Io: A New View of Jupiters Moon

About

Dr. Rosaly M. C. Lopes was the lead editor of an earlier version of this book Io After Galileo. Dr. Lopes is a senior research scientist and Directorate Scientist for Planetary Science at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and former editor-in-chief of the planetary science journal Icarus. She obtained a BSc in astronomy and PhD in planetary science from University College London UK. Her research expertise is in planetary geology and volcanology and she has studied Mars Io and Titan. She was a member of the Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Cassini mission to Saturn. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science the Geological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union. She has received several awards including the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society the Ambassador Award from the American Geophysical Union and two NASA Exceptional Public Service Medals. Dr. Katherine de Kleer is an Assistant Professor of Planetary Science and Astronomy at Caltech. She obtained her BSc in mathematics and physics from MIT and her MA and PhD in astrophysics from UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on the surface environments atmospheres and thermochemical histories of the Solar System's planets and satellites which she investigates via observational signatures at optical infrared and radio wavelengths. She has particular expertise in Ios volcanic activity and atmosphere and uses cutting-edge Earth-based telescopes to study these systems with the aim of unravelling the various internal and external processes that together drive Ios observable characteristics. Dr. James Tuttle Keane is a planetary scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California. He obtained a BSc in Geology and a BSc in Astronomy from the University of Maryland College Park and a PhD in Planetary Science from the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Dr. Keane is an expert on the interactions between orbital dynamics rotational dynamics and geologic processes on rocky and icy worlds across the Solar Systemincluding Earths moon Io Pluto and beyond. He uses a combination of theoretical methods coupled with the analysis of spacecraft-derived datasets to investigate the dynamics structure origin and evolution of solar system bodies. He has extensive experience with NASA planetary science missions including the GRAIL mission that mapped the Moons gravity field the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper belt the Juno extended mission that is characterizing Jupiter and its moons and the proposed Io Volcano Observer. In addition to science Dr. Keane is an accomplished science illustrator and communicator specializing in pen and pencil illustrations of planetary science concepts new results and exciting missions.