Keri Bean
SSI team assistant
Keri is currently a junior meteorology major at Texas A&M University, specializing in planetary atmospheres. She is double minoring in mathematics and Earth sciences. She has done some research with the Spirit rover and is now currently working on Phoenix.

Her interest in meteorology has been strong since preschool when a severe storm passing through triggered a strong desire to understand weather. Her interest switched from severe weather to space in July 2005 when she was only a few miles away from the launch of STS-114 in Florida. The following two summers she attended space camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Mars caught her attention when a friend bought her the novel \\\"Roving Mars\\\" for her birthday.

She is actively involved in several organizations on campus. She is the social chair for the Texas A&M Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, the forecasting coordinator for the Texas Aggie Storm Chasers, a member of the SpaceVision 2008 conference planning committee, and a member of the Texas A&M Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. She is also a member of the national American Meteorological Society, the National Space Society, the Planetary Society, the Mars Society, and the National Scholars Honor Society.

In her free time she loves snorkeling, boogie boarding, reading, photography, ice skating, bowling, storm chasing, and amateur astronomy.
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Patrick Woida
Senior Engineer
Pat is a Senior Engineer for the Phoenix Mars Scout Mission. Originally the Test Director for the completion of the Optical Microscope, Robotic Arm Camera and Stereo Surface Imager Instruments. Currently a member of the missions Payload Interoperability Testbed and Surface Operations Teams.
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Mark Lemmon
Co-Investigator, SSI Lead
Dr. Mark Lemmon, Associate Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University, shares his experiences with the SSI and other topics.
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Peter Smith
Principal Investigator and Project Leadership
Peter Smith, principal investigator of the mission gives periodical updates.
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John Moores
Graduate Research Scientist
John Moores, graduate research scientist, discusses special science projects of the Phoenix Mars Mission.
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Deborah Bass
Deputy Project Scientist
Deborah Bass, Deputy Project Scientist, shares her views about the inner workings of the Phoenix Mars Mission.
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Suzanne M. M. Young
Researcher on the MECA Team
Suzanne M. M. Young, a researcher on the MECA team, keeps us informed on her teams progress.
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Andy Shaner
E/PO Coordinator & Evaluator
E/PO evaluator and SpaceGrant graduate fellow at the University of Arizona, shares his insights about Mars, the Phoenix mission and random happenings in his life.
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Jacob Egan
E/PO Multimedia Specialist
Jacob Egan, a engineering graduate student, discusses multimedia projects created for the Phoenix Mars Mission.
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