MEMBERS

Research personnel of the PGI are composed of Research Staff from the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at UTK, Graduate Students, and Distinguished Collaborators from other institutions.

• Prof. Lawrence A. Taylor, Director, (Petrologist, Lunatic)
  Voice (865) 974-6013, Fax (865) 974-6022

• Prof. Harry Y. McSween, Jr. (Meteoriticist, Petrologist), (865) 974-9805

• Dr. Jeff Moersch (Astronomer, Remote Sensor), (865) 974-0371

• Dr. Amit Basu Sarbadhikari (Geochemist/Petrologist), (865)974-6024

• Dr. Chris Whisner (Structural Geologist/Remote sensor ) (865) 974-6008

• Dr. Nick Lang (Remote Sensor), (865)974-6008

• Dr. Tomohiro Usui (Geochemist/Petrologist), (865) 974-6008

• Dr. Yang Liu (Geochemist/Volcanologist), (865) 974-6024

• Dr. Dong-Hwa Taylor (Chemist) (865) 974-6022

• Mr. Allan D. Patchen (Electron Microprobe Technician /Petrologist) (865) 974-9457

• Mr. Bill Deane (XRD & XRF Technician /Petrologist) (865) 974-6012

• Mr. Darren Schnare (Research Specialist / Lunar Soil Image Analysist), (865) 974-6023

• Ben Norton (M.S. )
• Craig Hardgrove (M.S. Remote Sensing)
• Jessica Dunaway (M.S. Remote Sensing )
• Mike Mellin (M.S. Martian Meteorites & Lunar Soil )
• Andrew Beck (M.S. )
• Karina Chung (M.S. )
• Tasha Dunn (Ph.D. "Search for Alkalic Volcanic Rocks on Mars Using Thermal Emission Spectroscopy.")
• Rhiannon Mayne (Ph.D. "Petrology and Near-Infrared Spectra of Eucrite Meteorites")
• Ian McGlynn (Ph.D. )
• Kevin Thaisen (Ph.D. Lunar Resource Utilization ) (Ph.D. )

• Dr. Larry Nyquist (NASA, Johnson Space Center, Isotope Geochemist)
  
• Dr. Dave McKay (NASA, Johnson Space Center, Petrologist/Geochemist)
  
• Dr. Clive R. Neal (University of Notre Dame, Petrologist/Geochemist)
• Dr. Gregory A. Snyder (St. John's Episcople Church, St. John, SC)
• Dr. Mahesh Anand (Open University, London, UK)
• Dr. Michkail Nazarov (Moscow, Vernesdsky Institute of Geochemistry, Curator of Meteorites)
• Prof. Alex Halliday (Cambridge University, UK)
• Dr. Christine Floss (Washington University, Geochemist)
• Prof. Judith Milledge (Univ. College of London, Mineralogist)
• Prof. Carle Pieters (Brown University, Remote Sensing & Digital Imaging)
  
• Academician Nick Sobolev (Nobosibirsk, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrologist)
• Dr. Nick Pokholenko (Novosibirsk, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrologist)
• Dr. Zdslav Spatsius (Mirny, Diamond Specialist, Alosa Diamond Company, Russia)
• Prof. Robert N. Clayton (University of Chicago, Geochemist)
• Prof. William Carlson (University of Texas, Austin, Metamorphic Petrologist)

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