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Appendix E: Biographical Information for Organizing Committee and Staff
Appendix E: Biographical Information for Organizing Committee and Staff
Pages 72-78
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A major facet of his research is the design and development of spacecraft instruments. He has built five science instruments that have flown on NASA's Mars Observer, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, and the Mars Exploration Rover missions.
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The NSTA Learning Center has more than 150,0000 active users spending hours online each week in self-directed learning experiences in collaboration with 90 school districts and 39 universities across the country. NSTA's five annual conferences reach 18,000-20,000 individuals per year across 16 programming days, and teacher and student competitions reach tens of thousands annually.
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His research covers plasma physics, space plasma physics, solar-terrestrial physics, plasma astrophysics, and environmental science and policy. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the International Academy of Astronautics.
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She leads IGES education initiatives, particularly the NASA Earth Science Education and Public Outreach Forum, IGES science contests for students, the Earth System Science Education Alliance, a NASA-NOAA-NSF sponsored project providing professional development for K-12
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Ms. Schwerin has led a wide range of new efforts for organizations such as NASA, NOAA, the United Nations, WGBH Education Foundation, and the former Japanese National Space Development Agency (now part of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA)
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Ms. Thompson uses transmission electron microscopy to study microstructural and microchemical signatures of space weathering in lunar and asteroidal surface samples returned from the NASA Apollo missions and the JAXA Hayabusa mission.
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