Steven Squyres

Steven Squyres's research focuses on the large solid bodies
of the solar system: the terrestrial planets and the
satellit es of the Jovian planets. His work involves
analysis of data from both spacecraft and ground-based
telescopes, as well as a variety of types of geophysical
modeling. Areas of particular interest include the tectonics
of Venus, the history of water on Mars, and the geophysics
of the icy satellites of the outer planets. Data analysis
and theory are used together to examine the processes that
have shaped the surfaces and interiors of these bodies.

Squyres has participated in a number of planetary
spaceflight missions. From 1978 to 1981 he was an associate
of the Voyager imaging science team, participating in
analysis of imaging data from the encounters with Jupiter
and Saturn. He was a radar investigator on the Magellan
mission to Venus, a member of the Mars Observer gamma-ray
spectrometer flight investigation team, and a
co-investigator on the Russian Mars `96 mission. Dr. Squyres
is currently the scientific Principal Investigator for the
Mars Exploration Rover Project. He is also a co-investigator
on the Mars Express mission, and on the Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment. He is
a member of the Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Flight Investigation
Team for the Mars Odyssey mission, and a member of the
imaging team for the Cassini mission to Saturn.