Dr. Angela Stickle is a planetary geologist with a background in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, magnetospheric physics, and impact processes on planetary surfaces. She specializes in hypervelocity impact processes and dynamic failure of materials. Dr Stickle is currently a senior research scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. She is the Deputy Principal-Investigator for the Mini-RF radar, a Co-I for the LRO-LAMP instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the impact modeling working group lead for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)  mission, and a Co-I on the Dragonfly mission. Her research includes analyzing young impact craters on the Moon to better understand ejecta emplacement processes, impact modeling on asteroids and rocky/icy bodies, planetary defense testing, and working to understand and evaluate available technology for future lunar surface missions. Asteroid 36986 Stickle is named in her honor.

Jennifer Whitten holds a B.S. in Geology from the College of William and Mary in 2009 and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Geology from Brown University in 2011 and 2014. She completed a postdoc at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum before becoming an assistant professor at Tulane University. Jennifer is now a research geologist at the National Air and Space Museum. Her research focuses on processes that generate and modify planetary crusts by combining a variety of space-based and ground-based data types, in particular, studying how the surface of Venus has evolved using synthetic aperture radar data. She has participated in several mission and instrument science teams, including the Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument on Chandryaan-1, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter SHARAD instrument, and the MESSENGER team. She is the Associate Deputy Principal Investigator for the VERITAS mission to Venus.

Todd Jackson, Jr. is an engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Agency in Los Angeles County, CA where he serves as a deputy project manager. He graduated with a degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Arizona in 2008. Upon graduation, he started his professional career at Honeywell Aerospace in Phoenix His responsibilities included management of system requirements, program budget, engine test requirements, test execution, analysis, and platform coordination. Todd’s final role at Honeywell was as a project engineer for helicopter engines. He led redesign efforts for engine components for domestic and international customers. In 2012, Todd transitioned from the private sector to government service. His interdisciplinary background helped him complete a redesign effort of the F-35’s aerial refueling probe. In 2015, a major career goal was realized when he accepted a position as a F/A-18 Mission Systems Flight Test Engineer. Todd joined the FAA in 2016. He was responsible for the certification and continued operational safety of propulsion systems. Todd accepted a position with the United States Air Force at Edwards AFB in California in 2019. During the summer of 2020, Mr. Jackson accepted a position with the Dryden Aeronautical Test Range at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. Currently, he is a deputy project manager for the SkyRange program. In his spare time, Todd enjoys playing tennis, reading, and volunteering.

Andrew Greenberg is senior faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Portland State University, and is the faculty advisor for the Portland State Aerospace Society, an interdisciplinary student aerospace project.

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