Meet the Team

They're united by a lofty goal – to determine whether there are places below Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, that could support life. Europa Clipper's scientists and engineers include many stars in the field of planetary exploration. Some came from leading roles in the flyby of Pluto by NASA's New Horizons mission. Several have worked together for decades, exploring Europa and other icy moons with NASA's Cassini, Galileo, and Voyager missions.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the Europa Clipper mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C. The Europa Clipper mission was developed in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Laurel, Maryland.

Project Management

• Project Manager: Jordan Evans, JPL
• Deputy Project Manager: Tim Larson, JPL
• Project Scientist: Robert Pappalardo, JPL
• Assistant Project Manager: Tom Magner, APL
• Assistant Project Manager for Ops Transition: Josh St. Vaughn, JPL
• Deputy Project Scientist: Bonnie Buratti, JPL
• Deputy Project Scientist: Haje Korth, APL

NASA Headquarters Leadership

• Program Scientist: Curt Niebur
• Program Executive: Karen Gelmis
• Deputy Program Scientist: Amanda Nahm

Science

• Science Manager: Brian Paczkowski, JPL

• Deputy Science Manager: Trina Ray, JPL

Business Team

• Mission Assurance: Rusty Woodall, OMAM, JPL

Communications

• Chief Engineer: Tracy Drain, JPL

• Deputy Chief Engineer: Gene Lee, JPL

Mission Management

• Mission Manager: Elizbeth Johnson, JPL

• Deputy Mission Manager: Al Cangahuala, JPL

• Mission System Architect: Guy Pyrzak, JPL

Deep Space Network (DSN) Operations

• K. Buckmaster, MIM
• J. Adams, NOPE

Ground Data System (GDS)

• U. Guduri, Team Chief (TC)

Mission Planning and Sequencing Team (MPST)

• V. Voskanian, TC
• K. Pinover, MP Lead
• M. Schaffer, Seq Lead

Navigation (NAV) Team

• D. Boone, TC

Spacecraft Team (SCT)

• C. Barltrop, TC
• S. Huh, Deputy TC
• A. Kerzhner, SCT Sys Lead
• SBT Lead: Testbed Engineers

Science Planning and Operations Coordination (SPOC)

• Annie Marinan, TC
• Science Planning Engineers
• Instrument Ops Systems Engineers
• Instrument Ops Teams (IOTs)

Science Data Systems (SDS)

• Sean Hardman, PDM

Europa Imaging System (EIS)

• Elizabeth Turtle (Principal Investigator)
• Alfred McEwen (Deputy Principal Investigator)
• Gerald (Wesley) Patterson (Deputy Principal Investigator)
• Amy Barr Mlinar (Co-Investigator)
• Geoffrey Collins (Co-Investigator)
• Leigh Fletcher (Co-Investigator)*
• Candice Hansen (Co-Investigator)
• Alexander Hayes (Co-Investigator)
• Terry Hurford (Co-Investigator)
• Randolph Kirk (Co-Investigator)
• Francis Nimmo (Co-Investigator)
• Lynnae Quick (Co-Investigator)
• Jason Soderblom (Co-Investigator)
• Nicolas Thomas (Co-Investigator)*

Europa Thermal Emission Imaging System (E-THEMIS)

• Philip Christensen (Principal Investigator)
• John Spencer (Deputy Principal Investigator)
• Oleg Abramov (Co-Investigator)
• Paul Hayne (Co-Investigator)
• Carly Howett (Co-Investigator)
• Mike Mellon (Co-Investigator)
• Francis Nimmo (Co-Investigator)
• Sylvain Piqueux (Co-Investigator)
• Julie Rathbun (Co-Investigator)

Europa Ultraviolet Spectrograph (Europa-UVS)

• Kurt Retherford (Principal Investigator)
• Tracy Becker (Deputy Principal Investigator)
• Thomas Greathouse (Deputy Principal Investigator)
• Randy Gladstone (Co-Investigator)
• Melissa McGrath (Co-Investigator)
• Ujjwal Raut (Co-Investigator)
• Lorenz Roth (Co-Investigator)*
• Joachim Saur (Co-Investigator)*
• John Spencer (Co-Investigator)
• Alan Stern (Co-Investigator)

Gravity and Radio Science (G/RS)

• Erwan Mazarico (Team Leader)
• Dustin Buccino (Co-Investigator)
• Julie Castillo (Co-Investigator)
• Andrew Dombard (Co-Investigator)
• Antonio Genova (Co-Investigator)*
• Walter Kiefer (Co-Investigator)
• Ryan Park (Co-Investigator)
• Paolo Tortora (Co-Investigator)*
• Paul Withers (Co-Investigator)

Europa Clipper Magnetometer (ECM)

• Carol Raymond (Principal Investigator)
• Xianzhe Jia (Deputy Principal Investigator)
• Steven Joy (Co-Investigator)
• Krishan Khurana (Co-Investigator)
• Margaret Kivelson (Co-Investigator)
• Neil Murphy (Co-Investigator)
• Ingo Richter (Co-Investigator)
• Christopher Russell (Co-Investigator)
• Robert Strangeway (Co-Investigator)
• Benjamin Weiss (Co-Investigator)

MAss Spectrometer for Planetary EXploration – Europa (MASPEX)

• James Burch (Principal Investigator)
• Tim Brockwell (Deputy Principal Investigator)
• Scott Bolton (Co-Investigator)
• Christopher Glein (Co-Investigator)
• Melissa McGrath (Co-Investigator)
• William McKinnon (Co-Investigator)
• Olivier Mousis (Co-Investigator)
• Mark Sephton (Co-Investigator)*
• Everett Shock (Co-Investigator)
• Benjamin Teolis (Co-Investigator)
• Jack (Hunter) Waite (Co-Investigator)
• Danielle Wyrick (Co-Investigator)
• Mikhail Zolotov (Co-Investigator)

Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE)

• Diana Blaney (Principal Investigator)
• Charles Hibbitts (Deputy Principal Investigator)
• Roger Clark (Co-Investigator)
• Ashley Davies (Co-Investigator)
• Bethany Ehlmann (Co-Investigator)
• Robert Green (Co-Investigator)
• Matthew Hedman (Co-Investigator)
• Yves Langevin (Co-Investigator)*
• Jonathan Lunine (Co-Investigator)
• Thomas McCord (Co-Investigator)
• Scott Murchie (Co-Investigator)
• Chris Paranicas (Co-Investigator)
• Frank Seelos (Co-Investigator)
• Jason Soderblom (Co-Investigator)
• Morgan Cable (Science Collaborator)

Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS)

• Adrienn Luspay-Kuti (Principal Investigator)
• Ralph L. McNutt, Jr. (Deputy Principal Investigator)
• Corey Cochrane (Co-Investigator)
• Xianzhe Jia (Co-Investigator)
• Krishan Khurana (Co-Investigator)
• Margaret G Kivelson (Co-Investigator)
• Norbert Krupp (Co-Investigator)*
• Carol S. Paty (Co-Investigator)
• Elias Roussos (Co-Investigator)*
• Abigail M. Rymer (Co-Investigator)
• Joachim Saur (Co-Investigator)*
• James A. Slavin (Co-Investigator)
• H. Todd Smith (Co-Investigator)
• Michael L. Stevens (Co-Investigator)

Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface (REASON)

• Donald Blankenship (Principal Investigator)
• Alina Moussessian (Deputy Principal Investigator)
• Lorenzo Bruzzone (Co-Investigator)*
• Amy Barr Mlinar (Co-Investigator)
• Bruce Campbell (Co-Investigator)
• Lynn Carter (Co-Investigator)
• Charles Elachi (Co-Investigator)
• Yonggyu Gim (Co-Investigator)
• Cyril Grima (Co-Investigator)
• Alain Herique (Co-Investigator)*
• Hauke Hussmann (Co-Investigator)*
• Wlodek Kofman (Co-Investigator)*
• William Kurth (Co-Investigator)
• Marco Mastrogiuseppe (Co-Investigator)*
• William McKinnon (Co-Investigator)
• Jeff Moore (Co-Investigator)
• Francis Nimmo (Co-Investigator)
• Gerald Patterson (Co-Investigator)
• Carol Paty (Co-Investigator)
• Jeffrey Plaut (Co-Investigator)
• Dirk Plettemeier (Co-Investigator)*
• Britney Schmidt (Co-Investigator)
• Dustin Schroeder (Co-Investigator)
• Krista Soderlund (Co-Investigator)
• Duncan Young (Co-Investigator)
• Mikhail Zolotov (Co-Investigator)

Surface Dust Analyzer (SUDA)

• Sascha Kempf (Principal Investigator)
• Hsiang-Wen "Sean" Hsu (Deputy Principal Investigator)
• Christelle Briois (Co-Investigator)*
• Eberhard Gruen (Co-Investigator)
• Murthy Gudipati (Co-Investigator)
• Kevin Hand (Co-Investigator)
• Mihaly Horanyi (Co-Investigator)
• Frank Postberg (Co-Investigator)*
• Juergen Schmidt (Co-Investigator)*
• Ralf Srama (Co-Investigator)*
• Zoltan Sternovsky (Co-Investigator)
• Gabriel Tobie (Co-Investigator)*
• Mikhail Zolotov (Co-Investigator)
• Nicolas Altobelli (Science Collaborator)*

* = International Participant

Project Staff Scientists

• Kate Craft, APL
• Sam Howell, JPL
• Erin Leonard, JPL
• Alexandra Matiella Novak, APL
• Cynthia Phillips, JPL

Science Communications

• Cynthia Phillips

Office of Communications

• Gretchen McCartney​

• Claire Powell ​