Nancy L. Chabot

Dr. Nancy L. Chabot is the Planetary Chief Scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, MD, USA. She received an undergraduate degree in physics at Rice University and a PhD in planetary science at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on understanding the formation and evolution of rocky planetary bodies in our Solar System. At APL, she oversees the Meteorite Lab, which is used to conduct geochemical experiments and investigate meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials. She has been a member of five field teams with the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program and is a Fellow of the Meteoritical Society. On NASA's MESSENGER mission, she served as the Instrument Scientist for the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) and the Chair of the Geology Discipline Group. Currently, she is the Coordination Lead on NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, the Deputy PI for the Mars-moon Exploration with GAmma rays and NEutrons (MEGANE) instrument on the JAXA Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, and an Interdisciplinary Scientist on the joint ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission. Asteroid 6899 Nancychabot is named in her honor.