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Gordon “Oz” Osinski 
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth Sciences/ Physics and Astronomy
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Planetary surface processes, in particular impact cratering; shock processes in earth and planetary materials

Ed Cloutis
Deputy Principal Investigator
Professor
Department of Geography
University of Winnipeg
Research Area:  Planetary remote sensing and spectroscopy, lunar mapping

Academic Members
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Pascal Audet
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Ottawa
Research Areas: Gravity and topography of the terrestrial planets. Lithospheric and thermal structure of the Moon.

Greg Baiden
Canadian Research Chair - Robotics and Mine Automation
Laurentian University
Research Areas: Robotic Mining and Construction, Undersea and Lunar Mining, Lunar Mobility, Prospecting and Exploration

Neil Banerjee
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Petrogenetic studies and triple oxygen stable isotope analyses of lunar materials. Drilling technologies for lunar sampling

Tim Barfoot
Assistant Professor, CRC
University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS)
University of Toronto
Research Area: Rovers to support planetary science and exploration

Steve Braham

Steve Braham
Director, PolyLAB for Advanced Collaborative Networking
Telematics Research Laboratory
Simon Fraser University
Research Area: Solar System Exploration Systems; Mission Operations Infrastructure; Spaceflight Communications , Networking, Computing and Software Systems; Life and Mission Critical Infrastructure; Human and Robotic space mission design; Collaborative Systems; Spaceflight Cloud Computing; Analogue Exploration Science and Support; Spaceflight Communications Physics.

Peter Brown
Associate Professor, CRC, Director CPSX
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Small bodies of the solar system

Robbie Campbell
Assistant Professor
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Western Ontario

Thomas Conroy
Associate Professor
Department of Electronic Systems Engineering
University of Regina
Research Area: Space Radiation Instrumentation

Daly

Mike Daly
Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University
Research area: Planetary science instrumentation

Daolum

Chen Daolun
Professor, Ryerson Research Chair
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Ryerson University
Research Area: Characterization and testing of advanced materials and critical engineering materials, fatigue and reliability

Dixon

Mike Dixon
Professor, Director CESRF
Environmental Biology
University of Guelph
Research Area: Biological life support for food production, atmosphere revitalization and water recycling

flemming

Roberta Flemming
Associate Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Mineralogy of meteorites

Greenough

John Greenough
Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of British Columbia Okanagan
Research Area: Petrology, geochemistry, planetary evolution, exploratory statistics, basalts

Richard Grieve
Executive Scientific Advisor
Geological Survey of Canada
Earth Science Sector, Natural Resources Canada
Research Area: Impact cratering processes, early crustal evolution, comparative planetology

haltigin

Tim Haltigin
NSERC Visiting Fellow
Space Science & Technology
Canadian Space Agency
Research Area:  Periglacial geomorpholgy, Mars analogues, near-surface geophyiscs

Haranas

Ioannis Haranas

York University
Research Areas: Solar System Dynamics, Planetary Science, Gravity, Martian Dust Storms

cherd

Christopher Herd
Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta
ISSET
Research Area: Mineralogy and petrology of meteorites, curation and handling of pristine planetary samples.

Catherine L. Johnson

Catherine L. Johnson
Associate Professor of Geophysics
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Research Area: Planetary geophysics

Mehrdad Kermani

Mehrdad Kermani
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Western Ontario
Research Area:  Robotics, mechatronics, human-safe robot interactions, robot path planning, vibration control and smart technologies

Yunlong Lin

Yunlong Lin
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering
York University
Research Area: Space Systems Engineering, Space Physics and Space Instrumentation

Ian Mann

Ian Mann
Professor, CRC Space Physics,
Co-Director Institute for Space Science, Exploration and Technology
Department of Physics
University of Alberta
Research Area: Space plasma physics, relativistic particle acceleration in space, solar-terrestrial and solar-planetary interactions.

Phil McCausland

Phil McCausland
CPSX Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Earth Sciences &
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Paleomagnetism and physical properties of meteorites, for irradiation, magnetization, impact, and atmosphereic entry studies

ken McIssac

Ken McIsaac
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Mobile robotics; motion planning; robot locomotion; assistive devices

louis mercier

Louis Mercier
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Director, Centre in Mining Materials Research
Laurentian University
Research Area: Synthesis, characterization and applications of functional nanostructured materials

Caroline-Emmanuelle Morisset

Caroline-Emmanuelle Morisset
Visiting Fellow
Space Science and Technology
Canadian Space Agency

desmond moser

Desmond Moser
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth Sciences/Geography
University of Western Ontario
Research Area:  Isotope studies

Michael D. Nash

Michael D. Naish
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering/Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Mechatronics, robotics, sensing systems

ian Nicklin

Ian Nicklin
Earth Sciences Technician
Department of Natural History
Royal Ontario Museum
Research area: Asteroidal achondrites

Rajni patel

Rajni Patel
Distinguished University Professor, CRC
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering/Surgery
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Advanced robotics, teleoperation, haptics, mechatronics, control

wayne pollard

Wayne Pollard
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
McGill University
Research Area: Polar desert geomorphology, planetary analogues, shallow geophysics, geologic mapping

robert shcherbakov

Robert Shcherbakov
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Research Area:  Earthquake physics, planetary geodynamics, self-organization and complexity

sean sheih

Sean Sheih
Associate Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Structure and dynamics of planetary interiors and material study at extreme conditions

bob sica

Bob Sica
Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Western Ontario
Research Area:  Laser radar (lidar) studies of Earth's atmosphere

john spray

John Spray
Professor, CRC Planetary Materials
Planetary and Space Science Centre
University of New Brunswick
Research Area: Impact cratering, shock processes, SEM, analog field work

Gopalan Srinivasan

Gopalan Srinivasan
Professor Geology
University of Toronto
Research Area:  Chemical and isotopic studies of meteorites

phil stooke

Phil Stooke
Associate Professor
Department of Geography/Physics and Astronomy
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Cartography, Planetary Geology, Space History

peter suefeld

Peter Suedfeld
Dean Emeritus of Graduate Studies
and Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Department of Psychology
The University of British Columbia
Research Area: Psychological adaptation to extreme, unusual, and isolated environments

paul sylvester

Paul Sylvester
Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
Memorial University
Research Area:  Geology and petrology of anorthositic impact melts, Mistastin Crater, Labrador

kimberly tait

Kimberly Tait
Associate Curator of Mineralogy/Assistant Professor
Department Natural History /Department of Geology
Royal Ontario Museum/University of Toronto
Research Area: Crystallography, mineralogy, high pressure mineralogy, neutron & X-ray diffraction

lucy thompson

Lucy Thompson
Research Scientist
Planetary and Space Science Centre
University of New Brunswick
Research Area: Impact cratering, lunar and martian materials

Trevors

Jack Trevors
Professor
Department of Environmental Biology
University of Guelph
Research area: Microbial activities and gene expression under microgravity and hypobaric conditions.

Bjarni

Bjarni Tryggvason
Visiting Professor
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
University of Western Ontario
Research Area:  Rovers

jim whiteway

Jim Whiteway
Associate Professor, CRC
Physics and Astronomy
York University
Research Area: Lidar measurements of atmospheric particulates

paul wiegert

Paul Wiegert
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Western Ontario
Research Area:  Asteroids, comets, lunar impact rates

Industrial Members
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Antonenko

Irene Antonenko
Senior Research Scientist
Planetary Institute of Toronto
Research Area: Remote sensing of lunar surface and subsurface, data fusion

Asquin

Don Asquin
Senior Systems Engineer
Bristol Aerospace
Research Area: Spacecraft Bus Design

Carroll

Kieran A. Carroll
Chief Technology Officer
Gedex Inc.
Research Area: Space Systems development, gravity gradiometer instrument development, exploitable Lunar mineral resources

Ghafoor

Nadeem Ghafoor
Program Manager
MDA Space Robotics

graham

Paul Graham
President & CEO, OpenLuna Foundation
Project Manager, OpenLuna.org
Research area: Open Source Lunar surface exploration, Open Source space exploration hardware development, space promotion, education and public outreach.

Gurtuna

Ozgur Gurtuna
President
Turquoise Technology Solutions Inc.
Research area: Space logistics, ISRU, commercalisation studies, cost/benefit analyses

McCoubrey

Ryan McCoubrey
Systems Design Engineer
Space Missions
MDA
Research Area: Space Exploration and Mobile Robotics

Richards

Robert Richards
CEO, Odyssey Moon Limited
Director of Space Technology, Optech Incorporated of Canada
Research Area: Commercial applications of space, space promotion and education

Student Members
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Melissa Battler
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Lunar regolith simulants, OpenLuna, human lunar exploration, cold spring mineralization

Marc Biren
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Geology
University of New Brunswick
Research Area:  Tectonics of central uplift formation/emplacement in impact structures

Jean-Francois Blanchette-Guertin
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of British Columbia
Research Area: Lunar seismicity and subsurface structures

Michael Craig
M.Sc. Candidate
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario

 

veillette

Dominic Veillette
M.Sc. Candidate
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Impact melt ponds in and around Tycho impact crater on the Moon

Jillian Hudgins
Ph.D. Candidate
Planetary and Space Science Centre
University of New Brunswick
Research Area: Lunar geology, lunar granulitic metamorphic rocks

Matthew Izawa
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Mineralogy of planetary materials; traces of life in ancient and modern subaqeous volcanic rocks

Marianne Mader
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Developing lunar exploration strategies for geological field work: terrestrial analogue sites, portable field instruments, impact cratering

Haley Sapers
M.Sc. Candidate
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario

Bhairavi Shankar
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Research Area: Multispectral analysis of melt ponds around Schrodinger impact basin

Alaura Singleton
M.Sc. Candidate
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Research Area:  Microscopic effects of shock metamorphism in crystalline rocks

Thompson

Michelle Thompson
BSc Candidate
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Queen's University
Research Area: Meteoritics/ Lunar Regolith

 

Tiziana Trabucchi
Ph.D. Candidate
Geology
University of New Brunswick
Research Area:  Petrological interpretation of APXS for MSL mission

katrina

Katrina van Drongelen
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Geology
University of Toronto
Research Area: Meteoritics

watson

Aubrey Watson Huber
M.Sc. Candidate
Department of Electronic Systems Engineering
University of Regina
Research Area: Space Radiation Instrumentation