Anita Marshall (She/her) is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Florida, Gainesville. 

My primary research area is Geoscience Education, specifically academic and social engagement in field courses, how to form belonging and community in educational spaces, and the barriers to participation for people with disabilities in science disciplines. My secondary research area is volcanology, where I utilizes near-surface geophysics to examine tephra deposits and sub-surface features of small-volume volcanic eruptions. I'm passionate about geo-ethics and culturally respectful and sustainable field work.  I am a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and have a physical disability and chronic fatigue. I am so excited to get out in the field (in person or remote) with our GeoSPACE students and show them the volcanoes I fell in love with as a student, and how anyone can do field work if provided the proper tools and support. 

Lis Gallant (she/ella) is an assistant professor and volcanologist at the University of Hawai'i Hilo.

My primary area of research is volcanology, specifically lava flow hazards and eruption response. I work with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory to conduct same-day geochemical analysis or eruptive products and assist with equipment deployment during eruptions. My personal research combines physical field work with geophysical data collection to understand how volcanoes grow and how lava flows behave.

David A. Williams (he/him) is a Research Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Dave will be joining us for the first week of the field course.

I'm the Director of the Ronald Greeley Center for Planetary Studies, a NASA-funded planetary data center at ASU, and also the Director of the NASA Planetary Aeolian Laboratory, which administers wind tunnels the Ames Research Center in California. I'm currently performing research in volcanology and planetary geology, with a focus on planetary mapping, geochemical, and remote sensing studies. My current research focuses on planetary geologic mapping of bodies across the Solar System, and computer modeling of the physical and geochemical evolution of lava flows in a variety of planetary environments. I was involved with NASA’s Magellan Mission to Venus, Galileo Mission to Jupiter, Dawn Mission to asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres, and ESA’s Mars Express orbiter mission.  I'm a member of the Janus camera team for the ESA JUICE mission, and the Deputy Imager Lead and a Co-Investigator on NASA’s Psyche Mission.  In 2014 I was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, and asteroid 10,461 DAWILLIAMS was named after me.

Jen Piatek (She/her) is a professor of planetary geology and chair of the Geological Sciences department at Central Connecticut State University.

My research interests involve remote sensing of planetary surfaces, particularly in infrared wavelengths: our most recent project utilizes data in thermal infrared wavelengths to examine the morphology of impact crater deposits on Mars. I also has projects investigating how we might improve classroom activities in the geosciences using technologies such as 3D printing and panoramic imaging. I've been a wheelchair user for over a decade, and  been working to adapt to geology on wheels (rather than hiking boots).  I learned how to "do" geology at some of our project field sites, and I'm looking forward to exploring them again with our project students. 

Sean Thatcher, is a Lecturer in the Engineering and Environmental Science Department and the Earth and Ocean Science Program Coordinator at CUNY College of Staten Island.

I lead the Virtual teaching team of the GeoSPACE program. My research focuses on environmental coastal geoscience and geoscience education and accessible science. I am also a Consultant for the Mars Exploration  Rovers Portal to Observations, Resources, and Tools to Advance Legacy Science (MER PORTAL). Along with my work at the university, I am also very involved with The International Association for Geoscience Diversity (IAGD), which works to improve access to geosciences for those with disabilities. This is an organization that means a lot to me as a person with quadriplegia due to a spinal cord injury at the age of 18 that has been advocating for the inclusion of people like me who do not fit the typical mold of professionals in our field. 

Amy Williams (she/her) is an Assistant Professor and NASA researcher at the University of Florida, Gainesville. 

My primary research area is astrobiology/ geobiology where I explore how life is preserved in the rock record as a biosignature, and how we can detect those biosignatures both in ancient Earth rocks and on Mars. I work with the NASA Curiosity and Perseverance rover missions to search for the building blocks for life beyond Earth. The American West is where I truly fell in love with geology and I am excited to share that beauty and deep geologic history with our GeoSPACE students. 

Steve Elardo (he/him) is an Assistant Professor and NASA Early Career Fellow at the University of Florida.

I am the PI of The Florida Planets Lab where I use a variety of techniques, including high-pressure and -temperature experiments, studies of planetary samples, and non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry to learn about how planets separate into a core, mantle, and crust, and how  differentiation affects the magmatic evolution of planets. Much of my research utilizes the only samples ever collected by a human field campaign on another planetary body, so I’m very interested in how to get the most out of field work when most scientists can’t actually go to a field site.