BE Engineering Science // BS GeologyResearch Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Co-Principal Investigator of the JPL Origins and Habitability Lab, leading investigations
to measure habitability on rocky planets and icy moons in the solar system alongside
life detection instrument and research
- Was the Investigation Scientist for the CRISM spectrometer onboard the Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter (MRO) for 7 years
- Worked on the 2012 Mars Science Laboratory mission (Curiosity) at NASA
- First student collaborator on the 2004 Mars Exploration Rover mission (Opportunity)
at SBU. Later earned his Ph.D. in geobiology from the University of Southern California