of Colorado planet formation raymond@lasp.colorado.edu (720) 234-3943
Prof. Robert Rye USC microbiology, parameterization of life rye@usc.edu (213) 821-2267
Ty Robinson University of Washington radiative transfer/climate modeling robinson@astro.washington.edu (206) 543-6276
Prof. John Scalo University of Texas at Austin Astrophysics/Space Weather parrot@astro.as.utexas.edu (512) 478-2748
Dr. Antigona Segura UNAM astrophysics, climate modeling antigona@nucleares.unam.mx 52-(55) 5622 4672
Prof. Janet Siefert Rice University Molecular evolution/prokaryotic metabolic evolution siefert@stat.rice.edu 713-348-3891
Prof. Norm Sleep Stanford geology, geochemical cycles norm@pangea.stanford.edu (650)723-4746
Dr. Feng Tian University of Colorado planet evolution tian@colorado.edu
Dr. Giovanna Tinetti Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris planetary & climate models tinetti@iap.fr +33 144328079
Dr. Thangasamy Velusamy JPL astronomical instrumentation models velusamy@jpl.nasa.gov x4-6112
Dr. Jason Weibel JPL/Caltech atmospheric chemical models weibelj@mail.belmont.edu (626) 395-6870
Prof. Yuk Yung Caltech chemical models yly@mercu1.gps.caltech.edu (626) 395-6940
Dr. Kevin Zahnle NASA Ames impact processes, chemical models kzahnle@mail.arc.nasa.gov (650) 604-0840

All extensions listed are JPL extensions. Team members outside JPL should call 818-35X-XXXX for extensions starting with "4," or 818-39X-XXXX for extensions starting with "3."

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