C. M. Elder

Catherine M. Elder, Ph.D. is a research scientist at JPL in the planetary geology and geophysics group. She received her B.A. in astronomy from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Planetary Sciences from the University of Arizona. She is a Co-I on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment and is a participating scientist on Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx). Her research interests range from mantle convection and magma generation to volcanism to rock breakdown and regolith formation on airless bodies. Thus far her research projects have involved the Moon, Bennu, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Tethys.