Research scientist in planetary astronomy at the Southwest Research Institute, supporting NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, and developing the post-Pluto mission into the Kuiper Belt. Expert in the dynamics of binary minor planets, detection and characterization of trans-Neptunian objects, and the origin of the architecture of our Solar System.
How might NASA’s interplanetary telerobotics expertise be used to improve accessibility in geophysical field exploration on Earth? To learn, the Open Telerobotics Rover will join Project ESPRESSO field deployments while being remotely piloted by operators all over the world.